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I feel like everyone here is missing OPs point. It seems like they had a mostly typical interview, which the candidate had probably been through a bunch of but
by hunter-gatherer 4y ago
I feel like everyone here is missing OPs point. It seems like they had a mostly typical interview, which the candidate had probably been through a bunch of but for whatever reason wasn't to intrigued by the company. Maybe the candidate thought it was too boilerplate... I don't know. But then during lunch, when a handful of collegues are casually throwing around brain teasers, the candidate realized he would like the atmosphere. This doesn't seem too wild to me. But then again, software engineers are some of the most sensitive people I've ever worked with.
- dekhn 4y agoI got the point. I'm not like that person. Most aren't.
- nprateem 4y agoAh I see I'm a snowflake for not liking the power imbalance and irrelevance of this sort of thing. TBH I'd just have found it contrived and boring. I wouldn't be excited to have colleagues who couldn't just talk about normal stuff at lunch.
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- robocat 4y agoI think you are reading too much into the story. One reason for the lunch is to try and relax a bit and test “cultural fit”, which is more like a blind date between two people to see if there is any spark. Ideally it is a two way conversation, where the candidate and the interviewers get to judge each other. There is a problem where cultural fit “tests” are heavily biased against minorities - for example most any sports discussion is dominated by your social class. Enjoying brain teasers matches a particular type of geek, and the discussion likely veered or was encouraged in that direction by the candidate. It wasn’t Machiavellian, which perhaps you are more responsive to?
- nprateem 4y agoIf that's how you've learnt to understand empathy, then sure, I guess I must be