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Yeah, I did wonder about that, but they could've just recorded the interview. Although that did happen, but I think that was the recruitment agencies: they'd d
by __d 4y ago
Yeah, I did wonder about that, but they could've just recorded the interview.
Although that did happen, but I think that was the recruitment agencies: they'd debrief their candidates after their interviews, and the next time they sent someone in, they'd be prepped for the whiteboard design exercises we'd used previously. I ended up with a dozen different questions that I rotated, which seemed to be enough.
General interview questions were often prepped too. Our phone screen question list had to grow quite long before it seemed like the effort to cram/prep was too much trouble.
- lodovic 4y agoWhy would you continue to use that contracting agency if they were clearly gaming the interviews?
- __d 4y agoIt's a tough call. Firstly, all agencies prep their candidates to some extent. They know your stack, they know what skills and experience you're looking for, so they make sure the people they send in match the profile, and you know, just bone up on the important things a bit before the interview. It's not a stretch to go from that to saying "and they'll ask about X and Y, so make sure you refresh your memory on that". And then it's not far to outright "here's the list of stuff we know they've asked recently -- do your best!" The worst offenders would get a grumpy phone call and sit out the next few rounds of recruitment, but ultimately you want the candidates, so ...