Interviewers
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1/2Interviewer asked me a question with no right answer and then explained exactly why he does it - actually changed how I think about interviews
Interviewer asked if I had a partner/ was married
Interviewer Asking Candidate to schedule Zoom & Google Calendar
“So do you have any questions for us?” - the most stressful part of interviews
Interviewer said he will give me another interview if role is still open. Is this a rejection?
Interviewer is literally playing a will they won’t they game.
Interviewer knows my ex-manager. Will it be an issue?
Interviewer asked to reschedule sooner – should I mention any excuse?
Interviewer asked me to ‘teach him something in 5 minutes’... so I showed him how to Google.
Interviewer asked the question which was already solved by me
Interviewer asked an inappropriate question WTD
Interviewer added me on Facebook after second interview late at night
My Interviewer Died a Week After Our Meeting
Interviewer asked me to share my screen during an online interview.
Interviewers Picked People with Zero Industry Experience
Interviewer gave feedback in interview
Interviewer mocking and being sarcastic
Interviewer asked why was he hiring me if AI could do it.
Interviewers now ask to see your task manager
Interviewer called current boss
Interviewers that don't understand the position
Interviewer from Stryker no-showed, then rejected my application.
Interviewer asked "What did you tell your current manager about being at this interview today" and called me dishonest for not telling my CURRENT employer I had a job interview.
Interviewer said something out of pocket to me.
Interviewer rescheduled because I was unprepared
Interviewer asked me a question with no right answer and then explained exactly why he does it - actually changed how I think about interviews
Interview Experience
Had a first round yesterday for a mid-level project manager role. The interviewer was the hiring manager himself, which I wasn't expecting for a first round, but fine. First 20 minutes were pretty standard. Walk me through your experience, tell me about a challenging project, the usual. And then he pauses and goes "okay I'm going to ask you something a bit different now." The question was: "If you had to choose between delivering a project on time with known quality issues, or delivering it late with everything fixed, and you could not discuss it with anyone or get more information, which would you choose and why." I sat with it for a second. Then I said late delivery, and explained my reasoning around client trust and long term reputation over short term deadline pressure. He nodded and then said something I wasn't expecting. He said it doesn't matter which option I picked. He said in ten years of hiring he's never rejected someone based on the answer itself. What he's looking for is whether the candidate sits with discomfort or immediately reaches for the "safe" answer. He said a lot of people just say whatever they think he wants to hear and it shows immediatley. Others get flustered because there's no obvius correct path and that tells him something too. He said the candidates he remembers are the ones who acknowledge the tension in the question, make a clear choice anyway, and can articulate why without aplogising for it. I thought that was genuinely fasinating. I've been over-preparing "correct" answers for years when apparently what some interviewers actually want is just to see how you think under mild pressure. Anyone else had interviewers who were this transparent about their process? Would love to hear other examples.