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Do you think you could have called them back 15 minutes later and said, "Hey, sorry, I got nervous during the interview and that's pretty unusual for me. I just

by japhyr 12y ago

Do you think you could have called them back 15 minutes later and said, "Hey, sorry, I got nervous during the interview and that's pretty unusual for me. I just want to let you know I did solve the problem in 10 minutes after the interview. I don't expect you to give me a second chance, but if you want to talk about what I came up with I'd be happy to tell you what I started thinking about the problem as soon as we hung up." They want someone to do well in the interview, so while some interviewers wouldn't talk to you more, I wonder if some might jump right back into the conversation. Any thoughts on how they might have responded to this? Did you consider calling them right back?

geoelectric 12y ago
Anything's worth a try, but as a somewhat cynical interviewer I'd assume that they Googled it.
rukittenme 12y ago
No I didn't. I could have at least emailed them with the code attached. But at this point its been 8 hours so I'm a little over the time limit :P. Do you think its worthwhile to email them?
- mattm 12y ago
  Yes especially if you explain the solution in detail.
  - rukittenme 12y ago
    Thanks, I went ahead and sent an email to the person who interviewed me. I don't know that it will make a difference with my prospects but it did make me feel better.
- japhyr 12y ago
  My thinking was if you had gotten in touch 10 minutes after the interview and you could laugh about having been nervous, they might have opened up the conversation again. Of course they might think you googled it, but you didn't. If you simply got past the nervous phase because the interview was "over", and you could suddenly talk at a much higher level about the problem you were working on, it would be clear you weren't just spouting 10 minutes of googling. If you're in competition with a number of other well-qualified people for the job, this probably won't help. But if they don't have any strong candidates, they might be happy to see that you've gotten past the nervous phase, and give you a second chance. I think you'd get a better response 10 minutes after the interview than 8 hours later. Most of my interviewing experience centers around teaching positions, on both sides of the interview table. As an interviewer in these situations, I'd have welcomed a followup conversation.

by japhyr 12y ago

geoelectric 12y ago

Anything's worth a try, but as a somewhat cynical interviewer I'd assume that they Googled it.

rukittenme 12y ago

No I didn't. I could have at least emailed them with the code attached. But at this point its been 8 hours so I'm a little over the time limit :P. Do you think its worthwhile to email them?

mattm 12y ago
Yes especially if you explain the solution in detail.
- rukittenme 12y ago
  Thanks, I went ahead and sent an email to the person who interviewed me. I don't know that it will make a difference with my prospects but it did make me feel better.
japhyr 12y ago
My thinking was if you had gotten in touch 10 minutes after the interview and you could laugh about having been nervous, they might have opened up the conversation again. Of course they might think you googled it, but you didn't. If you simply got past the nervous phase because the interview was "over", and you could suddenly talk at a much higher level about the problem you were working on, it would be clear you weren't just spouting 10 minutes of googling. If you're in competition with a number of other well-qualified people for the job, this probably won't help. But if they don't have any strong candidates, they might be happy to see that you've gotten past the nervous phase, and give you a second chance. I think you'd get a better response 10 minutes after the interview than 8 hours later. Most of my interviewing experience centers around teaching positions, on both sides of the interview table. As an interviewer in these situations, I'd have welcomed a followup conversation.