You’re being hired to do a job. Why are so many ignorant and inept interviewers hiring someone who may or may not know how to do the job, or do it well?
If I’m hiring a bartender, I’m asking them to make me a couple drinks. If I’m hiring a custodian, show me how well you mop. I’m hiring a programmer, write me something. Every job is doing something. More interviews should involve the actual ‘doing’ part, not asking benign questions all the time.
Some jobs require things that are hard to do on the spot, like product manager who should be in the loop and take care of where development moves, or project manager who should make said development actually happen.
The skills can be sort of checked by presenting a problem and asking how they would solve it, but the more abstract the skill required is, the more can the difference between reality and interview be, in my opinion
Every interview should come with a skill test.
You’re being hired to do a job. Why are so many ignorant and inept interviewers hiring someone who may or may not know how to do the job, or do it well?
If I’m hiring a bartender, I’m asking them to make me a couple drinks. If I’m hiring a custodian, show me how well you mop. I’m hiring a programmer, write me something. Every job is doing something. More interviews should involve the actual ‘doing’ part, not asking benign questions all the time.
Some jobs require things that are hard to do on the spot, like product manager who should be in the loop and take care of where development moves, or project manager who should make said development actually happen.
The skills can be sort of checked by presenting a problem and asking how they would solve it, but the more abstract the skill required is, the more can the difference between reality and interview be, in my opinion