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It's a cultural thing, I know of one Russian guy recently who went for an interview for a principal dev in a FAANG company, and didn't get the role because he w
by Simon_ORourke 2y ago
It's a cultural thing, I know of one Russian guy recently who went for an interview for a principal dev in a FAANG company, and didn't get the role because he was too serious, no smiles, no little ice-breaking smirks, no chortles - but a deadpan response to each interview question. Sometimes, it does matter how you appear to be saying something as well as what you say.
- tdy_err 2y agoYes it is rude or uncouth to bare your teeth in Russian culture but I think that sentiment is belongs to Russia alone; I could be wrong but I don’t think throughout the world there are countries where people refrain from smiling. There is a rhetorical ambiguity in saying “it’s cultural” rather than “it’s Russian cultural”.
- Darkskiez 2y agoThey don't tell you why, so it's strange to say this is the reason. At Google the interviewers write up the discussion, questions and answers, and a separate committee decides based on the feedback from all the interviewers. There is no scoring for pun quality sadly.