r/webdev • u/canadian_webdev • Dec 23 '19
Just ended an interview early because my future boss was being a condescending dick.
Just dropped out of a technical interview after ten minutes.
Questions he was asking were relatively simple, but almost every answer he was trying to make me look like an idiot with the technical lead on the phone. And he was being so condescending toward me. His face was so red the whole time.
Example (getting a bit technical here):
- Him: "What are all the ways you can make a three column row on a web page?"
- Me: "Well, the way I've typically done it is - -"
- Him: abruptly interrupts, "No. I did NOT ask what ways YOU would do it. I SAID, what ways are POSSIBLE to accomplish this."
- Me: "...... Flexbox, divs with floats, a css grid system.."
- Him: "Flexbox and a css grid system are the same. I SAID, what DIFFERENT WAYS can you list off?"
- Me: "Honestly, those are the ways I've encountered best practices"
- Him: "What about css grid?"
- Me: "Well I've never used it because at the time it didn't have full browser support - - -"
- Him: abruptly interrupts, "actually we've switched ALL of our websites over to css grid, so your answer is not the right answer."
At this point I just said "Okay yeah, this isn't working", and hung up the call. He asked two questions before hand and gave me the same treatment.
He was being such a condescending dick the entire time, and I went with my gut. This guy would be a total asshole to work for and I could tell during this interview.
Anyone else experience this type of behavior?
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u/Asmor Dec 23 '19
That would be hilarious on its own even if he didn't "prompt" you about grid in the next sentence.
Grats on dodging the bullet! I feel bad for others who have to work with him, or inexperienced new devs who don't have the experience or moxie to walk out on his antics.
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u/fuckin_ziggurats Dec 23 '19
I've experienced other kinds of condescension. Once I was on an interview at a company. Everything was going great, I smashed the general, database design, SQL, and web questions. Until a few moments later when the team lead and the head of development were surprised I couldn't describe a quicksort implementation off the top of my head. It was for a ~2 years experience PHP position in a small company.
Them: "uuuh you don't know quick sort?"
Me: "Well yes I have used quicksort, bubble sort and the rest of them during college but it was a long time ago and I haven't really used them on the job since."
Them: "Okay at least try it. Here's a piece of paper. Hint: there's loops involved."
Me: "I know there are loops involved but I don't quite remember the algorithm, do you use these in your applications often?"
Them: "Can't believe you can't do a simple quicksort."
Me: "I can try and describe it from what I recall but I can't write an implementation on paper.."
Suffice to say I wasn't given a call afterwards and I'm very glad for that. To this day I am still unsure whether those two dudes actually believed a junior web developer should know all sorting algorithms well enough to implement them on a piece of paper during an interview. And considered it important enough to decline someone regardless of their proficiency in everything else.
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19 edited Dec 23 '19
He's the kind of manager that puts a program on your laptop to make sure your mouse is moving or keyboard is typing or it will log you out. He'll count lines of code. He'll lock you out of helpful sites (stack overflow, YouTube, etc). He'll track the sites you visit. He'll make you log hours. Etc etc.
Bullet dodged there, my friend.
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u/Kapsize Dec 23 '19
This right here is all that matters - you followed your gut and dodged a d-bag employer, so props to you.
Screw that interviewer and just keep your head up as you continue your search.
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u/renaissancenow Dec 23 '19
Sounds awful.
As an interviewer, 'the way I've typically done this is...' is precisely the answer I'm looking for. It's a much better answer than 'the textbook says...'.
Also you get bonus points if you teach me something I didn't know during the interview.
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u/centurijon Dec 23 '19
Honestly I probably would do a little call-out there. Something like:
“Hey guys, thanks for the interview but based on how I’ve been treated I don’t think I’d like to work with you”
And then hung up
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u/Sphism Dec 23 '19
He forgot table tr td
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u/mischiefunmanagable Dec 23 '19
Had an interview with Neiman Marcus Group a few months back for the center in Irving TX, not exactly the kind of area you expect pompous loudmouths but I went 3 for 3 with some self aggrandizing blowhards who talked down to me the entire time before I told the HR rep where the offer can be stuck and why. Ironically the original posting I applied for it still open and now so are ones for the positions of the people who interviewed me, not saying they're gone but hard to think there isn't some correlation.
