Keyboard OCD
Suppose you interview someone online and notice they have OCD rituals they perform on the keyboard whenever there is a pause. L-backspace-O-backspace-space-backspace-...3seconds later...-space-backspace, for example. What would your reaction be?
No, I was just wondering how much of an impact my keyboard OCD rituals would have. Sometimes i get stuck in a loop for up to 10 seconds... other times it makes ctrl-z not work because i have to cycle through so many keystrokes from my rituals. The poll results so far are a pleasant surprise to me: i thought most ppl would be much more critical.
As far as I know, it is illegal for a company to use a candidate's disability against him/her in the hiring decision. However, make sure it will not prevent you from focusing on the question. What happens if you take a med(prescribed by your doc) on the interview day?
This was my thought, too. There's no way I'd disqualify someone based on what looks like a disability. But if you had 10 minutes to type me an algorithm and you spent 9:59 hitting O, L, Spacebar, and Backspace in whatever order, I wouldn't be able to evaluate your skills.
I'm actually able to temporarily put the OCD aside when it comes to important situations like interviews or ppl standing over my shoulder as i have to put together some new test ASAP. The rituals drop like 90% then. Maybe I'm bored the rest of the time... <edit: supposed to be reply to above nested comment>
How are you doing on this issue? Usually OCD gets worse if you don’t challenge it with ERP.
Is the bar at Microsoft so low that you judge people based on shit like this?