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I made the same mistake in the Life Story interview. I thought it was about why I became a dev. Except I only realized that about 15 minutes in.
by MattGaiser 5y ago
I made the same mistake in the Life Story interview. I thought it was about why I became a dev. Except I only realized that about 15 minutes in.
- ma2rten 5y agoSounds like it's ripe for (creating the perception of) discrimination.
- evilduck 5y agoThe intent could very well be to get people to volunteer information you otherwise can’t directly ask. “Life story” is such an odd way to label it if they just want to know your career path to date.
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- Nullinker 5y agoCommunication goes both ways. It is a very reasonable assumption that a life story is about your whole life, not just your education and professional career. The recruiters should explain what they mean if they are redefining terms, especially since people regularly interpret it differently.
- MattGaiser 5y agoThis is what Shopify has to say about the Life Story: > For the Life Story, you can expect an informal 60-minute conversation via video with a Recruiter from our team. Interviews at Shopify are two-sided conversations. We are genuinely interested in getting to know you and we want you to get to know us, too. It seemed so out of the blue to be asked the typical questions contract recruiters ask about programming languages and years of experience in those languages.
- sequoia 5y agoYeah this sort of language was what threw me off. It explicitly states that they want to "get to know you" in a way that, presumably, extends beyond "how many years JavaScript experience." I actually remember thinking "perhaps figuring out that the question they asked is not the question they actually want answered is the test. Figuring out that a stakeholder wants something very different than what they initially ask for is a very important skill for developers." If so, good on shopify recruiters! They're playing 3D chess.
- nkrisc 5y agoThe worst thing about this (apart from the obviously misleading name) is if you correctly interpret it, it implies your work is your life.
- MattGaiser 5y agoThat would scare me at any other company, but Shopify has an excellent reputation for WLB, so at least at the time that thought did not occur.