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You have a very good perspective on what an employer would love to hear from someone, regardless of whether they code for fun on the side. However, as an emplo
by gknoy 12y ago
You have a very good perspective on what an employer would love to hear from someone, regardless of whether they code for fun on the side.
However, as an employee, such questions might be highly correlated with past companies that are looking for people who do not have family commitments, or who are willing to do unpaid extra work at home "for fun". As an interviewee, it makes me wonder, even if only fleetingly, "Will I be discriminated against for not being (young+single)?". (Are we even allowed to ask about marital status or age?)
Even if such a thing was never your intention, the interviewee might have had prior bad experiences with those who ask such a question, and view cutting the interview short as a way to ensure they don't get mistreated later.
- ColinWright 12y agoIn that case, just as an interviewer looks for indications beyond a single question, so should an interviewee. Cutting an interview short because of one indicator seems short-sighted. Surely better would be to use it as one indicator, and then start looking to see if there are more. But I understand the point point of view, I'm just trying to give some balance, and point out that the black/white attitude this suggests is sometimes a clear indication that you are not cut out for a particular position.