Mine was interviewing for a startup. It was in a converted warehouse with shiny concrete floors. 20 haphazardly arranged desks, wires everywhere. Young guns were everywhere glued to computer screens typing like crazy. There were no offices so I was asked to interview in the foyer which had a small table. Chairs had to be brought out to seat everyone. I had my laptop which had work I would demo. But I couldn't log in. Later finding one of the keys weren't working. Strike 1. So I danced by jumping to the nearby whiteboard and stared diagramming Architectural patterns. The hiring manager interrupting with frequent minute corrections. Strike 2.
Still dancing but thinking this guy isn't a leader he's a critic. Strike 3. Things went foggy after that for me.
The last thing I remember was that the HR person was asking for feedback. It was then that I zeroed in on the critic, telling the HR person I'd never be able to work for him. She wanted to know why, I told her and left. She was shocked.
Props for speaking up and being honest 😉
That was probably eye-opening for them too, as they became aware as that attitude will most likely never found a candidate willing to work for them 😉
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Mine was interviewing for a startup. It was in a converted warehouse with shiny concrete floors. 20 haphazardly arranged desks, wires everywhere. Young guns were everywhere glued to computer screens typing like crazy. There were no offices so I was asked to interview in the foyer which had a small table. Chairs had to be brought out to seat everyone. I had my laptop which had work I would demo. But I couldn't log in. Later finding one of the keys weren't working. Strike 1. So I danced by jumping to the nearby whiteboard and stared diagramming Architectural patterns. The hiring manager interrupting with frequent minute corrections. Strike 2.
Still dancing but thinking this guy isn't a leader he's a critic. Strike 3. Things went foggy after that for me.
The last thing I remember was that the HR person was asking for feedback. It was then that I zeroed in on the critic, telling the HR person I'd never be able to work for him. She wanted to know why, I told her and left. She was shocked.
Props for speaking up and being honest 😉
That was probably eye-opening for them too, as they became aware as that attitude will most likely never found a candidate willing to work for them 😉