Had an interview yesterday with a massive IBank. Was shocked at the quality of the interview. Focussed on very specific ancillary technologies that can be rapidly learned as opposed to the core principles of the technology being recruited for.
To top it all off, during part of the grilling on said core technology the nominated "senior technical guy" betrayed a complete and fundamental misunderstanding of how object references are passed around (something you learn in chapter one of any book on said development language, and that is common across Java, C# and JavaScript).
Now it might have been an elaborate ruse of misdirection (I politely corrected him), but I suspect he simply did not understand the technology he was working with.
Yes, I'm biased because they decided not to make an offer (full disclosure), but this interview was truly a shocker.
To top it all off, during part of the grilling on said core technology the nominated "senior technical guy" betrayed a complete and fundamental misunderstanding of how object references are passed around (something you learn in chapter one of any book on said development language, and that is common across Java, C# and JavaScript).
Now it might have been an elaborate ruse of misdirection (I politely corrected him), but I suspect he simply did not understand the technology he was working with.
Yes, I'm biased because they decided not to make an offer (full disclosure), but this interview was truly a shocker.
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