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> I once got bounced from a job interview for not knowing about a quirk of the newest XCode (less than a week old) Sounds like they did you a favor. Who’d want
by codetrotter 5y ago
> I once got bounced from a job interview for not knowing about a quirk of the newest XCode (less than a week old)
Sounds like they did you a favor. Who’d want to work for people like that?
- robocat 5y ago> Who’d want to work for people like that Recruiters, HR and interviewers often are nothing like the culture of the people you will end up working with. Treat everything as a potential signal, but take care not to mistake noise for signal. Also recruitment is often about reducing false positives (avoiding bad hires), at the cost of a high number of false negatives (failing to employ suitable candidates). Try not to take it personally when they give you a no for an obviously bad reason?!
- MrDresden 5y agoThis isn't universal, but the best places have peers do some or most of the interviewing. So only interacting with HR/management would be a red flag for me.
- oceanghost 5y agoI did. The company I worked for was infinitely worse (literal Sociopathic management). The pay was better, it was closer to home, and the work was more stable. If I had to guess-- I'd say the existing iOS guy wanted a friend to be hired so he tanked me.