Experienced utterly rude interviewers in some of the big tech companies
I recently interviewed in some of the startups and few big tech companies. My experience with startups was very pleasent. However, in some of the big tech firms, I observed that interviewer opens up leetcode hard and expects super optimum solution to be figured in 45 minutes. In case you are not able to do so, they pass comments- 1. Hey, (in a raised voice), start coding 2. Hey, you have spent 45 minutes on this problem 3. Hey, I need answer PS- No offence, but 'some' of the Indian interviewers lack soft skills drastically. In my view, its okay even you figure out and code a bruteforce approach for leetcode hard questions. Any thoughts? Is this how an alien worker treated in tech world while he/she is trying to find something better for him/herself?
I had similar too..I interviewed at Argo and the interviewer wont stip interrupting every five seconds..yes india guy pratyush
Some? I personally never had a good experience with indian managers. When I am offered an interview with indian names, i kindly ask for another team or position to the recruiters. No offence, but i dont wanna waste my time and blow my chance.
they will likely ask "why" so how do you phrase that request? Also what if its for a general position like L4 software engineer at Amazon/Google rather than anything team specific? What reason can you give for switching then?
Agreed. Some folks who do interviews have not been trained in 'the art of the interview'. They are probably doing them to meet some 'internal goals' and haven't any real interest in understanding your strengths. Don't take it personally, but do give feedback to the recruiter on your experience so that (hopefully) the person gets some feedback that will benefit the ecosystem...
Here's a different perspective , some white interviewees waste time on formalities and small talk and the whole time I know that this time waste won't be accounted for in the review. I'd much rather someone give me hints along the right direction than sit back and be polite while I go down a dead end
I am not sure how formality could be interpreted this way. I mean, interview is still a business meeting. Just because one party is seeking a job doesn't put the other party in a superior position. It's supposed to be a mutual interest. Thanks for your 2 cents, but I can't agree with your perspective.
You nailed it. ‘ Interviews are business meeting’ where you are representing your company
I have seen many un professional Indian interviewers from Microsoft. That company will always be on my blacklist . These are issues constantly gets brushed out, and you’ll get an advice , move on and look somewhere else. I feel both side feedbacks should be equally important. Too many talents and not many openings is the root cause. I hope companies start taking these issues serious and record all the interview sessions.
I will probably get trolled after this post, let it be. But I do agree with this, bad interview experience with chinese and indian interviewers so far. Please note I mentioned so far because I dont want to generalize.
Being an Indian myself, I loathe Indian managers and interviewers. Most of them( not all) are trying to show off once they got in FANG. May be I will turn into those, hopefully not.
So here is the trick, while(Indian interviewer){ keep rescheduling ;} _Take the interview :)!
I came across both good and bad Asian and Indian interviewers. The worst one though was actually an American rude and condescending. So race doesn’t matter. Idiots are everywhere
For lunch, Netflix gave me a boxed salad and told me to eat it alone in a conference room while they all went to a party without me.
Wtf are you serious? Things like these reveal a lot about the culture though. Lucky you found out early.
My experience while interviewing at a company called Apptio in Bellevue, Washington. The hiring manager asked if I had my lunch when I first arrived for which I said yes. It was a 12 Pm. And when the HR delivered 2 lunch boxes to our interview room, he ate both the boxes right in front of me 😬