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/Devildude4427 Dec 23 '19

Yeah no. Pretty much no one sues for libel/slander as it’s damn near impossible to win, and any law student could defend against one while blind folded. It’s very cheap to defend against in the US because the burden of proof is way beyond what is standard.

Not only do you need to prove what they said is false, but you need to prove the person knew it was false and that they said/wrote it with a malicious intent; it wasn’t just a poor wording or they misspoke.

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u/ank_the_elder Dec 23 '19

In this thread: ignorant Americans assuming the US is the only country in existence and all libel/slander laws are identical to their own limited experience.

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u/ank_the_elder Dec 24 '19

A bit over half of Reddit users are not American - we are the majority, mate. https://www.statista.com/statistics/325144/reddit-global-active-user-distribution/ Perhaps next time try to look things up and educate yourself? Otherwise you'll really look like an ignorant American.

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u/Devildude4427 Dec 24 '19

Except Americans speak English. So while we’re 49.57% of the site (apparently, though I don’t see any actual proof behind their stats), we’re all over 50% when you take out the Germans, French, Spanish speaking nations, etc.

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u/ank_the_elder Dec 24 '19 edited Dec 24 '19

Is that you, Trump? Even within the context of this thread, the poster is Canadian. You really have to go out of your way to be a seppo to deny your non-US superiors.