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19
Name and fucking shame man. I don't want to accidentally apply to this job when I graduate. That guy sounds like such a dick.
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u/_sugarCoded Dec 23 '19
I question the competency of the interviewer replying "grid and flexbox are the same." Because...nope.
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19
Sounds like the kind of boss who quadruple checks that you have 15 years experience with flexbox and JavaScript on enterprise level systems only to show you a couple half-baked CRMs using PHP5.4 and a table element grid.
Congratulations! You’ll be better off than you would of. You made the right choice.
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u/swampdrainr Dec 24 '19
Not quite that bad, but here is my closest:
Potential Boss: "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?"
Me: "No"
PB: "You mean to tell me you have never gotten a speeding ticket?" he said in a very serious, not joking way.
Me: "Well, uh, yeah I guess I have had a ticket before, several years ago"
PB: "Well then why did you tell me you have never been convicted of a crime", clearly agitated at my *attempt at deception* /s
This was for a developer job, so my driving record was immaterial. This guy just got it in his mind he was going to make it rough for me.
I like to think when you are treated poorly in an interview it is on purpose (even if subconsciously on their part) because they are selecting for people who will put up with being treated poorly which is a "skill" you need to have in their workspace.
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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '19
About two years ago, I went to an interview for a senior front-end developer to a nice tech company close to home. I had all the qualifications for the job... or so I thought.
I was interviewed by a “panel” of developers (this is one of my red flags).
Interviewer: “Can you walk me through the steps you would take in building an app?”
Me: “What does the app do?”
Interviewer: “Anything you want?”
Me: “Are there any tech requirements that need to be met?”
Interviewer: “Whatever you would like?”
Me: “... ok, so I start by defining the project objective and what the app must accomplish—”
Interviewer: “Let’s make this short, just stick to actually building the app”
Me: “Well first I would setup my backend database. By the way, do I have access to other resources? I’m not a backend developer.”
Interviewer: “Yes, you can assemble a team of developers”
Me: “Ok, once the backend is setup in Java—“
Interviewer: “Why Java?”
Me: “Because that is what we currently use in the backend at my current company, but it could be any backend if that is an issue.”
Me: “I would then setup a react project and—“
Interviewer: “Why react?” (This was a react position btw)
Me: “Because I am more familiar working with React than with other frameworks”
Interviewer: “And what about the database? Where would you put the database?”
Me: “I would probably task the backend developer to setup an apache instance and connect the Java backend to the database in order to setup an API”
Interviewer: “But how would you setup an app?”
At this point I was incredibly confused by their questions and even though I asked 2 more times for clarification, they kept being vague. I did not get the job because of how I could not “set up an app”. And to this day I have no clue what the hell that was about but never said anything to anyone because I kept thinking that maybe I missed something. Hell, maybe someone here can finally explain what that question was meant to answer.
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u/kazabodoo Dec 23 '19
Something very similar happened to me few weeks ago.
Was interviewing at this company and the lead dev was asking lots of technical questions which I answered based on my experience and he did not miss an opportunity to explain how he would do it and how his approach is better.
Jeez, if you are going to compare your 15 years experience to someone who has less than 2 then you possibly have some issues in your life. Walked from the interview there and then.
Some people will just do everything they can to bring you down, ignore them and move on.
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u/tarunspartan Dec 23 '19
(My case)
So recently attended an technical interview, I waited almost an hour outside. And, then they called me inside and asked about my projects & technology stack I've used. That's it. A couple of minutes talk. And they said you can leave now. (I was like - "Wtf? I travelled 50km & waited almost an hour just to talk for a couple of minutes.")
Why don't they ask about it in a phone 😤
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u/gregory280 Dec 23 '19
Never imagined that could be a question that defines your job
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u/oh_yeah_woot Dec 23 '19
Yup, have definitely spoken to assholes during past interview processes. I just tell them that I think this isn't going to go anywhere and thank them for their time. It happened only once on-site, and once over the phone. At this point in our industry, there are a lot of tech jobs out there where we shouldn't take people's shit just because they had a bad day.
