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"All existing interview techniques are bad because they're just about proving the interviewer is smarter than the interviewee. Now let me tell you why my inter
by siegecraft 11y ago
"All existing interview techniques are bad because they're just about proving the interviewer is smarter than the interviewee. Now let me tell you why my interview technique is so much better and I am so much smarter than those people."
- pinewurst 11y agoSubstitute kinder and more considerate for that second "smarter". I've had successful interviews where I felt like garbage and unsuccessful ones that left me feeling good about the experience. Both kindness and consideration override a waterboarding about the decisions behind variable names.
- JoergR 11y agoYou have trouble with reading comprehension...
- kamac 11y agoI think it's your personal impression, because I didn't feel like the author was bragging about how great his method is.
- siegecraft 11y agoEh, maybe bragging is too strong of a word, but it did feel rather hypocritical that he propped up the straw man that interviewing was all about making the interviewer feel smarter than the interviewee. Then proceeded to tell an anecdote about how he was smarter/better than all the other people interviewing a particular candidate.
- luckydude 11y agoI didn't get that from his writing. Yes, you can look at it that way but it's perhaps cynical. I thought he was genuinely trying to say here is a better way. You should read it again. He's talking about kindness and giving people space to come out their shell (amongst other things). That's not him bragging, that's him helping the interview go well (if it can). Shrug. I thought it was a good article.