Re:The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews
by skybrian on Sunday April 09, 2017 @05:50PM
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But if you were interviewing for a tennis instructor, wouldn't that be a valid result? You probably shouldn't hire pros who aren't good at teaching when the job involves teaching.
Similarly, as a senior engineer at a large company, you need to be adaptable enough to work with people with less/different experience than you. Adjusting your message to the audience is an important skill.
To me their approach lately is like forcing a top tennis player to play with kids (well, you would be surprised how many pros have issues slowing down their game) or a double diamond slope skier to ski on blue slopes only (and increasing the risk of getting an injury as their timing/moves are optimized to ultimate performance instead of basics). I've heard of people that solved stuff on interviews nobody solved before them but were rejected as they messed up some basic stuff and recruiter was communicating back to them that it looked bad in the hiring committee.