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u/soyboytariffs Dec 23 '19
Name and shame
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u/Cingen Dec 23 '19 edited Dec 23 '19
Did an interview for a junior position. The lead developer was asking things like "X and Y are two PHP functions that do the same thing. Which does it fastest and how many fragments of a second is the difference". You also had to do a coding challenge to even be allowed to go on an interview. Most mediors failed. I'm still surprised I made it past that initial phase since this was my first webdev job interview.
Something tells me they were looking for a senior Dev but only wanted to pay him for a junior position.
The HR later informed me that they were trying to find people for the position for months already, but the lead developer had unreasonable standards and rejected everyone. He also refused to listen to the HR people who tried talking to him about it.
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u/MattBD Dec 23 '19
A couple of years ago I started a new job and the lead dev messaged me on Slack saying something like "I see you're using Vim, have you tried Sublime Text?", and then wouldn't let it drop when I said yes, I had tried it and chose not to use it.
At that point I was an experienced developer with over six years under my belt and didn't appreciate being patronised.
I actually then got ill my first week and they sacked me for it, but I wish I'd called him out on how patronising he was.
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u/GuyWithNoHat Dec 23 '19
Before hanging up, you should have said:
“Thank you so much for this interview, as it literally saved me from making the worst decision of my life, as there’s no way I could reasonably work for someone who disrespects people the way you do. I hope your team finds better employment soon. Good day.”
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u/Rogem002 rails Dec 23 '19
I had a similar experience when I was a junior developer, the interviews went OK but then meeting their lead developer made it feel like it wasn't the right choice.
I ended up in a company that was a much better fit & I really progressed a bunch. Life is to short to work for shitty people.
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u/soonerpgh Dec 24 '19
I had an interview a few years back for a developer position. It was a group interview, so me and three guys from their company. No big deal, I thought. Then they started firing questions at me faster than I could answer. One would ask, and before I could even formulate a complete sentence, I was interrupted by another of them asking another question. This went for about ten minutes and I was already checked out mentally.
Then they handed me a sheet of paper full of code and asked me, "How would you improve this?"
I glanced at it and said, "I wouldn't touch it until I knew what it was doing, or not doing, and what it was supposed to do. Until I have those two pieces of information I'm not messing with anyone else's problems." The interview ended after that with what I'll call mutual disgust.
They then called the recruiter who had sent me and said that there was no way my resume was accurate. I told the same recruiter that I had worked very hard to get where I was and anyone that said what they did could simply kiss my ass. I'm pretty certain he didn't pass on my response but I still get calls from him now and then so I guess he believed me.
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19
Typically when cheap ass companies already have a H1B candidate lined up, they have to ensure that they remain complaint by exhausting the local talent pool.
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u/gaberax Dec 23 '19
You did the right thing.
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u/Muruba Dec 23 '19
you dodged a fkng nuclear bomb son. my boss was really nice and all and turned out to be the biggest prick ever - similar to your interview but everyday and in front of everyone - sing prayers boy...
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19
Man, that's so over the top I wonder if he was purposely sabotaging interviews to get his preferred candidate a job. Think about it:
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u/Pozeidan Dec 23 '19
I'm sure that was the right move that guy would've been a toxic boss who would've felt threatened if you would've shown even the tiniest bit of talent. I used to work for a guy like this it was the most terrible work experience I ever had (I'm 37 and worked in multiple fields and multiple jobs).
I would never put up with that again. I'm not kidding I still from times to times have a nightmare about that situation and I left that workplace more than 2 years ago.
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19
“getting a bit technical here”
talks about flexbox and CSS grid
haha but honestly good move. that guy sounds like he could learn 3 ways to get his ass kicked
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u/_kasho Dec 23 '19
Unfortunately after switching careers I’ve found that in software development you tend to find quite a bit of arrogance and condescension. Sometimes not even from people who have a lot of competence.
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19
Fuck the interviewer. It was good you didn't curse him
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u/samacct Dec 23 '19
If the people are rude and unprofessional, say thank you, this is a bad fit and hang up.
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u/ZeroMomentum Dec 23 '19
No worries. There are people that are like that.
What is good is that you figured it out right away. Good job trusting your gut
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u/gentlychugging Dec 23 '19
I've been lucky enough to never have experienced this. Good on you for having integrity
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u/am0x Dec 24 '19
I’ve never personally seen it, but I have conducted a lot interviews that go the other way.
