Hope I don't get this one!

[original PM]

I have had two interviews this week. One was a technical test to which I hit a wall as my Qt environment locked and would not debug so I had to email the code to myself and reboot into windows - which then crashed. Eventually I got MSDEV working and ran out of time. Sent what I had, emailed the agent and Windows crashed again. Luckily I did not want the job but I did want the test experience, which I have now added to the list of sample programs that I can quickly write.

Today's was one over the phone with someone sitting in a horribly echoy room. Got the old 'describe yourself in 3 words question' I stick with the reply 'resourceful, vengeful, violent'. Still it was experience and I have bagged the questions and added them to my interview revision doc for when I get an interview I want after the gig here finishes.

Better than you

normally shuts that stupid line of questioning though

not had many gigs for a while mind so maybe there is a problem with it!

[Spacecadet]

What did you answer?

World peace, 2.5 kids, 3 holidays a year & a season ticket at Old Trafford.

[EternalOptimist]

last time I answered that question he said, 'ah you let yourself down a bit there. Golfs not very popular around here'

[stek]

last time I answered that question he said, 'ah you let yourself down a bit there. Golfs not very popular around here'

That's summarising Proust!

[TestMangler]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to EternalOptimist again.

These three hobbies are a regular feature in my interviews Amazingly, in all these years, no one has ever recognised it !

One of my other favourites, especially if I don't want the gig, is the 'Worlds best c**t kicker-inner' (from Derek & Clive. Rarely gets a laugh at an interview

[MyUserName]

My hobby of sword and shield fighting is usually a popular talking point. We talked about it almost exclusively at one interview as the MD was a history nut and the technical leader played WoW and wanted to know how different weapons and armour measured up.

Another interviewer asked about it and then mentioned a show he had seen which was one where I had fought at.

I got offered both of those (perm positions).

Once for a contract myself and the head programmer had a mutual friend who did the same shows. He offered me the gig but got over ruled by his boss :-(