Timeline for Why do interviewers ask what difference I can bring to their companies
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| Oct 24, 2013 at 17:37 | comment | added | HLGEM | @happybuddha, I am a database developer and I know how to make the company more profitable, I have done that on many occasions. I've suggested new features that would help sell teh product, I've solved longstanding performance issues or data problems which were causing exisitng clietns to consider leaving. We don't program just to program, we exist only to solve business problems. You are better as a developer if you understand the business. | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 18:47 | comment | added | thursdaysgeek | While interviews and hiring is often mostly a gamble, that still doesn't mean that you don't want to have a way to indicate that you're not just another dime-a-dozen java programmer. And if you aren't able to say what makes you a better value, based on what you know of your skills, other developers' skills, and your research of the company -- then you may not be a better value. They don't know what makes you different, so they're asking if you do. Do you? | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 18:39 | comment | added | Dunk | @happy:At some point when a company needs people, they take what they can get. Also, while many people claim to be able to do so, I've never worked for a company that has been able to adequately evaluate developers from interviews. I've seen many cases where people wowed interviewees and ended up being duds AND many times where people were reluctantly hired and ended up being great. An interview can't reliably evaluate people. At best, it can tell if the person is ok to work with and do they have some experience in desired areas. It can't really tell the depth/ability to apply that knowledge. | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 14:54 | comment | added | happybuddha | @Dunk wouldn't this avg developer who is deficient in skills never make it through the interviews in the first place ? A developers 'solidity' can be evaluated in an appropriate technical interview. How would a company choose from the developers that are dime a dozen ? | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 14:08 | comment | added | Dunk | @happy:They don't want just a java developer that is a dime-a-dozen. They want someone who is or has the potential to be that solid developer, even if not the top echelon. If you think hundreds (in your market) can do just as well as you then they aren't interested in you. Neither would I be interested in you, because your average developer is generally quite deficient in skills. | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 13:05 | comment | added | happybuddha | Did you try and go through various comments and replies ? 1) How is someone applying as a Java developer expected to know how to make them more profitable ? With the money they pay as salary, they get my services as a Java developer. I know hundreds can offer it and I am one of those hundreds. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 23:27 | history | answered | thursdaysgeek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |