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I've noticed an interesting trend in my career: the more grueling the interview, the less-satisfying the job. The jobs I enjoyed the most, had the most interest

I've noticed an interesting trend in my career: the more grueling the interview, the less-satisfying the job. The jobs I enjoyed the most, had the most interesting challenges, etc, were the ones where it was little more than a handshake. The ones where they put me through hoop after hoop turned out to be the ones that were the least interesting and had the least upside.

the-pigeon 9y ago
On the flip-side I've worked with engineers that were so entitled it completely undermined their ability to work with others in the company. Work is going to involve some bullshit. That's life. If you can't jump through a few hoops for a job then you don't want the job very badly or have an ego problem. Don't get me wrong, expecting someone to spend three days on a technical solution is nonsense. But the "special snowflake rockstar" mentality of some developers is not helpful and important to check for during an interview process.