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You can interview for that? (Not a joke) Very few of the job functions we rely on in my space can be reasonably handled in 45 minutes. Resultantly, every int
by chaboud 9y ago
You can interview for that? (Not a joke)
Very few of the job functions we rely on in my space can be reasonably handled in 45 minutes. Resultantly, every interview question is indirect. We either reduce problems to what we hope are aggregate indicators (e.g. coding questions) with little to no certainty that we've correctly aggregated the skillset, use fast-search limit test questions that can spook candidates, or resort to fuzzy indicators that end up serving as pet questions.
For me, I check for things like accurate self assessment and subtle asshole cues, but largely indirectly, since everybody lies...
- kasey_junk 9y agoOne response is, no you can’t. Technical interviews almost always devolve into proxy questions & those proxy questions rarely actually test for what the interviewer thinks they do. “Tell me about your home network” is one of the odder proxy questions I’ve seen, having spent a lot of time looking at this problem. What I’ve recommended for years is to replace technical interviews with take home work sample tests. Those also have their downsides and have recently gotten a bad name because of how poorly many people execute them, but replacing your interview process with them almost always leads to better results in my experience.