[philsnow]

> I also researched _every_ person who I'd be talking to. Has a lot of PostgreSQL related posts on their blog? "Oh yeah I hate MySQL". Re-tweeted a tweet about a MongoDB bug report? "I prefer traditional databases for serious apps". Has a blog post about Go? "I think the speed advantage that Go can offer is really interesting" And so on and so forth. People like people who are like them, with pretty much everyone exposing their lives and opinions, stuff like this is up for easy pickings.

So, you play the pandering sycophant ? I _can't tell_ from here because you don't include any examples where you disagree with the interviewer's worldview.

If one of your examples had been e.g. "I've used Go quite a bit and it's bitten me in a number of ways, here's a couple: ...", it might look less like you're just researching exactly what you think people will want to hear.

[kami8845]

I have no problems disagreeing with someone, but the phone chat has exactly one and only one purpose: Get the on-site. Then once I have the full spectrum of communication available to me (mostly worried about body language and facial expressions), I will gauge how open-minded they are and adjust. I've told people before that I think their $FAVORITELANG is bullshit, but I won't risk a job interview just to score an A+ on the "utmost honesty" scale. I'm happy with a preliminary B- while I'm temporarily unable get a solid grasp of what they're like.