Is it OK to bring my laptop to interviews to show websites and jQuery projects I have worked on? I have done this in interviews for previous jobs and got every one of them. Now it's time to get a job with benefits at a large company.
UPDATE: I had an interview today, and before I went to the interview I called and asked if it would be OK to bring my laptop. The manager was stunned in a good way and he said in the past twenty years, nobody has ever asked to such a thing. I realize laptops were not around twenty years ago. In the interview, while showing my previous work, he called the President of the company to come to the interview. I showed some work that I have done, and then the president came in while I was demoing my previous work experience. The president was impressed and promptly took over the interview. This was great because I got to dodge all of the dreaded interview questions. He then proceed to ask if I have ever done XYZ, because they have a time crunch and needed XYZ done fast to meet a deadline. I then showed him on my laptop that I have experience in XYZ and the other two developers (that were mostly silent during the interview) started smiling and said that I would save them two weeks worth of research. The interview was scheduled for forty-five minutes and last two hours past that. Needless to say, this was the best decision I have made. I will update this post again if I get the job (The president will call me by Friday).
