Re:How I ended up conducting successful tech interviews with...
by sheepmullet on Saturday July 26, 2014 @07:17PM
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My best project was 12 years ago and I hated it at the time.
If you had asked me about it while I was working on it, and I didn't sugar coat, I bet you would have said no hire.
Secondly, it has just taken me 10 minutes to remember the details in enough depth to have a proper conversation about it. Again that would probably be "best work behind him...", or "doesn't seem to know the details....insincere" etc.
This question is easy to game and disadvantages people who aren't prepared for it.
If you had asked me about it while I was working on it, and I didn't sugar coat, I bet you would have said no hire.
Secondly, it has just taken me 10 minutes to remember the details in enough depth to have a proper conversation about it. Again that would probably be "best work behind him...", or "doesn't seem to know the details....insincere" etc.
This question is easy to game and disadvantages people who aren't prepared for it.