I just joined a company 3 weeks ago and I was added to a slack channel for interviewers, I scrolled up in the slack and I saw the feedback from hr girl which was something like this: "we have a new candidate from company X, which is a bit shady if you ask me (he was referring to me not to the company - bad translation initially), but he seems to know what's he's doing and has drive". Then the tech interviewer wrote something: "Yea, the guys is weird, but he know algorithms, programming principle.... ". It sucks...
What is company x 🤔
So what shady company did you come from
she was refering to me as shady
Are you overweight?
Do you have any idea why they might think you're weird? Don't blame yourself but I'd be curious as to what behavior led them to think that. You can also mention this to someone but I'm guessing they'll just set a TTL on the messages in that channel. Can one do that in Slack?
If it helps, there’s a lot of weirdos in tech
I think the generalization that CS majors are nerds is true. We tend to be socially abnormal. Of course it's not true for everyone but for a alot of us it applies.
Can verify, having CS skills with average social skills is VP level material 🤣
Elon is weird and also a genius soooo you’re fine
Elon isn’t a genius
Is so.
We are all weird. Wear it proudly brother. You can’t be a geek if you ain’t weird!!!
Exactly! We ARE weird, it's just a statement of fact. And yes, some of OPs weirdness may have stood out in the interview enough to draw comment, but just roll with it. Now, if they continue to highlight it without establishing the prerequisite rapport with you, then it becomes another matter.
Keep in mind, interviews are a terrible place to get a sense of someone's personality/behaviors/mannerisms. This results in a lot of shallow commentary on non-technical aspects of a candidate that may or may not be true. Also, stop caring about this stuff, unless your goal in life is to not be labeled "weird"
They are opening themselves to lawsuits by writing interview feedback like that. But think about it this way - they hired you. They think you can do the job and can imagine working with you. Also, being a bit weird isn't that uncommon in our line of work :)
Are you sure they were talking about you? It's strange that they put you in a channel where they were chatting about you before. Look, I don't think people here can find out why they think you are weird. If you really don't consider yourself weird, then I don't know what to say. Maybe try to think about other people in your life who told you something about you being weird or something... But again, it's not sure they were talking about you.
I saw my name (full name) in the messages
Take screenshot. For ammo to sue them in the future if the need arises.
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:s/pear/peers :wq
peerss?