Yesterday I interviewed for a senior developer position at a large corporation. I was confident, in charge, and ready to rock.
Thirty minutes in...
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What the...I mean..I just...
WHY ARE PEOPLE?!
I know.
I wasted my good glitter eyeshadow on that interview.
I second that
Such experiences suck, but they happen unfortunately. Don't blame yourself. Interviewing is just as much about assessing the company as it is the company assessing you.
You dodged a bullet. You wouldn't want to work for such a company.
Bigger and better things will come your way :)
I’m curious to see the job description
Here it is in all its glory:
Need to Have React.JS (Mean Stack).
SENIOR (10+ YRS OF EXPERIENCE)
• Develop and test code to deliver functionality that meets the overall business strategy and objectives
• Build the work needed to implement features from the product backlog
• Size user stories
• Unit test code, create automated test scripts, and execute all other testing-related tasks
• Test deliverables against a user story's acceptance tests
• Execute necessary project documentation
• Work closely with other team to ensure that features meet business needs
• Follow industry-standard agile software design methodology for development and documentation
• Work with infrastructure, security, and other partners
• 3-5 years in an engineering role
• 1-3 years participating in agile development
• Scrum certification, a plus
• Experience with test-driven development and software test automation
• Deep experience working in an agile environment (e.g. user stories, iterative development, etc.)
I'm trying really hard to decode what they meant. Maybe this?
M: Oracle DB
E: Java EE
A: React
N: Tomcat
The JORT stack? 😂
I think they left out the opening description. If you imagine it saying, "senior software engineer wanted for Java role)" first then none of the rest of it is particularly off.
I bet they were a little too close to it and not used to writing job specs.
Hopefully they learn something.
There is no mention of Java. Wtf. 10 years of exp for only a senior role? If they pay you 100€ per hour then fine but in that level that’s the minimum. Tbh the job description is all over the place and so do they.
Some good people have a lot more than ten years experience and are regular or senior developers. It's not like there's a common agreement about what terms mean across the industry :)
I had an interview with Facebook, and they asked me the simple question of what port is associated with DNS... and I said 63 instead of 53.
Another interview, I flipped what a == and === did. I've been developing for years, have written production code in multiple languages... and my mind still freezes sometimes when I'm put on the spot.
I'm so happy to read this ... No, don't get me wrong, I'm not happy about you having those moments, I'm happy I'm NOT ALONE with them.
Thanks for confirming I'm not a special case of developer dumb. I feel hope and will continue ... to bomb interviews.
I know this s**t!!! It's "just a part of how I code".
I also sometimes doubt that interviewers are 1. knowledgeable and professional people, 2. simply good humans or 3. even know themselves what they're looking for.
Next time don't work with a external recruiter. Work with a internal one that is directly from the company's HR department.
I will usually ignore recruiters because of their way in placing candidates from misinformation to down right waste of time in useless phone calls.
That is what I normally do, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Yeah well, I would just chuck it as life lessons then.
I'd offer you a post for telling a great story and choosing great gifs to go with it. Top job. You da bomb!
You didn't bomb anything. You got ushered into the wrong screen and only figured out their mistake when you were 20 minutes into The Phantom Menace.
This is annoying but don't let it get you down!
This is just a mistake of the recruiter. It happened to me in the past when I used to work as a management accountant. They invited me to an interview for a job which was not matching my CV which they already had.
So they wanted a Java engineer but they quizzed you on Javascript? They need to get their stuff together!
When I asked what they wanted because I prepped for obviously the wrong thing, they seemed appalled at what I did prep for. Apparently reviewing Agile was wrong and foolish because "You are just assigned a task and do the thing."
Bombing was the best case scenario out of that entire interview.