Job InterviewsIf it's not the "where do you see yourself in five years time" question, it's the trick questions they throw at you to make them feel superior. Tell us about your worst job interview and the most unsuited candidates you've seen. BTW: Please don't use the question board to send messages to each other. It makes the whole thing unreadable for everyone else.
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chthonic, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 9:51)
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DonkeysMy two favourite experiences from interviewing programmers;
1. Bloke that turned up an hour early claiming he misjudged the distance. fair cop, you'd think, apart from the fact he only lived about 800-yards from the office...
2. Thick-as-shit "technical" director asked an experienced financial accounts programmer to explain the difference between a 'General' and 'Nominal' ledger. The candidate just stared at him and said, "Er... about 2000 miles?". The TechDir had no idea why I burst out laughing... (*)
* If you don't find this funny - They're the same thing - Americans call it 'general ledger' and we in the UK tend to call it 'nominal ledger', only the TechDir was too thick to understand - he honestly thought they were different...
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Linbox has a serious dunk habit, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 14:01,
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