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I'd be interested to see what happens if an interviewee turns the table under the guise of "interviewing the company," which is a concept promoted from time to

I'd be interested to see what happens if an interviewee turns the table under the guise of "interviewing the company," which is a concept promoted from time to time in interviewing threads. When your interviewer is telling you about their role in the company and a little about their history (if they have one), say it's a dev interview because why not, ask them how they rate their programming skill on a scale from 1 to 5. Ask them why they left their last company. Ask them what the most difficult thing they've ever achieved is.

rhexs 8y ago
The interviewer usually makes some sort of excuse then gets right back to the actual reason they're in the room with you: leetcode 101.
- jungler 8y ago
  You could ask the interviewer to whiteboard something for you, too.
  - klodolph 8y ago
    I mean, sure, that’s a possibility. But some people are just really good at whiteboarding problems and explaining solutions. Sometimes these people end up being technical interviewers. If you’ve been a technical interviewer for a while, you don’t find the experience stressful. After a while of doing technical problems they start to seem easier and easier, even when presented with evidence to the contrary (when candidates find them difficult). Speaking as someone who is (1) a technical interviewer (2) good at whiteboarding problems and (3) has near zero fear of public speaking, I think the big exercise in humility is to figure out ways to get evidence for the interviewee’s skill set even when it’s dissimilar to my own.
  - WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
    It would be weird, because we rarely whiteboard people. We've found that the three best predictors for good hires are Curiosity, Ability to Self Learn, Ability to Listen. Good hires will generate fill 2 or three.
acomjean 8y ago
All joking aside, candidates do reject jobs and if you are interviewing for a job, you should be thinking "do I want to work here" . When interviewing someone to be my manager I asked him since he spoke with such joy about his current job, why he was leaving... It was money. We found out the company he was at got funding a few days later, and although we made an offer he rejected us. I've interviewed at a company where the environment didn't seem good at all. I always ask whats good about working at a place, and what isn't so good. I found people to be honest about it. I didn't think it was a good fit after thinking about it a bit a decided not to continue. So when interviewing don't be arrogant. You need help, thats why you are looking for people. When interviewing candidates, my main criteria are: - Can this person help us - Can I deal with working with them

rhexs 8y ago

The interviewer usually makes some sort of excuse then gets right back to the actual reason they're in the room with you: leetcode 101.

jungler 8y ago
You could ask the interviewer to whiteboard something for you, too.
- klodolph 8y ago
  I mean, sure, that’s a possibility. But some people are just really good at whiteboarding problems and explaining solutions. Sometimes these people end up being technical interviewers. If you’ve been a technical interviewer for a while, you don’t find the experience stressful. After a while of doing technical problems they start to seem easier and easier, even when presented with evidence to the contrary (when candidates find them difficult). Speaking as someone who is (1) a technical interviewer (2) good at whiteboarding problems and (3) has near zero fear of public speaking, I think the big exercise in humility is to figure out ways to get evidence for the interviewee’s skill set even when it’s dissimilar to my own.
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
  It would be weird, because we rarely whiteboard people. We've found that the three best predictors for good hires are Curiosity, Ability to Self Learn, Ability to Listen. Good hires will generate fill 2 or three.

acomjean 8y ago

All joking aside, candidates do reject jobs and if you are interviewing for a job, you should be thinking "do I want to work here" . When interviewing someone to be my manager I asked him since he spoke with such joy about his current job, why he was leaving... It was money. We found out the company he was at got funding a few days later, and although we made an offer he rejected us. I've interviewed at a company where the environment didn't seem good at all. I always ask whats good about working at a place, and what isn't so good. I found people to be honest about it. I didn't think it was a good fit after thinking about it a bit a decided not to continue. So when interviewing don't be arrogant. You need help, thats why you are looking for people. When interviewing candidates, my main criteria are: - Can this person help us - Can I deal with working with them