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How do you feel about interviews for roles where it's required to keep a cool head under incredible pressure? (This is a serious question. It describes a lot
by kevinr 10y ago
How do you feel about interviews for roles where it's required to keep a cool head under incredible pressure?
(This is a serious question. It describes a lot of the security incident response work I've hired for.)
- pvg 10y agoIf you think about professions with legitimate 'keep a cool head under incredible pressure' needs, none of them handle this with uncomfortable interviews.
- kevinr 10y agoCan you say more about how they do handle it? I've very little visibility into other professions' hiring practices. (My housemate who's a middle school history teacher and I were mutually horrified last night at our respective interview experiences. He was hired to teach eighth grade after a single 45 minute Skype interview. I had just had a half-hour phone screen followed a week later by a two hour in-person interview, and I considered that quite short by my standards. I thought his process was ridiculously short; he thought mine was absurdly long.)