I don’t have a particular story. A lot of industries use “competency based questions”, you know “tell us about a time when…”.
They’re awful. If you don’t know what I’m talking about count yourself lucky.
Which would you rather, “write some code to filter off numbers from a list”, or “tell us about a time when you worked with someone difficult. How did you win them over and subsequently become best friends?”.
You don’t know how good you’ve got it. The hiring process in other industries is much worse.
Story time?
I don’t have a particular story. A lot of industries use “competency based questions”, you know “tell us about a time when…”.
They’re awful. If you don’t know what I’m talking about count yourself lucky.
Which would you rather, “write some code to filter off numbers from a list”, or “tell us about a time when you worked with someone difficult. How did you win them over and subsequently become best friends?”.
for those who this affects, this lands badly