"In any case, after about 20 of these in-person interviews going poorly, I really disconnected from the whole process and found myself deeply frustrated. Not on

"In any case, after about 20 of these in-person interviews going poorly, I really disconnected from the whole process and found myself deeply frustrated. Not only were these programming word problems ridiculous, but it seemed like everyone I interviewed with was a caricature of narcissism and delusions of grandeur." The people who are conducting interviews are all that and more. Tech people lord over the commoners by focusing on obscure syntax and the latest buzz words as opposed to the basics of building an application. The smartest thing to do when building something is to Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS). The guy whose interviewing will write clever but unmaintainable code and then will leave in 2 years to follow the next trend.