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Might be a whoosh, but really don’t understand the idea of seeing the interviewer as an adversary. Stress in interviews comes from many places but honestly one
by yoz-y 1y ago
Might be a whoosh, but really don’t understand the idea of seeing the interviewer as an adversary. Stress in interviews comes from many places but honestly one of the roles of the interviewer is to bring it down.
- ameliaquining 1y agoI think maybe the problem being alluded to is that a lot of interviewers aren't that good at this and instead give off vibes that play up the "I'm judging you from a default presumption that I'm more competent than you" angle. (Really, it shouldn't be surprising that most technical interviewers aren't that competent, since they usually aren't selected for it.)
- reillyse 1y agoOh god. I’ve met some seriously incompetent people when interviewing - to the point where I’m glad they are the one conducting the interview cause I never want to work with them. I’ve actually finished an interview where I was the candidate with “thank you, but I don’t think this is going to work out”.
- ameliaquining 1y agoTo be clear, my point is more that lots of people who are competent at their core jobs and would be perfectly fine coworkers suck at interviewing (but are pressed into service doing it anyway).