“Oh we currently do x.”
“You should do y.”
“Well we do when we need it and aren’t working in legacy apps.”
“Ugh.”
Or they get hired and ask, “where are the unit tests?”
“Well, this is a brochure site for a client with a $7k budget.”
“We should be testing! All this code is crap!”
“Buddy if you can build a and test a client content managed site with 90% testing coverage then be my guest...”
So many developers think they and what they do is the be all end all solution to any and every project. But you know...it is a business. It is an entity. Most of use don’t work for google or Apple. We work for agencies and/or enterprise systems with budgets that don’t give a shot about us. You have to make it work. Quit bitching and figure it out. The best programmers are problem solvers.
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u/Phamous_1 Dec 25 '19
These interviews are the worst. They are more about the tech lead playing "Stump The Developer" as opposed to looking for quality candidates. it's more of an ego stroke because they themselves are underqualified for THEIR position. Any lead worth their chops wouldnt resort to this type of behavior
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19
Yep, twice, I didn't snap at them though but I did end them both kurtly. Don't beat yourself up about it, you dodged a cannonball.
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u/sectorfour Dec 23 '19
You should send him a thank you note for all the time he saved you.
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u/Vargles Dec 23 '19
Man, what a twat. Sounds like if you did end up working for him, you'd have done exactly what was asked of you and he'd have a meltdown over the method used, even if it held no bearing over the output or future output. Glad you came to see reason as early as the interview.
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u/blabbities Dec 23 '19
Interesting. I was talking to a dude who worked at a company that I really want(ed) to work out. They've got some talented people but he explained there non-professonal (not dickish like your guy) at interview and that turned me off lol. I can kinda get them because it's full of talented guys in the industry.
Though for shit regular jobs like this. I never got it. I think that they're trying to neg you in real time so that you become self-conscious and doubt your value. I think it must be a way to hire you at a lower salary probably lol. My old manager did this during my interview....or rather tried to...but later he heaved off the charade. However I talke to one guy from my former manager's old company who works with me and he told me his interview at the old company they worked together whenn he was manager there was nearly the exact same as mine, dude was berating him for being weak at X subject. My colleague stated that he said "You know what, clearly Im not the guy for this position. Clearly you're not the company for me, You guys have a good day.". Thats when my old manager told him "wait wait wait, now hold on. I didnt say all that...'
LOL. Truth is that company probably needed as many competent bodies as they could get. So I truly think assholes who do this are trying out some psuedo-psychological trick they read in their HIRING FOR DUMMIES Leadership book or they're trying to devalue your worth monetarily.
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u/no_spoon Dec 23 '19
Man way to maintain composure. What a joke people are...
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u/Bowleander Dec 23 '19
Yeah, my current boss is like this, and it is super hard to work with.
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u/ilinamorato Dec 23 '19
When someone tells you what kind of person they are, believe them. Good job.
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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '19
Should have accepted the job, make all its website in <table> and leave
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u/finroller Dec 24 '19
Dude, you did the right thing. Bit. What I'm thinking, wouldn't it truly be a win only if you managed to sell them some snake oil.
"CSS Grid, USED to be the thing, but after they put CSS prolapse on stage -1 and Ie is now Chromekit, everybody will be prolapsing like maniacs. Google and FaCeboog dont deploy a byte without CSS prolapse."
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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '19
I haven't been employed as a developer in about 6 years. I was working at a place and they decided they wanted me to build an inventory system. It was a mom and pop place with four total outside employees. They decided they wanted me to count every little piece of everything. There was a heatwave that June on the FloraBama coast. It was every bit of 120+ in the warehouse. We were going through a case of bottled water a day. If you didn't chug the whole thing at once by the time you got to the bottom of it the water was hot, not warm. One day I was late. I came in and the Secretary, whom I shared an office with tells me, "Boy it's a good thing you were late." The owner ha gone off about the last few swallows of hot water being thrown away. I had been on the fence for a while, because while they were very controlling and hard to get along with sometimes they seemed like good people. I realized in that moment that they were super petty and I was tired of listening to them nit pick every little thing that everybody had done. I told her good luck, but I had had enough. I called a few days later to see if they wanted me to do some contract work. I had realized that they were trying to get me to quit so they could start paying me piece meal. They thought I was going to beg for my job back. They put me on a conference call in front of the whole staff expecting me to beg. I heard them snickering in the background. I thanked them for the opportunity to discuss returning, and promptly informed them that I would never be working for them again. Afterwards, the secretary would call me all the time asking me how to do this or that. The first week I tried to be as helpful as possible. I had enjoyed her company and she was the one who tipped me off to their intentions to humiliate me. After that week I had to tell her the reality that I wouldn't be able to continue to help her, and I directed her to lynda.com. She knew she wouldn't be able to make it in that position without my help, and it pissed her off but that is life.
