> I’m sometimes in a practical part of the interview where a certain part isn’t going well. ... At this point I’ll try to offer the interviewee some hints or ma

> I’m sometimes in a practical part of the interview where a certain part isn’t going well. ... At this point I’ll try to offer the interviewee some hints or maybe even just tell them what to move them along. However, on quite a number of occasions this advice has been flat out ignored and the candidates have kept ploughing on with whatever failing approach they were using. To put it bluntly, the initial inability may not have been a deal-breaker but ignoring advice is. Yes! If I set it a problem for you, and you're not getting it, it turns into a new interview challenge: can you work with me to get back in track? I'm not a ghoul looking for any chance to hang you. I'm your potential future colleague, and I'm looking to see if we can work together. Not knowing something is fine. Not listening to me as I try to get you unstuck and work with you too get moving again is unforgivable.