[alexanderdou]

> Not keeping your interviewer engaged

Ugh. I'm going through the interview process right now and this peeves me so much

The presumption that I, the supplicant, need to be interesting and keep the interviewer, who has deigned to give me 30 minutes of their time (often 23 minutes because, "sorry I'm late but I also have a hard stop at the top of the hour") "engaged" makes the interview so lopsided, awkward, and just nonproductive

That being said: > Not preparing for the interview

Is completely legit. I have walked out of a couple of interviews wishing I had prepped a little bit more so that I could make the conversation a productive one