Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software skills: study
People bomb, including good people. That is sadly part of the system.<p>Once I had this candidate. Damn, I know my questions are deceptively simple on purpose, but he literally couldn&#x27;t do anything. Not even a trivial brute force. Not even any related simple knowledge questions. Couldn&#x27;t tell an average from a median. The only good thing I could write in the feedback was &quot;seems to know some basic syntax&quot;.<p>It was quite a learning moment to read that everyone else was praising how this was the most brilliant candidate they&#x27;ve seen in years. Well, mine was the interview just before lunch, in a schedule that was atypically later than usual. I guess starting an interview after most people start their lunch break was asking for it. He also got hired - apparently the committee agreed that &quot;can&#x27;t think when hungry&quot; is not really that important a flaw.