LarkinDePark , 5 hours ago (edited 5 hours ago)

Everyone is hired to solve a problem that can’t be automated.

When I’ve been involved in interviews, rarely, but sometimes, my only two questions are,

1. Can you do the job?
2. Can we get along?

That’s it. If you can answer both questions you get the job (unless someone got there first, or beat you on unfair grounds like prettiness or race or something). The first can be answered quickly by any interviewer who understands the work. Shit engineers famously display their juvenile egotism by trying to impress each other with making the process of answering this question intricate and involved, with puzzles and shit. These people are morons.

The second is answered by just getting the interviewee to talk, about anything at all, just to get the vibe. This is the more important question. Nobody wants to work with an asshole, except other assholes. Really good teams defend their vibe from assholes. Depending on the job question 2 might not be relevant at all. If someone just needs anyone to man a station then they don’t care because question1 is the only important question.

As the job becomes more skilled and teamwork based, question 2 will be the more important thing. You wouldn’t be in the room if you didn’t already

“Tell me about yourself?”, “What was the last book you read?” …interviews are invasive and demeaning. I fucking hate either side of the desk. But that’s just how it be.

Again, “Everyone is hired to solve a problem that can’t be automated.” Identify the principal person bothered by this problem and speak your piece to them, and their headaches, directly or indirectly. And how you’re going to make everything aaalll right. With no fuss or drama and they can forget about you and get on with their own shit.