When the guy interviewing you is way below your level......

[WTFH]

An excuse. of course they could , to technically asses your competency they could, I'm sure you could write a series of challenges that if someone would pass they could do your job I'm sure of it, the questions about fit which most interviews are about is pointless (i think its a UK culture). my belief is delivery is more important.

It is possible to write questions that will show whether someone can do a specific task or not, where that task is clearly defined.
In the kind of work many of us do, it's not that simple. To give you an idea a recent client of mine could have written a question thus:
"We've just spent $5billion buying out a competitor. We need to integrate them into our system while increasing our profitability and not killing off our end users. In 100 words or less describe how you will deliver a Europe-wide implementation that meets these needs"

That's a bit different from "mock up the design of a new level for Candy Crush using the crayons provided"

[LondonManc]

That's a bit different from "mock up the design of a new level for Candy Crush using the crayons provided without eating them"

FTFY

[Bee]

I've never had to feedback my thoughts on the client interview process before, no. The client chooses the most appropriate method of identifying the best resource to help them solve their particular problem - if they choose a method that I find unbearable (and I'm yet to find it) then that is their choice and my choice whether I want to work with them.

I don't care about the level of the interviewer (or my perception of their level, which isn't always apparent in an interview), because they are (in most, if not all situations) less able to do the job than I am - if they weren't, then they wouldn't be looking to the contract market to get someone to do it.

I've had interviews where I've been asked basic questions because they ask everyone the same questions - the interviewer at one of them apologised to me afterwards, given that I trained him in the technology years ago when I worked with him. I've had interviews where the only questions asked were "when can you start and do you have any holiday booked". I've had interviews to work on a product that I developed that was sold to them by my former employer.

In each of those situations, the person interviewing has been "way below my level". The important thing is that in each of those situations, I have got the work, had a lot of fun on the contract, and left once I've completed the project to the satisfaction of the client. Anything else is irrelevant.

The interviewer is only interested if we have the skills asked by the client, if we start to ask certain questions, we discover that they are not from IT or maybe from a different area. What is important is to get a contract.

[TheFaQQer]

An excuse. of course they could , to technically asses your competency they could

Anyone else read that in a Yoda voice to see if it made more sense, or just me?

[northernladuk]

Anyone else read that in a Yoda voice to see if it made more sense, or just me?

Lol.. And how should we read Bee's post so it makes sense?. Reading it backwards almost works.

[Bee]

Lol.. And how should we read Bee's post so it makes sense?. Reading it backwards almost works.

Now you make me laugh.
You can read it backwards them.

How to write correctly? Can you give me an example with one of my posts?

[greenlake]

At the end of the day nobody on here has seen my work or experienced working with me, so anybody thinking they can judge me can go screw themselves quite frankly.

[MrMarkyMark]

An excuse. of course they could , to technically asses your competency they could, I'm sure you could write a series of challenges that if someone would pass they could do your job I'm sure of it, the questions about fit which most interviews are about is pointless (i think its a UK culture). my belief is delivery is more important.

As you get more experienced the interview is more of a discussion, it certainly isn't about sitting a test.
I suggest you Re read some of the detailed and useful responses on this thread, your first test is to realise which ones are
Also, it's very amusing to me that some posters, on here, like to run down UK culture, but have chosen to be working over here

[SueEllen]

At the end of the day nobody on here has seen my work or experienced working with me, so anybody thinking they can judge me can go screw themselves quite frankly.

Be careful there.

Some forum members never reveal their identity though they work out who you are.....

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

Be careful there.

Some forum members never reveal their identity though they work out who you are, through your shoddy workmanship.