Do people actually fail behaviorial interviews?
Everyone knows about behaviorial questions. Most interview sessions start with them and ask generic background or probing questions. There are a lot of posts here about failing them. I’m no interview expert but I’m really surprised anyone can fail them. Isn’t the real test whether you can uphold a decent conversation? Is it really that common for people to fuck this up? tc 200
Yes, people fail on LPs all the time. It sounds like you haven't had the opportunity to interview much?
LPs help with determining courses of action at companies like yours, but that still doesn't ensure you will pass a behavioral interview.
I am a hiring manager. A shocking number of folks fail behaviorals in varied and sometimes funny ways.
Please provide examples
It's never funny when someone fails a behavioral interview.
Yes, you fail when they ask for a specific example for a specific case and you don't work in such environment because your workplace has processes to prevent it. " Tell me about a time where you had an ambiguous requirement which required you to dig deeper?"
There isn't a process for everything. You need to be able to think for yourself and work with others to solve problems.
Lmao I think what Microsoft is getting at is that behavioral interviews can often inquire about how well you handle a shitty work environment, which is both hard to answer for people who haven't had to, and a low-key weird admission by a manager. I swear I'm 10 minutes away from getting "Tell me about a time a co-worker spit on your keyboard, exposed their genitals, and used racial slurs at work, and how did you handle it?"
What is an example of those questions just out of curiosity
Some people have shitty communication abilities. As simple as that
Of course people fail behavioral interviews. I suspect many on here would probably fail them, but the hiring team decided it didn't matter. It's important that you are able to pass this interview. I don't hire robots, I hire people as do others on here.
Ive bombed them a couple times before
I got rejected from a fintech startup because they wanted someone who had shipped more products. Can’t really BS around that without lying
Do you ever feel like 90% of job descriptions request experience that only 10% of devs actually get the opportunity to do? I frequently find roles that mention "4 years of experience" and also "independently spearheaded multiple product launches and major architectural decisions".
I’m product, not dev, but companies similarly want highly accomplished PMs who have huge scope + domain expertise + to also pay them below market
I failed them in the past due to oversharing 🙊
I failed the Amazon leaderships principles interviews. It sucks because my recruiter told me I had the best performance he’s ever seen on the first technical round. Thought I had an easy job offer coming and I totally bombed it.
Tell me about the time that you fail a behavioral interview, how lame you are and what are the steps to avoid this situation to happen again ?
Tell me about the time you received bad feedback….but I’ve never received bad feedback.