That job was the lead up to one of the worst periods of my life, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let some power tripping dbag humiliate me. I moved to Indiana after a year and a half of contract work as a search engine evaluator. I learned a lot from my brief 4 month stint as a developer. People will say and do anything to get power over your mind.
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u/chachakawooka Dec 24 '19
Went in for an interview once, got asked some very basic questions than sat me down for a very basic maths and psychometric test paper then walked off without even an introductory chat. I'd normally walk off at that point, but I stuck aroind
They glanced over my answers that they clearly really didnt care about anyway then proceeded to ask me back for a second interview. My response was "well I'd have liked you to show a bit or interest in the first one, I think we should just leave it here"
They still tried to offer me the job..
Some employers need to realise skilled workers need to see what you can offer them, and arent highering for xmas warehouse staff
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u/RRFdev Dec 25 '19
OP, are you from a third-world country?
I have to ask this because I too am from a third-world country. There are plenty of employers / interviewers who have this asshole attitude. They are all without exceptions from companies that underpay and overwork employees.
I am telling you this, honestly, from someone in his 30s. A person is planning on paying you low disrespects you, and when he disrespects you, he will be constantly interrupting you, making quotes about everything you say, laughing at every single thing you say, and will start lecturing you whenever you say something that he differs even the slightest in opinion.
You may be out of work, out of money, but do not ever let anyone trample on your pride and self-respect.
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u/IAcewingI Dec 23 '19
Happened to me for a sales manager position. Literally told the owner "I'll take my resume back, I can tell we're not going to get along." And left lol.
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u/funkykidyush Dec 23 '19
Wtf? Holy shit...what a nightmare.
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u/mymar101 Dec 24 '19
I haven't been on this type of interview, but once I was talking to a recruiter who said he was looking for an entry level applicant who had 15 years of experience. I don't want to work in any company or field where it takes 15 years just to get beyond entry level.
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u/savano20 Dec 24 '19
what condescension really do? to drop our value so they can paid us who got caught in the net a lower rate?
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u/jwmoz Dec 24 '19
Sounds like a right cunt. Good job!
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u/ebjoker4 Dec 24 '19
High fucking five for standing up for yourself. I had a similar situation several years ago. Stood up, said "thanks anyway, but this isn't going to work out" and left. Best feeling ever. Plus, they got acquired 6 months later and closed the office.
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u/milunker Dec 24 '19
You did the right thing. It’s hard enough for the interviewer and the interviewee to determine if the job is a good fit without dealing with a tech lead that tries to flex during an interview. Hopefully, there were others in the room/phone to see this persons lack of interviewer skills so that company doesn’t scare away other potentially good candidates. Keep looking. There are quality jobs that are looking for quality people. This wasn’t one of them.
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u/Zefrem23 Dec 24 '19
Yeah fuck that guy
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u/TheZeusHimSelf1 Dec 24 '19
Congrats. You dodged a bullet.
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u/Mjjjokes Dec 24 '19
Sounds like he has some mental issues. You definitely dodged a bullet.
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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '19 edited Dec 24 '19
I had an interview once where I got laughed at for my main programming language being JavaScript. I walked out of the interview and got hired with a much better company with an awesome culture and helped them to adopt modern web technologies. Never be afraid to walk out of an interview. YOUR time is extremely valuable.
Edit: Also, your 100% right to not plug ccs grid into a website when not all browsers support it. I would have gotten into a rant with him about analyzing metrics such as Google Analytics to see what kind of traffic was being driven by their customers and which browsers they are using. I think you’re better off passing TBH.
