I failed to impart my lack of reverence with my comment about filtering. The sick thing is, there used to be trick interviews where the interviewer would deliberately not ask the person to sit down, or whatever, and test to see whether they “take command” of the situation. The correct response to a crappy marker is probably to ask if their server infrastructure is as good as their software design tooling.
You have another fantastic point:
In an (kinda) related note, I think software companies could do with a bit of humility. A good number of places I've interviewed at are disrespectful of the people who come in to interview with them and tend to treat them with disdain until they show they are clearly smarter than they are. I think theres a part of hacker culture that encourages that sort of thing, but the market is tight, and getting the best people isn't a case of just putting up a help wanted ad, and having people jump through hoops any longer, because they have other options.
This is a negative part of some development cultures, and it cuts both ways. I have seen some arrogant shops, and some arrogant people coming in for an interview. I don’t want to lick your boots or have mine licked. If the premise isn’t “Hey, we might enjoy working together as colleagues with mutual respect,” why are we going through the exercise?
I failed to impart my lack of reverence with my comment about filtering. The sick thing is, there used to be trick interviews where the interviewer would deliberately not ask the person to sit down, or whatever, and test to see whether they “take command” of the situation. The correct response to a crappy marker is probably to ask if their server infrastructure is as good as their software design tooling.
You have another fantastic point:
In an (kinda) related note, I think software companies could do with a bit of humility. A good number of places I've interviewed at are disrespectful of the people who come in to interview with them and tend to treat them with disdain until they show they are clearly smarter than they are. I think theres a part of hacker culture that encourages that sort of thing, but the market is tight, and getting the best people isn't a case of just putting up a help wanted ad, and having people jump through hoops any longer, because they have other options.
This is a negative part of some development cultures, and it cuts both ways. I have seen some arrogant shops, and some arrogant people coming in for an interview. I don’t want to lick your boots or have mine licked. If the premise isn’t “Hey, we might enjoy working together as colleagues with mutual respect,” why are we going through the exercise?