Questions tagged [interviewing]
Questions relating to interviews and the interviewing process.
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Interviewee missed appointment
I am recruiting for a sales partner sort of role for an early stage venture.
Someone on LinkedIn responded to a job post and after exchanging a couple of messages we set up an appointment. They ...
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Accused of cheating during a technical video interview
Summary: during technical zoom-based interview I looked around while thinking for answer. My interviewer commented that maybe I am looking for answer online. I showed them that there is nobody else in ...
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Interview task: Find a potential customer who is interested in a product
I had an interview with an employer working on a software-based vehicle solution.
Before going further in the interview process, he gave me a task to find out if a potential customer (automotive OEMs) ...
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Invited to interview but no address
I was invited to attend a face to face interview, but the interviewer forgot to send the address. It has been more than 24 hours. Should I wait a bit longer before emailing him? What should the email ...
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How to answer "Why do you want to change your job?"? [duplicate]
In a recent interview I was asked "Why do you want to switch/change your job, when you haven't even completed 2 years?". Current role is Consultant at a fintech firm and role applied for is ...
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What to ask before the end of probationary period?
There is many of example questions for job interview. But what I, as a team lead, should ask before the end of the staff member's probationary period?
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Ghosted after positive reference check; How long should I wait?
I had technical and HR interviews with a company last month. Both went well, and they wanted me to submit my references. This was in the last week of October, and I got a reply from the hiring manager ...
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Do I tell a prospective employer that I'm going to continue looking for jobs in my field if they hire me?
I'm an IT worker. A little bit of Server Administration with a heavy dose of help desk and desk-side support work. My previous company downsized in May and I've been applying and interviewing for ...
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Have I messed up by saying "thank you, see you on the 25th" in response to an email giving me a Zoom link for an interview?
I’m panicking slightly. I have an interview coming up and it will be on Zoom. The employer sent me a link and said here’s the Zoom link, see you soon.
I replied “thank you, see you on the 25th”
My ...
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Should I apply to developer jobs now with Thanksgiving and Christmas on the horizon
I want to apply to Junior ASP.NET Core Web Developer Jobs as soon as next week, the week of Nov. 15th. Is this advisable with only 1 week away to Thanksgiving and 1 month away after that to Christmas? ...
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Is it OK to say in a job interview that I didn’t pursue an academic career because the salaries aren’t high enough?
I’m a graduating Ph.D. in a STEM field and I have decided not to continue in academia. The prospect of a life-long low wage doesn’t appeal to me after four years living on a meager stipend.
I had two ...
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Interviewer picking specific interview date. Is it a bad idea to ask to reschedule?
I've been offered a job interview which I'm really keen for, but they've set it to a specific time and date in 2 weeks time without any option to change it (at least none that they've mentioned anyway)...
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How to turn bad experiences into good explanation? [duplicate]
I would like to ask how can I explain in a professional way these experience to potential HR :
bachelor's degree internship : it a was a startup in healthcare, never coded during university and had ...
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How can I interview at competing company for an R&D role in pharma?
I work for a pharmaceutical company as a scientist. I am employed as a contractor, with no benefits, and would like to have a stable full-time position. I have started applying to scientist positions ...
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How to address companies that have notorious turnover rates in an interview?
I've recently gotten an interview in software with a company who notoriously has the highest turnover rate in the career field.
The reason the company is notorious for this is because they have a ...
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How to handle interviews wherein your interviewer requests for questions?
I recently did a few rounds of interviews for a company. After a few questions, I was getting the impression that the interviewer was not satisfied with my answers. They asked me to provide topics to ...
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Candidate refused to take his mask off in a 90 minutes interview even when I told him twice it was ok to do that
I, the hiring manager, interviewed (just two of us) a candidate for a software engineer position for about 90 minutes. During the interview I told the candidate twice that he could take his mask off. ...
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How to ask about career growth in an interview?
tl;dr: I'm a dev, I work for a good company, but I want to grow in technology X and this company doesn't care about that technology nor does it have the opportunities I need. I believe I need to go to ...
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recruitment agency asked for availability but no reply
I went to interview at a recruitment agency and they said they would forward my resume to one of the companies.
They called me after 1 month and saying the company would like to have face to face ...
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Should I tell the interviewer I have a job offer from the competitor?
New grad here. Had a job offer from a startup tech company and about to interview another startup in a few days. Both startups are basically doing the same things (their office is in the same building ...
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How do you respond to (negative) interview feedback?
I received positive and negative feedback through email after giving a presentation for a job.
I completely disagree with some of the negative feedback, I was told I missed some key points, even ...
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Assessment task after job offer. What does it mean?
I got a job offer, which I accepted. But few days before the offer, the employers sent me one last assessment task to do (reachable via a link), and they said it won't affect my employment process. I ...
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I had an interview with a company that I am excited to work for. When do I ask questions about location and salary?
I felt very good with my answers and the interview.
I have been invited for a second interview a week from now. However, I never discussed about the location of work and the salary they are offering ...
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Is it considered polite in Switzerland to send a follow up email if I didn't hear from the potential employer?
I've done an online job interview on Aug 27 for a job in the medical field in Switzerland.
I think I did a good impression and the interviewers told me they would update me in a month or so. I've ...
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A friend shared interview questions with me
A friend who works for the company I applied, gave me the technical interview questions without me asking. I knew answers to most part of the questions but I got tempted to read through the questions ...
