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I was once in this position, but decided to continue through with the "right" answer anyway. Even though the interviewer was adamant that he was right (as, of c
by don-code 5y ago
I was once in this position, but decided to continue through with the "right" answer anyway. Even though the interviewer was adamant that he was right (as, of course, was I), we briefly stopped the interview and made some Google searches to get to the truth.
I could ostensibly argue that I got the job not by telling the interviewer what he wanted to hear, but by doubling down on the right answer and showing that I had the capacity to prove it.
- hitekker 5y agoI’ve seen people go through the pipeline with “no hires” from interviewers because of small differences of opinion. In your case, I’d wager that the disagreeing interviewers feedback may have just been discarded.
- meowface 5y agoThey didn't fully clarify what kind of feedback the interviewer likely ended up giving in the end, though. I'd be curious to know if after they Googled it the interviewer acknowledged he was wrong and the interviewee was right. (I think they're kind of implying that, but it's unclear.)
- don-code 5y agoLate but, for the record, I did get positive feedback from that interview, and the interviewer admitted his mental model was wrong.