4 ms·

If a junior dev is interviewing candidates unsupervised in this organization, he still dodged a bullet.

extr 9y ago
It was a junior dev and this was the worst of it, but as I said elsewhere, looking back the whole thing was shitty. Whiteboard coding questions of the worst type from all levels, zero interest in my previous experience in a related area, and no respect for my time. It was an 8+ hour day and then they had the nerve to ask me to turn my car around and come back because they "forgot" to schedule me with someone senior. When I didn't get the position, they were borderline rude to my recruiter when he asked to get info on the decision ("He performed poorly in our case interviews, particularly [the one I posted about]"). And I had honestly thought I did pretty well considering what was being asked. Huge company in my town and they do fairly well, so the whole thing left me feeling awful for about a month afterward, particularly the jab at my technical skills. Didn't mean to vent like this but I figure if anyone would understand it's people on HN. There is a happy ending: I got a new role a little while later and found multiple coworkers who also interviewed there with similar stories. So it wasn't just me.
- danesparza 9y ago
  AN 8 HOUR INTERVIEW???!!! Holy fork! I agree with the other folks that indicated you dodged a bullet. Also: I'm sorry that there are folks in our industry that would submit you to such inhumane conditions. I'm also glad you stuck around in spite of this shiz.
- mratzloff 9y ago
  Eight hours, junior devs interviewing, pointless questions... You can leave an interview at any time if you're not feeling it. You're not obligated to stick it out. I've bailed on interviews before. It sounds like you really wanted this job, though, so I understand wanting to see it through. That's why I always ask candidates how they feel it's going so far when I begin an interview. Any issues on our end? You should be checking in with yourself at least between every interview to gauge how you feel. The vast majority of interviewers are shitty, so if you're not feeling great it's probably more on them than you.

extr 9y ago

It was a junior dev and this was the worst of it, but as I said elsewhere, looking back the whole thing was shitty. Whiteboard coding questions of the worst type from all levels, zero interest in my previous experience in a related area, and no respect for my time. It was an 8+ hour day and then they had the nerve to ask me to turn my car around and come back because they "forgot" to schedule me with someone senior. When I didn't get the position, they were borderline rude to my recruiter when he asked to get info on the decision ("He performed poorly in our case interviews, particularly [the one I posted about]"). And I had honestly thought I did pretty well considering what was being asked. Huge company in my town and they do fairly well, so the whole thing left me feeling awful for about a month afterward, particularly the jab at my technical skills. Didn't mean to vent like this but I figure if anyone would understand it's people on HN. There is a happy ending: I got a new role a little while later and found multiple coworkers who also interviewed there with similar stories. So it wasn't just me.

danesparza 9y ago
AN 8 HOUR INTERVIEW???!!! Holy fork! I agree with the other folks that indicated you dodged a bullet. Also: I'm sorry that there are folks in our industry that would submit you to such inhumane conditions. I'm also glad you stuck around in spite of this shiz.
mratzloff 9y ago
Eight hours, junior devs interviewing, pointless questions... You can leave an interview at any time if you're not feeling it. You're not obligated to stick it out. I've bailed on interviews before. It sounds like you really wanted this job, though, so I understand wanting to see it through. That's why I always ask candidates how they feel it's going so far when I begin an interview. Any issues on our end? You should be checking in with yourself at least between every interview to gauge how you feel. The vast majority of interviewers are shitty, so if you're not feeling great it's probably more on them than you.