On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Andrew Hunter <[email protected]> wrote:
> Never offer to answer an interview question "for a fee". Seriously, a
> guy that we interviewed did that. We had a fairly ordinary list of
> questions about storage, clustering, virtualization, dev management,
> etc. We described a current project, then asked one of the
> questions-- "If you were managing development project foo, what best
> practices would you consider most relevant?" The guy sat and thought
> about it and then said, "Yes, I could do that." The conversation went
> on...
>
> "Umm, do what?"
> "I could apply best practices and improve on whatever you're doing now."
> "Ah, ok. Which would you consider most important to this project?"
> "I'd rather not answer without being paid a consulting fee."
> "We're asking how you'd manage a project that we're considering
> handing over to you. We're not asking for detailed roadmap or
> management plan here, just a 30-second overview."
> "You understand, I have to look out for my own interests. I can
> assure you, though, that I am the best."
>
> In the same interview, the guy actually said, "Look me up on the
> internet. I am famous. Seriously." I'd rather not say the guy's
> name, but I will say that I took him up on his offer. That was a
> seriously convoluted trip down the rabbit hole.
Sounds like he went to the Dell Schanze school of self-promotion. At
least he didn't tell you he was the only one qualified and approved by
God for the job and that your company would burn in hell if you didn't
hire him.
--Levi
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