Re:I will not do a tech interview
by ansible on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @04:17PM
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Interviewers seem to be out to trick you at something, or else to prove how much smarter they are than you.
I'm sure there is a lot of that out there, but that is definitely not my reason for asking hard questions.
We will always be interviewing at least a few people to fill a position, I think that's natural. Suppose I ask you and the other candidates questions... and you all get them all right. Well, that's fabulous, but now I have no way to distinguish which of you actually knows more about a particular subject.
And I think it would be stupid for me to ask the interviewees to answer questions to which I don't know the answers.
So we're always going to be in a situation where I'm asking you at least some questions that you don't have the answers for. I need to test your limits, and see how firm a grasp you have on various subjects.
I'm sure there is a lot of that out there, but that is definitely not my reason for asking hard questions.
We will always be interviewing at least a few people to fill a position, I think that's natural. Suppose I ask you and the other candidates questions... and you all get them all right. Well, that's fabulous, but now I have no way to distinguish which of you actually knows more about a particular subject.
And I think it would be stupid for me to ask the interviewees to answer questions to which I don't know the answers.
So we're always going to be in a situation where I'm asking you at least some questions that you don't have the answers for. I need to test your limits, and see how firm a grasp you have on various subjects.