In the original article the author said: > I've never had an interview that tried to evaluate my ability to work in a team or prioritize tasks... I found this

In the original article the author said: > I've never had an interview that tried to evaluate my ability to work in a team or prioritize tasks... I found this interesting, because there are some good ways to look for this that I always ask when interviewing. I wonder if the author had been checked on these things and just didn’t notice. One thing I always do in interviews is after I see the approach the candidate is taking, show them another approach and see if they can understand it and run with it. Many candidates struggle with wrapping their brain around any other approach than their own. This is about collaboration and teamwork. It’s also very common to have behavioral questions that talk through what some challenges were and how you solved them, and to ask probing questions about how the candidate dealt with differing opinions in the best way to proceed. This also is looking at teamwork skills. Regarding prioritizing tasks, it’s routine for me to ask a candidate to break a problem down into components. Then evaluate which are the most difficult, and which they’d tackle first and why. I’m looking to see if they try to reduce risks early in their process. This is something more senior people do better. I wonder if the author has indeed been interviewed about teamwork skills and just didn’t realize it.