Interview this afternoon. Turned up at agreed location to meet agent 1 hour before interview; agent turns up late, and then says 'hope you don't mind, let's have coffee and wait for the other candidate'. Hmm, OK, so we sat down and the other candidate arrived and is introduced to me; both of us obviously felt rather uneasy about this and the agent says 'I hope you don't find this strange', to which I could have replied 'yes I find it very strange, deeply unprofessional on your part and rather stupid to make both of your candidates unnecessarily nervous before the interview.
Agent then tells me about the gig, seeing as they called me without me seeing an ad, and says 'actually they think you're not really technical enough, but they agreed to interview you'. Then I get to the interview and am confronted with 3 people sitting opposite me asking lots of questions that really were directed at exposing my supposed lack of technical knowledge (they failed), and then told me they know nothing about testing but they'd selected a test tool and do I have experience with it? Erm, no. Oh and the standard spiel of 'our business is very very complicated, do you really think you can learn about it quickly' (well that;s one of the core skills of a tester and everyone thinks their business is complicated, so yes, is what I was thinking). Then questions about 'why are you looking for tester jobs when you've been a test manager; is that just caused by the market', 'no, I am a tester; sometimes I do test management, some times I do testing, sometimes I give courses or individual training; these are the skills of a professional.
Well never mind, 2 hours wasted, none the wiser, shall go for a bike ride later then down the pub for a drinky and a good meal.
Agent then tells me about the gig, seeing as they called me without me seeing an ad, and says 'actually they think you're not really technical enough, but they agreed to interview you'. Then I get to the interview and am confronted with 3 people sitting opposite me asking lots of questions that really were directed at exposing my supposed lack of technical knowledge (they failed), and then told me they know nothing about testing but they'd selected a test tool and do I have experience with it? Erm, no. Oh and the standard spiel of 'our business is very very complicated, do you really think you can learn about it quickly' (well that;s one of the core skills of a tester and everyone thinks their business is complicated, so yes, is what I was thinking). Then questions about 'why are you looking for tester jobs when you've been a test manager; is that just caused by the market', 'no, I am a tester; sometimes I do test management, some times I do testing, sometimes I give courses or individual training; these are the skills of a professional.
Well never mind, 2 hours wasted, none the wiser, shall go for a bike ride later then down the pub for a drinky and a good meal.
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