Not so much a question as an experience. I was interviewing for a remote interview company, and actually got to the final round. My interviewer then would have also been my supervisor had I been hired. We're discussing interview techniques and practices. Mind you, by this point I had been doing all the hiring for my own company for about five years, drawing on my academic background in communication and psychology.
Several times during the interview, I am able to demonstrate that I not only fully understand the scenarios she's asking about, but I actually know more about it than she does! The techniques she describes oversimplify assessments and make huge assumptions about candidates, whereas I know how to leverage actual interview techniques (and have five years of hiring history to prove my skill).
Afterwards, she says I "don't have enough experience conducting interviews". Fact is, I'd demonstrated more knowledge than her about hiring, and had two years experience on her (she said she'd been doing it for three years).
I walked away from that laughing: I wasn't hired simply because my potential manager felt threatened by my experience level.
I think she made a good decision for you. But a bad decision for the company.
People who are intimidated by people who are more skilled than they are, are a problem for the company. These people generally try to keep the people below them, below them.
To quote Steve Jobs
It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.
Also the thing about experience is that you want people to have the right experience, not just a lot of experience. Just because you have been doing thing wrong for 10 years doesn't make you good.
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Not so much a question as an experience. I was interviewing for a remote interview company, and actually got to the final round. My interviewer then would have also been my supervisor had I been hired. We're discussing interview techniques and practices. Mind you, by this point I had been doing all the hiring for my own company for about five years, drawing on my academic background in communication and psychology.
Several times during the interview, I am able to demonstrate that I not only fully understand the scenarios she's asking about, but I actually know more about it than she does! The techniques she describes oversimplify assessments and make huge assumptions about candidates, whereas I know how to leverage actual interview techniques (and have five years of hiring history to prove my skill).
Afterwards, she says I "don't have enough experience conducting interviews". Fact is, I'd demonstrated more knowledge than her about hiring, and had two years experience on her (she said she'd been doing it for three years).
I walked away from that laughing: I wasn't hired simply because my potential manager felt threatened by my experience level.
I think she made a good decision for you. But a bad decision for the company.
People who are intimidated by people who are more skilled than they are, are a problem for the company. These people generally try to keep the people below them, below them.
To quote Steve Jobs
Also the thing about experience is that you want people to have the right experience, not just a lot of experience. Just because you have been doing thing wrong for 10 years doesn't make you good.