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"As an interviewer, I simply don't have an hour or two to evaluate someone's project." These are people with whom you'll be working together with for years. If
by jghn 12y ago
"As an interviewer, I simply don't have an hour or two to evaluate someone's project."
These are people with whom you'll be working together with for years. If you can't spare a few hours to make sure you are finding the right person, what does that say to a candidate?
- jimbobimbo 12y agoThe interview is a tool to quickly evaluate the candidate. Not every candidate reaches the point where they could be even considered being a person I'll "be working together with for years". There're more than one candidate at any given time and I still have my day job to do. I don't know what does this say to a candidate, but I surely hope they're mature enough to understand that there's nothing personal about it. They will be treated with dignity and courteously during the whole process, but that's all I can promise.
- jghn 12y agoThe thing is that they're also interviewing you. If I expect a candidate to spend time prepping and then taking time off of work to come in and talk to us, the least I can do is take the time to properly prep for them. I know that when I'm on the candidate side of the fence it makes a big difference to me if a company/interviewers seem like they've actually taken the time to get to know who I am instead of just walking in a room and that being the first time they've checked out my resume. I realize it's not personal and I don't expect it but if a company/interviewer puts in the extra effort it's a definite positive.