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Would be funny to come into an interview as the candidate and give the employer pre-packaged tasks to complete to evaluate them on, to decide if I as the candid

Would be funny to come into an interview as the candidate and give the employer pre-packaged tasks to complete to evaluate them on, to decide if I as the candidate actually want to work there.

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RKoutnik 11y ago
I've got the outline for another article along these lines (how I prepare for an interview) though it's been longer since I've been through an interview. As a candidate, you'd bring less pre-packaged tasks and more questions and things to look out for. When I'm on the other side of the interviewing table, I evaluate the company as much as they evaluate me. Things like "What does it take to succeed at this company?" and "If I'm not meeting expectations, how will I know?" are critical to see if you want to work there. Anyway, stay tuned!
phamilton 11y ago
I've been toying with the idea of asking for a reverse interview. I get to ask about the challenges they've solved in great detail and how they dealt with potential and actual issues. They get to answer and decide to I know what I'm talking about.
- maccard 11y ago
  Is this not the whole point of the interview for you now anyway? For me, if I go in somewhere and get grilled for X hours and they deprive me of a chance to ask about certain aspects of the company, you can guarantee u won't take the job.
  - phamilton 11y ago
    That's what I'm counting on. Most startups are sufficiently desperate for hiring that you can ask for things like "I'd like to grab coffee with the CTO" and they will do it (that seems trivial at a 10 person company, but I've heard it happen at 100+ person teams). Where I am right now, I'm pretty happy just turning down the interview if I don't oblige.
- estefan 11y ago
  Do it. You'll quickly find that their interview questions go out the window since you're demonstrating your knowledge obliquely: "Oh I've never really seen the benefit of docker for most architectures". Cue discussion on architecture, SaaS, devops, etc... I would far rather meet a candidate like this.

Would be funny to come into an interview as the candidate and give the employer pre-packaged tasks to complete to evaluate them on, to decide if I as the candidate actually want to work there.

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RKoutnik 11y ago

I've got the outline for another article along these lines (how I prepare for an interview) though it's been longer since I've been through an interview. As a candidate, you'd bring less pre-packaged tasks and more questions and things to look out for. When I'm on the other side of the interviewing table, I evaluate the company as much as they evaluate me. Things like "What does it take to succeed at this company?" and "If I'm not meeting expectations, how will I know?" are critical to see if you want to work there. Anyway, stay tuned!

phamilton 11y ago

I've been toying with the idea of asking for a reverse interview. I get to ask about the challenges they've solved in great detail and how they dealt with potential and actual issues. They get to answer and decide to I know what I'm talking about.

maccard 11y ago
Is this not the whole point of the interview for you now anyway? For me, if I go in somewhere and get grilled for X hours and they deprive me of a chance to ask about certain aspects of the company, you can guarantee u won't take the job.
- phamilton 11y ago
  That's what I'm counting on. Most startups are sufficiently desperate for hiring that you can ask for things like "I'd like to grab coffee with the CTO" and they will do it (that seems trivial at a 10 person company, but I've heard it happen at 100+ person teams). Where I am right now, I'm pretty happy just turning down the interview if I don't oblige.
estefan 11y ago
Do it. You'll quickly find that their interview questions go out the window since you're demonstrating your knowledge obliquely: "Oh I've never really seen the benefit of docker for most architectures". Cue discussion on architecture, SaaS, devops, etc... I would far rather meet a candidate like this.