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> Speaks with an accent so thick you could spread it on toast Oh god, this is giving me flashbacks. In college I phone screened twice with a certain Seattle me
by ng12 10y ago
> Speaks with an accent so thick you could spread it on toast
Oh god, this is giving me flashbacks. In college I phone screened twice with a certain Seattle megacorp and both times the interviewer was completely unintelligible. This was before the popularity of codepair so the interview was completely verbal. I specifically remember that during one interview it took at least 5 minutes for me to tease out that the interviewer was saying the word "millions". Not to mention I took the effort to find a quiet space and locate a headset while the best the interviewers could do was a speakerphone in a wind tunnel.
- ryandrake 10y agoI remember a phone screen where it sounded like the interviewer was calling from their hands-free headset in a moving convertible car. I pretty much could not understand a word of what was said. Asked if this was a good time, but he wanted to continue. It was a senior exec-y guy so cruising down the 101 was probably the only chance he had to talk. Company not interested after that call.