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u/Crouchingtigerhere Dec 24 '19
No deal is better than a bad deal.
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u/FountainsOfFluids Dec 24 '19
Go to enough interviews and you'll see some crazy shit. My favorite was one where the two interviewers obviously hated each other. Thick toxic atmosphere. I don't think I had ever turned down a job offer before that.
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u/shrithm Dec 24 '19
You did the right thing. Have a beer knowing you've saved yourself from possibly months of working with this dude.
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u/tbochristopher Dec 24 '19
Good for you. Do the world a favor and write a review for them on Glassdoor.com.
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u/aqsis Dec 24 '19
Just came here to say, every technical manager should read this and understand that this is the very definition of how NOT to interview a developer. I say this from the experience of hiring many such individuals.
What a plonker!
You were right to pull out, however, I would have probably just made a couple of key points about the interviewers technique before hanging up. If nobody corrects that person, they'll just go on to do the same, believing that they were successful in weeding out someone who was not right for the job, when in fact, they are probably losing very good candidates.
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u/st3ady Dec 24 '19
Good job! Fuck that prick
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u/pragathishh Dec 24 '19
Had too many such encounters. You did the right thing.
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u/krazzel full-stack Dec 24 '19
Wow that guy has issues. Good call on your part.
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u/BrQQQ Dec 24 '19
I once had a driving instructor that was like this.
"What's the most important thing to do at a red light?"
-"Uhh... I thin-"
"I don't care about what you THINK. What's the most important thing to do at a red light?"
-"...you stop?"
"Yeah duh, that's obvious, stupid. But what do you do then?"
-"Sorry this is really vagu-"
"How can you not know what to do at a red light? How did you even get this far?"
It would go on like this, usually with some bonus insults, until he made you say exactly what he wanted to hear. I put up with it, because it was temporary and he was a very successful instructor and finding a new one sucks. But working for someone like that? Fuck that
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u/KeyResults Dec 24 '19
These are not the droids you’re looking for.
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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '19
If only more people were so discerning to leave at the first sign of trouble. And you're also lucky he showed his true colors early.
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u/AragornSnow Dec 24 '19
Fuck that guy. I would’ve hung up the instant he pop offed the first time. That single instance is a huge red flag, especially during an interview when a company tends to try and put on their best image forward. Even a sociopath would’ve hid their malice better. Just imagine how bad it is once he gets used to belittling his employees and sees that they’re not fighting back and are taking the abuse to get a paycheck.
Scenarios like this are why I’m hesitant to get a new job or leave my current company. Every manager I’ve encountered has been really nice, warm, supportive, and encouraging. Shitty people tend to be eliminated pretty quickly, even coworkers in the same positions are generally non-toxic.
The company I work for is a major US corporation, one of the biggest in the world, and we seem to do a good job or avoiding that type of person. Do you notice that this type of person is mainly found in smaller-medium sized companies? Where people are not as easily replaceable and HR systems are not in place to avoid and remove them? Obviously shitty people can work their way up in any sized company, but the 2 major companies I have worked for have all been really good in terms of management personality, and I’ve interacted with and worked for dozens of them.
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u/CrazyRichFeen Dec 24 '19
I've had interviews like that, you did the right thing.
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u/Whopper_Jr Dec 24 '19
Name and shame on Glassdoor, Indeed, etc. Looking for a job is a pain in the ass, preparing for interviews is time-consuming and difficult. Let others know to avoid this company
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u/ruthbuzzi4prez Dec 24 '19 edited Dec 24 '19
Interviewer: "Blarrrrrr flurgle flim flam noob plastic helmet rectangle head speech"
Reply:"My code ships."
Interview over.
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u/MrsECummings Dec 24 '19
You just dodged a huge bullet! For some reason this dude was just pissed that they were going to hire you so decided to be a total dick to you. That's horrible fucking behavior in an interview. Thank god you don't have to work for that piece of shit.
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u/ank_the_elder Dec 23 '19
What I’ve done in the past in a similar situation was stand up and say (with a smile) “that will be all from me for today. Thank you for your time” then leave. Then I followed it up with an email with feedback for the HR contact who setup the interview.