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How to explain in my interviews why it took me so long to complete my master's degree?
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I really, really appreciate all the advice and suggestions. I wanted to point out that some answers/comments incorrectly assumed that I was unable to provide an answer altogether. But that'...
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What questions to ask when you are interviewing for your first CTO position
Working in a coporporate environment for pretty much most of my career, I am being interviewed for a CTO position for a startup. Currently, I am managing a team bigger that the team I will be ...
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Is it ethical to ask to postpone contract signing because there might an offer from other company that I prefer?
Currently a company said that they have offering for me and would like to do a virtual meeting tomorrow to discuss about the contract and sign it. However, I also have other company that I prefer and ...
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Should I spend much more time than suggested on an interview take-home project?
I'm in a late stage in the process for a job and have now been emailed a technical/business case, which states I should not spend more than 4-6 hours on it. I have been scheduled to present the case ...
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What should be included in good email to send 2 weeks after final interview?
I have been applying for a high level job within a medium sized business.
I was told there would be 2 interviews, of which I have completed both.
It has been 2 weeks since the final interview with the ...
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How to a answer "Are we your top choice" during the interview process?
In an interview process, a company may ask if you're interviewing elsewhere. If you tell them that you are, they could follow-up by asking where do they stand in your preference list (i.e. they want ...
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Will I get better at programming interview questions if I keep doing them, or will each new problem feel like something I've never encountered before?
I'm a front-end developer with two years of experience. I write a ton of JavaScript and React in my job, and I consider myself a competent developer.
I recently started a data structures and ...
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How should I deal with an invitation to take an interview coding test again, which I took in the past with the same company?
Tomorrow I'm going to take a coding test. The problem is that I passed the test 8 months ago. I took the questions and managed to solve them all by myself. I was even invited for a face to face ...
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Having strongly negative emotions after interview - am I overreacting? [closed]
Recently I've had an initial interview for a new job in my dream sector of aerospace after completing their coding test task. I strongly believe I did a great job on the test task (but I acknowledge ...
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Improve interview skills before interviewing with good company? [closed]
Is it bad idea to interview with dream companies if your interview skills is not up to snuff? Say you bomb the interview will they put you on a do not hire list so it is impossible to apply again or ...
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I received a job offer from a company that fired me 5 months ago
I had worked for an IT consultancy, I'll call "B" 5 months ago. They fired me during the probation period. I only lasted about 40 days in that role. I have just recently reapplied there, out ...
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Interviewing with same company, different team. How to prevent my previous unsuccessful application at a different team from hurting my chances?
As mentioned in the title, I have previously interviewed with team A at a company, got to the final stage (where I didn’t perform well) and got a rejection. Now, after some time, I am interviewing ...
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Does non-disclosure agreement still hold if i break contract before i start work?
I received an offer from a company, say CompanyA, and am interviewing still with another company – CompanyB.
CompanyA has a lot of clients one of which may well be CompanyB – CompanyA has a lot of ...
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How to become better at figuring out and telling companies what motivations they want to hear in interviews?
So I got through all the tech eval stages and this one company but after all that leetcode still got rejected.
I contacted a friend in HR there and asked for my notes and it turns out that they ...
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How can be the interview for scrum master job? [closed]
I've been software developer for more than 5 years, and get my Scrum Master certification, so I am applying for this job.
Even if I have 0 years experience as a scrum master, I've always been working ...
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What does it mean when a company schedules a interview with you and then cancels and says they are no longer interested? [closed]
So I interviewed with a recruiter, everything went well. I was schedule for a second, technical interview, a couple of days later they abruptly cancelled the interview saying they decided to go with ...
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Why would a company not allow applicants to ask questions during a job interview?
Recently I had a job interview at a German company. Almost the entire interview was about me and my skills. Basically, the interviewers named a keyword from my professional field and asked me what I ...
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Should I follow up again for my dream job?
I applied for my dream job; the job that I have wanted ever since I was a child - back in April.
These jobs come along very infrequently and this is the first time I have been appropriately qualified.
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Why do companies make up an unknown skill to reject a candidate?
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Why do companies make up an unknown skill to reject a candidate?
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The job application process goes like this: a recruiter submits me for a software developer position with a ...
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How to ask what will be on an interview assignment so I can narrow down what to study for?
I have an interview coming up. The first part is a video call, followed by a "30 minute assignment". I have been told to have a (for example) Python IDE ready but "no other specific ...
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Is it acceptable to ask for interview feedback as the interviewer from the successful candidate after they started the job?
Is it acceptable/professional to ask the newly hired person, which I interviewed, for feedback about the interview process?
I'm not very experienced in interviewing (the second hire ever made) and I ...
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I was assigned a totally incompetent intern but there is no official procedure to report this. Should I make noise about this?
I'm working as a senior developer and my manager told me that I'm been considered for a promotion so I should start getting some experience managing people as it might soon become part of my ...
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What should I do during an interview when it feels like it is going downhill?
I had one interview with a recruiter and the next was with the head of the department.
The online interview was scheduled for 45 minutes and I felt it started going downhill after 10 minutes. I base ...
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How do I approach a workplace about multiple open positions as a contractor?
Summary: I work as a contractor for company, but would like to move into full-time permanent position there. How can I leverage my status to get the desirable position? I have one interview already ...
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I can do the work but theory is weak
I have a job interview for a python role.
I have self taught myself python over the last couple years and can pretty much accomplish any project I start along with some help from this fine ...
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