So, where did you put your hidden camera on most of my recent interviews? What you described sounds a lot like the interview process at most "cool" and "trying to be cool" companies around here (Atlanta, GA US). The interview process right now is probably the worst and most broken it has ever been at any time in my 30 year career and that covers the dotcom bust and the 2008-09 recession.
There's also the phone screen Trivial Pursuit round where you get asked a series of obscure language questions or the like. The 'best' calls like this have several people on a conference line where the connection is bad or choppy and several people are talking over each other.
If you're lucky, you might get to do a video conference version of trivia. Not only do you get the same problems as the phone screen but you get to add the additional video connectivity issues.
The very worst are those that put you through an offsite wringer, multiple phone/video interviews, coding tests and the like, then bring you into their office for your interrogation uh, interview. Then, after all that hostility, they rudely send you on your way with an abrupt "NO". That really gives you a good impression of the company, doesn't it?
I suspect that a lot of this newer, hostile, way to doing interviews has passed down from the way Google, Apple, Facebook and other tech giants do it. It's really unfortunate and even the tech giants have come to realize that they're doing it wrong. However, this hasn't filtered down yet.
The better way to interview mid to senior level developers is the old way, just have a conversation. You can easily figure out if the person is someone you want on your team simply by talking about their past projects and development philosophy.
I agree, a simple conversation could do it. But I am also opened to anything besides this "aggressive" approach masked with fake pleasantries and smiles.
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So, where did you put your hidden camera on most of my recent interviews? What you described sounds a lot like the interview process at most "cool" and "trying to be cool" companies around here (Atlanta, GA US). The interview process right now is probably the worst and most broken it has ever been at any time in my 30 year career and that covers the dotcom bust and the 2008-09 recession.
There's also the phone screen Trivial Pursuit round where you get asked a series of obscure language questions or the like. The 'best' calls like this have several people on a conference line where the connection is bad or choppy and several people are talking over each other.
If you're lucky, you might get to do a video conference version of trivia. Not only do you get the same problems as the phone screen but you get to add the additional video connectivity issues.
The very worst are those that put you through an offsite wringer, multiple phone/video interviews, coding tests and the like, then bring you into their office for your interrogation uh, interview. Then, after all that hostility, they rudely send you on your way with an abrupt "NO". That really gives you a good impression of the company, doesn't it?
I suspect that a lot of this newer, hostile, way to doing interviews has passed down from the way Google, Apple, Facebook and other tech giants do it. It's really unfortunate and even the tech giants have come to realize that they're doing it wrong. However, this hasn't filtered down yet.
The better way to interview mid to senior level developers is the old way, just have a conversation. You can easily figure out if the person is someone you want on your team simply by talking about their past projects and development philosophy.
I forgot the phone interview! Good point.
I agree, a simple conversation could do it. But I am also opened to anything besides this "aggressive" approach masked with fake pleasantries and smiles.