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That's a great way to find yourself without any hopes of a job. Companies (including all of the big ones) pretty much all conduct interviews this way and there
by halestock 9y ago
That's a great way to find yourself without any hopes of a job. Companies (including all of the big ones) pretty much all conduct interviews this way and there's no way they're going to change their practices in light of one person's crusade when there's an endless supply of candidates who want that job.
- dangrossman 9y ago> Companies (including all of the big ones) pretty much all conduct interviews this way I've interviewed for developer positions in Pennsylvania, with companies ranging from well-known Fortune 500s to local shops. Not one of them had a whiteboard, asked me to write code, or asked me to develop an algorithm or solve a puzzle. The interviews were largely the same as those I've heard about for most other jobs: you go over your resume, talk about what you did at past jobs, answer cliche questions like "how do you handle disagreement" or "where do you see yourself in 5 years", talk about the position they're hiring for and their culture, and maybe about compensation. So maybe it's more accurate to say something like "tech companies (primarily the big ones in Silicon Valley) in the handful of high-tech startup hubs in the world pretty much all conduct interviews this way".
- Apocryphon 9y agoIf this comment gets more popular, the Philly and Pittsburgh tech scenes are gonna suddenly explode with devs who are sick of both SV interview practices and rent prices.
- zild3d 9y agorelevant "How to Make Pittsburgh a Startup Hub" http://paulgraham.com/pgh.html http://paulgraham.com/pgh.html
- halestock 9y agoYes, I was implying tech companies, I should have been explicit.