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There are hundreds of ways to do this without intentionally tilting the candidate into failure later. As an interviewer you have absolute authority in the room
by mondoshawan 7y ago
There are hundreds of ways to do this without intentionally tilting the candidate into failure later. As an interviewer you have absolute authority in the room -- don't abuse it and destroy the candidate.
- notyourwork 7y agoI think you are misunderstanding my point by indicating that interviewer's shouldn't abuse their power. To be specific, I do a lot of things up front in an interview to help the candidate. The most important is informing them that they should treat technical exercises as a team exercise where we are teammates working together. Furthermore, I declare that there is no penalty for my assistance during the interview. The idea is for us to work together to solve a problem, my interest is in how they think and work through the problem. Furthermore, I explicitly tell them for discussion on prior experience and technical facets of interview that they are welcome to indicate they do not have an answer to my question or are unsure what's next. All of this combined creates a very pleasant experience which is an important part of my goal as an interviewer. I'm not trying to embarrass people, though I am trying to make a informed hiring decision which is a very expensive endeavor for my company. Therefore, beyond letting candidate enjoy themselves, my main focus is to ensure that I have sufficient confidence to hire or be willing to walk away due to lack of conclusive data.