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by BoumTAC 1395 days ago
Does it really happened like that in the US ? It seems like a total different world.

Here in France, if I ask for something during the interview process with the recruiter, I will get a response like this: "Sorry we don't do that in our process, so goodbye" and they move to the next candidate while I'm out for this job.
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ThalesX 1395 days ago
> Here in France, if I ask for something during the interview process with the recruiter, I will get a response like this: "Sorry we don't do that in our process, so goodbye" and they move to the next candidate while I'm out for this job?

Eastern Europe, the same. I asked a couple of years ago what are the credentials of the business unit manager, of the line manager and the technical team lead. They almost laughed me away from the building.

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xeromal 1395 days ago
Nah, this person is delusional. I don't even know why you'd want to see their code.

I'm sure plenty would explain their processes and how they code, but they're not showing you their code unless it's already public which would be a moot point then.

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kod 1394 days ago
That person is not delusional. I've successfully asked for and been shown code as part of interview processes with multiple companies.
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the8472 1395 days ago
From central european here. The initial interview usually has been done by a HR person + someone from the department that is hiring. If that went well there was an on-site tour of the department in question, talking with engineers, looking at their projects including source code and workflows. The only time someone refused to show code was when it was owned by a customer.
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LAC-Tech 1395 days ago
Well now you have a career goal - stop working for french companies.
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AshamedCaptain 1395 days ago
What do you mean by "something"? I am in France and if an candidate does not ask me "something" at all it is usually a big red flag.
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BoumTAC 1395 days ago
By "something", I mean something different in the process like in the comment. If you ask to talk to developer or see some code, or meet the team for a day, you will never have a positive answer. Recruiter will say it's not possible and disqualify you.
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AshamedCaptain 1395 days ago
Wait, an actual developer/engineer is not conducting the interview ?

To see some code is definitely out of the question, though. But asking about the development process et all I find to be the type of mandatory questions I would ask as a candidate (and expect to be asked as an interviewer) even if I already knew the answer, just because not doing it would be strange.

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