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0 pointschiefalchemist2y ago0 comments

You're assuming the nervous stressed candidate can read your mind? That's not going to yield the best candidates. It's going to yield the candidates who are best "tuned" for the process.

I've already explained simple and obvious scenarios where the context can impact the candidates in sub-optimal ways.

If someone says, "Solve this" and the canidate attempts to do so, but that's not what was really expected? That's trickery (and foolish). On the other hand, if the interviewer wants, "Here's a problem, let's discuss..." then *that* is what the interviewer should lead with.

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sneed_chucker2y ago

No, they don't need to read my mind. I tell each candidate before they start that they can ask any questions at any time during the interview.

chiefalchemistOP2y ago

So context doesn't matter? And they're to blindly trust you? Because you said so [1]? Because they've never been screwed by an interviewer before? My sense is, you don't get out enough (i.e., be the candidate).

I hope the next time you do an interview the candidate asks, "Why should I trust you?" or "When was the last time you were the interviewee?"

[1] That's not how trust works. It is, by definition, earned.

sneed_chucker2y ago

...I don't know what to tell you dude.

It just sounds like you're projecting your poor interview experiences onto me.

If you can't take a statement as unambiguous as "feel free to ask questions at any time" at face value, then why even bother interviewing?

And for the record, I've been the candidate in plenty of interviews. I've done the 5-hour FAANG interviews and know how shitty they are. It's why I specifically designed the coding interview process at my company to be much more candidate friendly.

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0 pointschiefalchemist2y ago0 comments

You're assuming the nervous stressed candidate can read your mind? That's not going to yield the best candidates. It's going to yield the candidates who are best "tuned" for the process.

I've already explained simple and obvious scenarios where the context can impact the candidates in sub-optimal ways.

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sneed_chucker2y ago

No, they don't need to read my mind. I tell each candidate before they start that they can ask any questions at any time during the interview.

chiefalchemistOP2y ago

I hope the next time you do an interview the candidate asks, "Why should I trust you?" or "When was the last time you were the interviewee?"

[1] That's not how trust works. It is, by definition, earned.

sneed_chucker2y ago

...I don't know what to tell you dude.

It just sounds like you're projecting your poor interview experiences onto me.

If you can't take a statement as unambiguous as "feel free to ask questions at any time" at face value, then why even bother interviewing?

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