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This reminds me of my evil plan to ask a whiteboard question when they ask if I have any questions for them.

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paulie_a 10y ago
I say go for it, you are interviewing them just as much as they are interviewing you. In the same context on a simple application form I was asked what my previous compensation was, and what I would expect. I ended up cancelling the submission due to many other questions. But in regards to compensation my answer was "That is a second date sort of question"
- canttestthis 10y ago
  As an interviewer if I was ever asked a whiteboarding question it would be an instant rejection, regardless of your performance in the interview. It shows a lack of social awareness and I wouldn't be comfortable working with you on my team.
  - lorenzorhoades 10y ago
    Can you explain more why it would indicate a lack of social awareness? If I am interviewing at a company, I want to know the kind of people I'm going to be working with/for. If the person who does all of the technical interviews lacks technical ability, then what does that say about the people he/she hired? If they think a solution to a whiteboard problem is essential, how can they judge a particularly creative solution if they don't have intense technical experience above an beyond the people they are interviewing?
  - kwillets 10y ago
    If you are unwilling to respond to people the same way you expect them to respond to you, you're the one who lacks social awareness.
  - rpeden 10y ago
    That's an interesting way of looking at it. I've interviewed plenty of candidates in the past, and if someone I was interviewing asked me a whiteboard question when I asked 'do you have any questions for me?', I'd be amused, pleasantly surprised, and impressed. And I'd probably be more likely to want to hire them, too! Asking their interviewer a technical question would show me that the candidate cares about the quality of his or her future co-workers.

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I say go for it, you are interviewing them just as much as they are interviewing you. In the same context on a simple application form I was asked what my previous compensation was, and what I would expect. I ended up cancelling the submission due to many other questions. But in regards to compensation my answer was "That is a second date sort of question"

canttestthis 10y ago
As an interviewer if I was ever asked a whiteboarding question it would be an instant rejection, regardless of your performance in the interview. It shows a lack of social awareness and I wouldn't be comfortable working with you on my team.
- lorenzorhoades 10y ago
  Can you explain more why it would indicate a lack of social awareness? If I am interviewing at a company, I want to know the kind of people I'm going to be working with/for. If the person who does all of the technical interviews lacks technical ability, then what does that say about the people he/she hired? If they think a solution to a whiteboard problem is essential, how can they judge a particularly creative solution if they don't have intense technical experience above an beyond the people they are interviewing?
- kwillets 10y ago
  If you are unwilling to respond to people the same way you expect them to respond to you, you're the one who lacks social awareness.
- rpeden 10y ago
  That's an interesting way of looking at it. I've interviewed plenty of candidates in the past, and if someone I was interviewing asked me a whiteboard question when I asked 'do you have any questions for me?', I'd be amused, pleasantly surprised, and impressed. And I'd probably be more likely to want to hire them, too! Asking their interviewer a technical question would show me that the candidate cares about the quality of his or her future co-workers.