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> Here are some tips for converting interview into the discussion as an interviewer ... Two ideas follow. I don't think they'll work very well. Here's the #1

> Here are some tips for converting interview into the discussion as an interviewer ... Two ideas follow. I don't think they'll work very well. Here's the #1 thing you can do as a candidate to turn the interview into a discussion: Come prepared with some interrogative-led questions. These usually begin with the words "who"; "where"; "what"; "when"; and "why". Then ask your questions at appropriate times. A good time might be, for example, right after you answer a question on a topic related to the question you're about to ask. Another good time might be when the interviewer asks "Do you have any questions for me?" Having been on the other side of the interviewing table a lot, it's quite surprising how few candidates have anything to ask about one of the biggest decisions they'll ever make. The quality of your questions will determine what you get out of the interview. To prepare good question, you'll need to understand the following at more than just surface level: - the position - the company/group/pod - the interviewer Research these three things before the interview. The questions you bring to the interview should be designed to gather relevant and missing information on these points. What's "relevant information"? You'll need some goals to figure that out. Don't set foot in the interview until you have some goals that make sense for you. Reversing the above into a process for preparing for an interview: 1. figure out why you're interviewing at all, and interviewing at that company in particular 2. research the position, the company/group/pod, and your interviewers 3. draft questions you'll ask during the interview 4. ask your questions at appropriate times during the interview

tchalla 5y ago
> ere's the #1 thing you can do as a candidate to turn the interview into a discussion: Come prepared with some interrogative-led questions. Yes, the candidate should come prepared to (1) resolve Leetcode Medium/Hard problems with obscure data structures and algorithms, (2) have a Github profile and demonstrate their side projects and (3) have best instances of their past careers to answer behavioural questions in the STAR format. In the same time, we want to demonstrate how the candidate "thinks of their feet" and now we have interrogative style questions. The way I see it - we don't really require interviewers at all. I don't see any benefit of an interviewer. We can replace them with robots.

tchalla 5y ago

> ere's the #1 thing you can do as a candidate to turn the interview into a discussion: Come prepared with some interrogative-led questions. Yes, the candidate should come prepared to (1) resolve Leetcode Medium/Hard problems with obscure data structures and algorithms, (2) have a Github profile and demonstrate their side projects and (3) have best instances of their past careers to answer behavioural questions in the STAR format. In the same time, we want to demonstrate how the candidate "thinks of their feet" and now we have interrogative style questions. The way I see it - we don't really require interviewers at all. I don't see any benefit of an interviewer. We can replace them with robots.