You might be right. here lunch is a personal choice and you can choose if you want to go with co-workers, alone or eat your own food. it doesn't matter and its just a personal preference.
maybe I have overreacted, but I just met so many idiots that do job interviews that it was hard to hear those smartass remarks made in the podcast. On 17 Lis, 10:12, Roland Tepp <[email protected]> wrote: > I would say, you bumped really hard into the cultural differences between > US and Eastern Europe (which is where, I assume by your name, you come from) > > The point of having an interview over lunch is to have an interview in a > less formal setting, where both parties can get to know each other a little > bit more and can get a feel of weather their personalities match and such. > You can substitute that with some other informal setting, if having lunch > does not suite you. > > I don't know about you, but I for one hardly feel any stress in the job > interview, mostly due to the realization that an interview is just as much > about me interviewing my potential employers as it is about them > interviewing me. Oh, there is some stress for sure, for it is always an > unfamiliar grounds I am exploring, but since I realized this, the stress > level is mostly down on the level of my usual comfort zone. > > I haven't listened to the podcast yet, but to me it seems that you have > strong reactions to some poor interview experiences in the recent past and > whatever your complaints are, it looks to me you clearly overreacted on the > account of your personal experiences, not on the account of the interview > tips and tricks themselves, which are for the most part and in the ideal > setting geared towards finding someone to work with who is both, smart, > gets things done and who is kindred spirit so to speak. > > A job interview is always about building a team, not about grading people > and discarding unfit. So if you get rejected by an interview, you can > always take it as a signal that you would not have most likely want to work > in this place in the first place. > > As you said yourself - stress is unhealthy and I would recommend you to > follow your own advice and not to stress over the things that are out of > your hands any way... > > kolmapäev, 16. november 2011 19:09.17 UTC+2 kirjutas koczyslaw bydlak: > > > > > > > > > > > I disagree about lunch interview. for me that is forcing person into a > > situation that might be uncomfortable for him. at my current work > > place half of the people makes food themself (its cheaper and > > healthier). plus as interviewee you don't have a choice. if someone > > ask you is "could we do lunch interview?" - can you really say "no"? > > you can, but it might cost you the job and you might not get that job, > > because you're "not a team player". > > > plus being stressed when you are eating is not healthy. I bet it must > > be uncomfortable for everybody - its like doing anything first time. > > everybody is used to normal interview process and that is hard enough. > > we CANNOT prepare for a interview. I was once asked how MsSQL database/ > > index files are stored (or something like that). not knowing what you > > will be asked is stressful. > > > P.S. maybe I'm a little sensitive about job interview, but I just had > > one too many. most of them are with morons as interviewers (my > > impression). I can only remember few good ones (where I and > > interviewer learn something from each other). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
