Re:Technical interview methods pale in comparison to playing...
by ChrisMarshallNY on Friday March 26, 2021 @08:59PM
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My most fond recollection was a young chap that was a "second choice." The first declined, and this guy had very little of the exact skills we needed, but he had a real eagerness.
He turned out to be an amazing hire. I think that he far outstripped the first choice, and he has gone on to do quite well, after leaving our company.
I like to think that I ran a fairly good shop. We kept people for decades.
When they finally rolled up our shop (after 27 years), the person with the least seniority had ten years.
Yeah, I hear that. I remember interviewing someone who was _good_, but not at this narrow thing that we were hiring for. She seemed SO hopeful that we would give her an offer, I wanted to tell her directly "this job is going to waste 6 mo of your life and offer you nothing I return"