Difficulty with job interviews.

[DaveJ]

28. This might be a side effect of the work we do.

I'm that way and I know someone else like that, who does great work, the best I've seen. He's actually more of a graphic artist, no server side stuff, but he does put the sites together.

Maybe it's because we focus on things that are wrong, fix them, then move on. Things that make sense we tend to nod silently then move on to our next goal. There is no reason for us to get intrigued by some question when we are intrigued by issues that need to be solved, and those issues are never solvable in 4 seconds. I've seen those Google interview questions like if you were stuck in a blender how would you get out? Yeah that's problem solving but not at all the mindset that developers need.

I don't think they should not call anyone into interviews, unless they are totally prepared to hire that person, rather than doing these blanket 'audition style' interviews.

We are not actors. Acting skill has no benefit to our job whatsoever, and in fact, might be an impediment, since in our field we need to know the truth, not hide the truth, which actors do.

Anyway, yeah contract to hire is great, I think that might be the solution, as long as the business is seriously prepared to hire. I'd prefer it though if they would develop a better way to fit people into the right positions on their first try though.