interviews

It’s the beginning of 2024, layoffs happen on every corner, and I’m one of those who were affected. One thing I’ve been reminded of is that interviews are tricky for me. As controversial as it sounds, it gets even trickier when I am asked questions related to my area of interest. It’s easy if you don’t know anything about a subject - admit it, and that’s it. But when you’ve been working in the field for a few years and you know the question is related, but you can’t remember some of the details - that’s when it gets interesting....

An interview is a bidirectional process, ideally. However, most of the time, companies spend as much time as they consider necessary questioning candidates while giving a few-minutes-long opportunity for a candidate to find out more about the company or the culture or a team the candidate might be working with. I believe this is unfair. This approach may also introduce problems in the future after the candidate has become an employee....