A few examples from actual interviewing experience: - Treating anyone (be it the interviewer, the janitor, the intern, or people from a different background wh

A few examples from actual interviewing experience: - Treating anyone (be it the interviewer, the janitor, the intern, or people from a different background whom you've never met) as below you - Treating the interview as a power struggle - Failing to solve a fizzbuzz within half an hour despite claiming 15 years of software development experience ("well, I've mostly been managing people lately") - From a developer with 18 months experience applying to a mid-level position: "I expect to have at least three people reporting to me within 12 months" [Even more ridiculous when you take into account that we're a tiny, slow-growing team that's unlikely to add 3 people total within 12 months.] - More than 3 years out of school, never held a job for >9 months. - "And then I told them we should put development on hold until we rewrite all seven services in $new_shiny" - Shows up to the interview drunk or high