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Is interviewing a skill for tech questions given how most companies do it? As everywhere I have worked (and virtually all of my technical interviews), the inte
by MattGaiser 5y ago
Is interviewing a skill for tech questions given how most companies do it?
As everywhere I have worked (and virtually all of my technical interviews), the interviewer gets a packet, runs the candidate through the packet, writes down the answers, and then moves on to the next one.
I have heard "I have no idea, so I will let you assume that" or some variation of that so many times whenever I ask a question outside the clarifying ones available in the packet.
Tech interviews just seem like exam proctors.
- pc86 5y agoThis is true, except we're usually not given a packet. :)
- lrem 5y agoI've been an interviewer in Google for quite a few years now. I know my favourite question inside-out, implemented it in a couple languages, know the theory behind the advanced follow-ups for theorists, know the realities of running this down to the wire level for applied folk... I always answer "sure, let's assume that" when the interviewee suggests a clarification. Just makes for a smoother interview flow. If what they suggested is out of bounds of reason (say, round trip time to the moon in 10ms), I'll just note that in the report.
- MattGaiser 5y agoImpressive. I have far more often encountered an interviewer also seeing the question for the first time.