You are 100% right. However I had interviewers that were ... close minded? they knew the answer and just waited for you to tell them what they wanted to hear. they also were never wrong (even if for example they did not know java all that well). Don't get me wrong, I'm great at interviewing (I have a lot of experience at it also), but just some kind of behavior is really annoying to me. like for example when interviewer expect you to know everything and he cannot understand that you just never had a need to use some technology and that you don't chose technology you work with (unless you work in the same place ... forever).
I think in the podcast I heard one of the question being "what technology was used and why". the "why" is very tricky since most likely you were not there were those decisions were made and have to improvise. what to tell when you really hate some technology that was used? the best way is probably to lie. I would lie if I did not know the answer. why did we use just jsp and servlets? because its standard, its well tested and reliable. you just cannot trust those new and fancy web frameworks. (the last sentence must not be the best, but it will work for any other framework.) On 17 Lis, 17:24, Matthew Farwell <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with what you say Cedric. > > When you interview someone, you need to know if they would be able to do > the job *and* if they would fit in with the current team. > > And this *goes both ways*. Me, as interviewer, I'm seeing if the > interviewee will fit in with the team and could do the job. You, the > interviewee are seeing if you want to do the job and if you want to work > with these people. > > Now, when I do an interview, I want to meet the team. And why not? I'm > going to live quite a lot of my life with them. > > Previously, when I was the interviewee, my focus was on 'passing the > interview'. Now, it's still the same, but now *they* are being interviewed > at the same time. They have to pass the interview as well. > > So I am pleased to eat lunch with the team. I *want* to meet them and talk > to them. > > Matthew Farwell. > > Le 16 novembre 2011 18:47, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > > > > > > > This might be part of the problem. An interview is *not* for interviewer > > and candidate to learn from each other. If you go in with this expectation, > > you will be disappointed. The people who interview are not here to teach > > you anything, they are trying to recruit the next member of the team they > > spend forty hours a week working with. It's a big deal and they need to > > make sure they are not hiring the wrong person, because such a mistake will > > have an impact on both their professional and personal lives (working with > > people you don't like or don't respect will have a negative impact on your > > mood when you come home at night). > > > That's their only goal. > > > Your only goal should be to impress them. That's it. Not trying to learn > > from them, not trying to teach them anything, just answer their questions > > the best you can. > > > As for the lunch thing, as Robert pointed out, interviewing someone is not > > just about testing their technical abilities but assessing their social fit > > as well. I would never hire a superstar programmer if I can't enjoy > > chatting over coffee or lunch with them. The topic doesn't really matter, > > it might be 100% code or the latest episode of "Dancing with the stars" for > > all I care, but we both need to be comfortable and feel that the > > conversation is flowing naturally. > > > Whether you realize it or not, you *are* being interviewed socially every > > time you are asked questions, and the setting can be either during the > > technical session on the board (if there is no lunch in the schedule) or in > > a more relaxed environment such as around a lunch table. > > > There might be a cultural disconnect here and I can't say I'm familiar > > with the way this is done in Warszawa, but if you end up interviewing with > > American or American-flavored companies, you should really try to learn to > > relax and give a good performance while having lunch with potential future > > coworkers. -- 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.
