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Re: Interview Humiliation

#31

Post by aniket_ray »

jbob2000 wrote: post #19
fisherjeff wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I found out later their recruiter had given me and many other candidates the wrong time.

Right, but as someone conducting an interview, checking your watch every minute waiting for someone to arrive, you don't know what their reasons are. And as the time passes, you start wondering what the hell is up with this person, wondering about all the other things you could be doing, etc. etc. and it leaves you in a bad mood for when they do arrive. No amount of explanation will change the bad mood, I'm not going…

No, just no.

A candidate is taking time from their busy schedule and are considering making a contribution to your company/team/project. You should appreciate that more.

In the real world, shit happens. There are an inordinate amount of things that can go wrong and delay someone. In this case it's all the worse, since the problem was the interviewers own organization. The interviewer should be apologizing on behalf of his organization instead of being an asshole.

Nothing justifies the interviewers' reaction.

Re: Interview Humiliation

#32

Post by mavelikara »

jbob2000 wrote: post #19
fisherjeff wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I found out later their recruiter had given me and many other candidates the wrong time.

Right, but as someone conducting an interview, checking your watch every minute waiting for someone to arrive, you don't know what their reasons are. And as the time passes, you start wondering what the hell is up with this person, wondering about all the other things you could be doing, etc. etc. and it leaves you in a bad mood for when they do arrive. No amount of explanation will change the bad mood, I'm not going…

> No amount of explanation will change the bad mood, I'm not going to suddenly get bright eyed and cheery because it turned out to be a scheduling error.

It won't & can't change your past frustration - sure. But do you have to take it forward to the new few hours as you are judging another person trying to find his means of livelihood?

Re: Interview Humiliation

#33

Post by jbob2000 »

carlosrg wrote: post #27
jbob2000 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, 25 minutes late set the tone for that interview. I don't really care what the reason is, I'm going to be pissed if someone is 25 minutes late for anything.

Being half an hour late is not really an excuse for their sociopathic behaviour.

Yes, because it happened exactly as written, and totally wasn't embellished at all.

Re: Interview Humiliation

#34

Post by sdoering »

user_0001 wrote: post #22
Paul_S wrote: post #4

This is such comic book villainy I just don't believe it happened as described. I wonder how the other side would describe it.

My take is the candidate has his head so far up his arse and lives in this bubble world of his making. The people I have known who are truly that good are humble about it. Those who are not humble, IME are never as good as they think. I would expect that, as the interviewers did not instantly bow down at this guys superior knowledge. This write write up is his personal interpretation of what the interviewers thought…

Personally I really find it quite amusing, when people exactly do the same thing they accuse others for (but without any proof at all).

Re: Interview Humiliation

#36

Post by debacle »

jawns wrote: post #5

What do you think of the practice of ending an interview earlier than scheduled when you're quite sure that the candidate is not a good fit for the position? The rationale I've heard is that it saves both you and the candidate time. But in practice, during the times when I've seen it done, the candidate ends up feeling really hurt.

As long as you do it constructively, it's fine. Picking up your things and showing them the door isn't very constructive.

Re: Interview Humiliation

#37

Post by thedz » 

     This presentation is bullshit. You have no evidence,
     nothing valuable to show, just spurious subjective
     opinions. You've put up a straw man and now are trying
     to knock it down assuming we are idiots. I've seen 
     enough.
Whoever said this is a dev I'd refuse to ever put into an interview again. Hell, I'd be reluctant to put this dev into any meetings requiring communication skills.

Re: Interview Humiliation

#38

Post by moogleii »

ousta wrote: post #25

it is obviously a dubious story. Wouldn't the first thing you would say as soon as you enter the room is that you got an invitation to 9h30 and not 9h? Then what did op reply to their questions such as 'can't you afford a real machine'? he just mubbled? I would reply very harshly to such comments and show them who is the weakling. While they were total assholes, you were not in a desperate enough situation that would…

It's dubious because he didn't respond as you would? I never thought I'd be reminded of victim blaming here, yet here I am. Unless you personally know the OP, you have no idea what the OP's personality is like. Sure, I personally would tear them a new one (civilly) if they treated me like that, but I have non-confrontational friends that would be terrified to escalate the situation like that.

Re: Interview Humiliation

#39

Post by [deleted] »

draw_down wrote: post #9
jawns wrote: post #5

What do you think of the practice of ending an interview earlier than scheduled when you're quite sure that the candidate is not a good fit for the position? The rationale I've heard is that it saves both you and the candidate time. But in practice, during the times when I've seen it done, the candidate ends up feeling really hurt.

Ugh, that sounds exactly like something an engineer would come up with. Saves time, right? It's more efficient so it's better. Except it doesn't even pretend to give the candidate a chance to save face, it's just naked rejection. But why should that matter, it's just emotions, it's not rational.

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