Re:The Rise and Looming Fall of the Engineering Whiteboard I...
by innocentoldguy on Thursday May 07, 2015 @01:58AM
(#9503501)
I agree. It is getting out of hand.
I try to be more pragmatic in my interview process. I don't expect candidates to be passionate because the company isn't their dream. I expect the owner to be passionate, but the rest of us are just here to pay the bills. Therefore, I don't bother looking for passion. What I do want is somebody who has coding experience and someone I'd enjoy working with. I focus all my questions around those two goals, with a greater emphasis on the second.
On the other hand, what's the point of asking anything during an interview if people can lie then? I imagine these questions are still being asked because it's not all that easy to lie and still sound authentic. I also agree with you though. I think this whole idea of trying to find people to work at a company because this is their dream company is just a silly fantasy for 99.9% of companies. Unless you're Google, chances are slim that working is nothing more than a job.
This whole craze over wanting to love your work and being "passionate" and "excited" is getting out of hand. I feel like I see the word "excited" thrown around everywhere now.