Interviewer should be experienced
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Today I went to an interview for the post of asp.net team lead. When I went for the interview, they asked me to sit in a room and kept me waiting for half an hour. At last 3 guys came in the room and started taking the interview. The questions they asked were pretty basic and were not up to the level of a team lead. It seemed that they do not have any prior experience taking an interview, they were hesitating while asking the questions and were very restless too. While one guy was asking a question on c# another guy jumped in the middle of the question and start asking question about sql server. They did it so many times that I started getting frustrated and wanted to leave from there as early as possible. At last, after 1.5 hrs of arguments and completely beginner level questions, they ended my interview. I know that they work for a well renowned company and must have a good knowledge in their field, but I think it is necessary for the company that if they appoint 3 person as interviewer, at least one of them should have a good experience in interviewing other people. In this way they can choose a better employee for their company.
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”
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Today I went to an interview for the post of asp.net team lead. When I went for the interview, they asked me to sit in a room and kept me waiting for half an hour. At last 3 guys came in the room and started taking the interview. The questions they asked were pretty basic and were not up to the level of a team lead. It seemed that they do not have any prior experience taking an interview, they were hesitating while asking the questions and were very restless too. While one guy was asking a question on c# another guy jumped in the middle of the question and start asking question about sql server. They did it so many times that I started getting frustrated and wanted to leave from there as early as possible. At last, after 1.5 hrs of arguments and completely beginner level questions, they ended my interview. I know that they work for a well renowned company and must have a good knowledge in their field, but I think it is necessary for the company that if they appoint 3 person as interviewer, at least one of them should have a good experience in interviewing other people. In this way they can choose a better employee for their company.
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”
LucknowRockers wrote:
that they work for a well renowned company and must have a good knowledge in their field
I have found the reverse to be true in most cases. :) Developers from unknown start-up or small companies are more knowledgeable in general than developers from big companies.
You have, what I would term, a very formal turn of phrase not seen in these isles since the old King passed from this world to the next. martin_hughes on VDK
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Today I went to an interview for the post of asp.net team lead. When I went for the interview, they asked me to sit in a room and kept me waiting for half an hour. At last 3 guys came in the room and started taking the interview. The questions they asked were pretty basic and were not up to the level of a team lead. It seemed that they do not have any prior experience taking an interview, they were hesitating while asking the questions and were very restless too. While one guy was asking a question on c# another guy jumped in the middle of the question and start asking question about sql server. They did it so many times that I started getting frustrated and wanted to leave from there as early as possible. At last, after 1.5 hrs of arguments and completely beginner level questions, they ended my interview. I know that they work for a well renowned company and must have a good knowledge in their field, but I think it is necessary for the company that if they appoint 3 person as interviewer, at least one of them should have a good experience in interviewing other people. In this way they can choose a better employee for their company.
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”
Once you start interviewing for actual senior level positions you will find that places you go do not have the actual experience to interview unless it is a massive overly redundant team.
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Today I went to an interview for the post of asp.net team lead. When I went for the interview, they asked me to sit in a room and kept me waiting for half an hour. At last 3 guys came in the room and started taking the interview. The questions they asked were pretty basic and were not up to the level of a team lead. It seemed that they do not have any prior experience taking an interview, they were hesitating while asking the questions and were very restless too. While one guy was asking a question on c# another guy jumped in the middle of the question and start asking question about sql server. They did it so many times that I started getting frustrated and wanted to leave from there as early as possible. At last, after 1.5 hrs of arguments and completely beginner level questions, they ended my interview. I know that they work for a well renowned company and must have a good knowledge in their field, but I think it is necessary for the company that if they appoint 3 person as interviewer, at least one of them should have a good experience in interviewing other people. In this way they can choose a better employee for their company.
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”
Good, well run, companies hire people that bring more knowledge than they currently posess (for the most part). That's how companies get better instead of getting worse. Perhaps you're seeing this in action.
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