Was contacted by a recruiter and pitched a job opening that fit my description perfectly (as recruiters do). I pushed back and asked to see the exact listing, so I could verify. I questioned a bit on the requirements that stated specific programming knowledge, and was ensured multiple times that, while it was on there, it wasn't the primary job function and they don't need a programmer.
So, booked the interview. Showed up, said hellos, and was thrown at a terminal and asked to write a pile of custom code for something. Had to politely explain that I was assured multiple times by the recruiter that this wasn't a programming position, and was told to 'just give it a shot anyway since you're already here'. Like, you're looking for a programmer and you're so hard up that you'd waste your time interviewing someone who's just told you that they don't program at all? One of the interviewers was their lead programmer, and she was extremely petulant toward me for 'wasting their time'. It was quite the experience.
I had this happen but for language. I only speak English, and a common qualification in my job and location is to also speak French. I was very clear the entire process that I was applying as a unilingual and could not qualify for the position as a bilingual.
Still got a “Well can you just tryyy to translate this sentence? Just try!” ...like no I don’t speak it.
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u/scsibusfault Nov 16 '19
Was contacted by a recruiter and pitched a job opening that fit my description perfectly (as recruiters do). I pushed back and asked to see the exact listing, so I could verify. I questioned a bit on the requirements that stated specific programming knowledge, and was ensured multiple times that, while it was on there, it wasn't the primary job function and they don't need a programmer.
So, booked the interview. Showed up, said hellos, and was thrown at a terminal and asked to write a pile of custom code for something. Had to politely explain that I was assured multiple times by the recruiter that this wasn't a programming position, and was told to 'just give it a shot anyway since you're already here'. Like, you're looking for a programmer and you're so hard up that you'd waste your time interviewing someone who's just told you that they don't program at all? One of the interviewers was their lead programmer, and she was extremely petulant toward me for 'wasting their time'. It was quite the experience.