| This is why I say it hurts businesses too. If they're interviewing people and giving them trivia questions, they fundamentally don't understand the job. We keep docs open all day. That's what browser tabs are for. Even seemingly basic stuff. Too much to keep fresh in memory. I don't remember libtmux's API (a library I created). How do you expect me to remember python standard libraries I never used? It's futile to explain to the interviewer - no matter how gently - that it's not the way it's done. That's being a prima donna. That's upstaging them, and going to be taken as a slight. Part of the reason I'm passive in interviews is they already googled me (even if they don't mention it). They know I can program. If they're throwing curve balls at me, I ask myself if this is someone I want as a colleague. Is this someone who would take my technical advice. I leave the interview with a sense of relief I don't have to live through the hell of a nightmare boss or toxic environment. Like a MoBA game, this is the chance to dodge early. Screening can works both ways. |