Would you accept a software developer job offer if...
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there was not even a technical interview just an informal one asking about professional experience? (Assuming that every other factor is reasonable)
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.
Yes because they probably already have seen your code or know where you work etc etc. Unless you are a complete nobody. Smarter companies always head hunt for talent, they don't just hire people off the street, in a case like that they already know everything they want or need to know about you before you walk in the door.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
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there was not even a technical interview just an informal one asking about professional experience? (Assuming that every other factor is reasonable)
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.
Just make sure they know what you're worth.
Todd Smith
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Here's how technical my internship interview was:
Him: So, do you know what polymorphism is? Me: Yep. Him (without skipping a beat): OK, well, let me take you over and introduce you to Dave...
Of course, this was back in the heyday of 1999, so jobs were easy to come by, even for starving college students. ;) To answer your question, yes, I did take the job, and I'm glad I did, because it turned into a fine full-time job after I graduated.
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The last place I worked (a department for a major corporation) would have hired you if you'd said yes and explained it. And that was just last year. You wouldn't believe the crap that was sent their way. Most of the interviewees did not know what polymorphism is, or said they did but couldn't explain it and had padded their resumes significantly! I'm actually pretty impressed they asked you about polymorphism back in '99. I seem to remember most employers were fine if you could switch a computer on ;)
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
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there was not even a technical interview just an informal one asking about professional experience? (Assuming that every other factor is reasonable)
I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.
Yes; my current job had no technical interview because they didn't have any other software engineers (and still don't). It's great: I write all the software, so it's all done right. No more maintaining some idiot's incompetently-written framework.