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Hmmm I wonder, I'm 6'4", average looking, have a European accent(which i hate) but last time I interviewed for 3 jobs I received offers from all of them. I don'

by avgDev 6y ago

Hmmm I wonder, I'm 6'4", average looking, have a European accent(which i hate) but last time I interviewed for 3 jobs I received offers from all of them. I don't think it was my actual skills as I failed two out of three questions in one of the interviews. I'm not particularly smart either, just common sense and can hack things together. I have a zoom interview soon, we will see how that goes, maybe I need to hold banana or something for scale.

Scoundreller 6y ago
I thought there was always supposed to be a “you’re going to fail this” question so: 1. They have something to point to if/when they get sued for rejecting someone 2. Make you feel like you failed so you don’t ask for as much money 3. Helps prevent there being >=2 perfect interviews and then dealing with ties
- titanomachy 6y ago
  Having been on the interviewer side of the table at a couple smaller companies as well as a FAANG or two, I can say I've never seen a question on the slate where the candidate was obviously intended to fail. Maybe some other companies do this. However, if a candidate answers my first question easily I will try to extend or constrain the problem enough that it pushes them out of their comfort zone a bit. This gives them a chance to show off more skill than if I only asked an easy question. Also, there are very rarely "perfect interviews"; it's rare for people to get the highest score on even one of their interviews, let alone all of them.
pavel_lishin 6y ago
> I failed two out of three questions in one of the interviews Do you know for a fact that you failed them, or is that just your perception? Interview questions are typically a little more open-ended than you suspect, and not being able to deliver the full answer of what's being asked for isn't a failure when you've only got 30 minutes.
scarmig 6y ago
It's hard to say, and second guessing yourself is never useful. There are competent and incompetent tall people, and competent and incompetent short people. I'm a shorter guy, and I've gotten job offers where I've failed (by some standard) 6/6 interview questions. Just work your hardest and try your best to be objective and make your workplace more equitable, which is all anyone should do anyway.

by avgDev 6y ago

Scoundreller 6y ago

I thought there was always supposed to be a “you’re going to fail this” question so: 1. They have something to point to if/when they get sued for rejecting someone 2. Make you feel like you failed so you don’t ask for as much money 3. Helps prevent there being >=2 perfect interviews and then dealing with ties

titanomachy 6y ago
Having been on the interviewer side of the table at a couple smaller companies as well as a FAANG or two, I can say I've never seen a question on the slate where the candidate was obviously intended to fail. Maybe some other companies do this. However, if a candidate answers my first question easily I will try to extend or constrain the problem enough that it pushes them out of their comfort zone a bit. This gives them a chance to show off more skill than if I only asked an easy question. Also, there are very rarely "perfect interviews"; it's rare for people to get the highest score on even one of their interviews, let alone all of them.

pavel_lishin 6y ago

> I failed two out of three questions in one of the interviews Do you know for a fact that you failed them, or is that just your perception? Interview questions are typically a little more open-ended than you suspect, and not being able to deliver the full answer of what's being asked for isn't a failure when you've only got 30 minutes.

scarmig 6y ago

It's hard to say, and second guessing yourself is never useful. There are competent and incompetent tall people, and competent and incompetent short people. I'm a shorter guy, and I've gotten job offers where I've failed (by some standard) 6/6 interview questions. Just work your hardest and try your best to be objective and make your workplace more equitable, which is all anyone should do anyway.