“Thanks for your time. Don’t call us. We will call you. NEXT!”
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Not that the story is not believable but this is Reddit were talking about here...
INTERVIEWER IS LUCKY THEY DIDN’T SHOW UP WITH A PARENT
AFTER A LIFETIME OF “PARTICIPATION TROPHIES” seems that is what they do now.
IF I were interviewing anyone who showed up with an parent-—the interview would be INSTANTLY OVER.
He’d make whiteboard design meetings drag on.
I drove to the companies HQ, and I interviewed with different members of the team, some in person, some on video. The woman who would have been my boss showed up late, half way through the interview. I wasn't even annoyed by that, although I would never do that. But then she came in and said, "I'm not going to ask you any questions." That really annoyed me, but I didn't say anything. Then she gave me "homework." She wanted me to do actual work, and it was a project that it would take at least 60-80 hours to do properly. I felt dubious it was professional to ask me that.
But no matter how rude to me they were, I was going to be nothing but polite. Which I normally am. But my friend had who worked there had set up the interview, so even if they had punched me in the face, I wouldn't have ever done anything but smile. I think my friend was embarrassed by what happened, and he didn't work there much longer. I opted out of doing the "assignment" they gave me.
We will keep your resume in the round file.
If you can get by IT people idiosyncrasies and know how to manage them, a lot of them are very talented people. I had one lady who was black & white and no filters. Told our marketing group to look past that and whatever she programs will be rock solid. Similarly, I would caution her about how marketing people could be all over the map with their requirements. It was a delicate balance but effective if everyone could understand the others perspective.
Barack is interviewing for a software position?
The current contract I’m working on, I was hired without an interview based on my resume’ alone. I’ve been doing software QA for 25 years, mostly automation.
If I go on an interview and they give me a coding test my usual response is, “The test you’re giving me has nothing to do with test automation. I’ve probably forgotten more programming languages than all of you know put together.”
*click*
-SB
I didn’t know Barry Obama was looking for a job.
Why bother telling him anything except “thank you for coming in. We’ll let you know?” Waste of time.
Hannity looking for a job?
This is an actual news story?
At times it became obvious that they just wanted an overnighter in San Diego. One even asked how late the zoo and Sea World were open and said that his family was waiting in the lobby.
End of interview. I don't know what HR did but as far as I was concerned, they could walk home.
I feel a lot more stupid after struggling to read that article.
Drugs.
"Meredith, please scroll Reddit for your next news article."
The state of journalism today.
The wise man speaks because he has something to say; the fool because he has to say something. Knowing when to speak is the beginning of wisdom.
I’ve been in a few candidate interviews with fellow managers and since there was no moderator on our side, a couple of candidates were allowed to take control of the interview. One that we hired, in spite of his incessant self-promotion, turned out to be the worst dud you could imagine. Not that he wasn’t smart, he just never produced.