Andrew Jacob

@YanDaik @BecomingCritter Thats the point though, you're not making up a story. It's experience you have. Interviews are looking to get some kind of evidence that you have required competencies for a role. Developers might do code problems, designers have portfolios, many others have stories as evidence

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter Dont you thing that making up a story for this question is to much? He is not applying for a writer position to havea story for everything. HR take their hr book to seriously without thinkig about it.

interview today they asked me what i do to cope with stressful situations and i replied "nothing in particular i just focus on the next task" and i got the vibe that this was a very bad answer

@ywmspeebcx3v @BecomingCritter

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter Please share where you work so I can be sure to never work with you. People like you are the absolute worst.

@baadermemehof @BecomingCritter Right there with you

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter As an interviewer I’d never ask someone this question. It’s one of those cliche questions that mo one will answer honestly and provides literally no insight into a candidate’s fitness.

@yaboivelvet @BecomingCritter Not HR lol Also surely you can see how the answer "I don't let stress affect me" to the question "How do you handle stress?" is dodging the question

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter “Can you give me an example?” The situation was stressful…and they just kept working and didn’t let it affect them. What the fuck else do you want andrew god I hate HR

@YanDaik @BecomingCritter I agree that you shouldn't white knuckle everything (anything?). But don't you think implying to a desired job that you don't take things as seriously as they want you to might be a downside?

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter Dude wtf are you even saying? >not taking seriously This is exactly how you avoid stress. Because its just a job from wich you could be easelly laid iff tomorrow. Are you creating stress on purpose?

@DurhamBarr48126 @BecomingCritter Interviewer isn't my job! Also not HR, I interview as a manager. You might be surprised to know twitter has a character limit so I summarized

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter Bro no way interviewer is an actual job, I bet 3/4ths of what you do is just trying to justify your job. Why can’t the departments that are hiring interview people who they want to hire?

@DFWscanner any chatter about a gas leak earlier today in Southlake, around 5pm? Drove past a VERY loud whooshing sound and propane smell. Called it in and they said fire was dispatched, but I don't know more than that.

@allie__voss Strawberries aren't annual???

Legitimately killing me to have to pull these off But if you have new strawberry plants, DON’T let them produce fruit the first year! You’ll ruin your plants long term

@L7Weenie23 @BecomingCritter Please saar, at least take a stand and dismiss my opinion with conviction. Why hedge with "you look"?

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter You look indian. Opinion disregarded.

@24JamesASecond @BecomingCritter 24/7. To be clear though I don't interview for a living so I guess from your perspective I only do nothing part of the time. You don't sound like someone who'd rate my performance well otherwise though so I take that back

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter when you get home after a long day of doing nothing, do you ever feel like you take the mask of bullshit off or do you live like this 24/7

@blackanime39401 @BecomingCritter Will do, blackanimestreetwearmanifestor

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter as an interviewer who decides whether someone gets to pay their bills and eats, you need to throw yourself off a building

@egregious_poop @BecomingCritter Reasonable!

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter As an interviewer, I much prefer his original answer over what you’re implying. “Keep going” is what I want to hear over someone with a bullshit answer.

@Teal_Linner @BecomingCritter Well personally I don't recruit, so pretty good I guess

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter how does it feel being everything wrong with recruiting?

@thejankste27428 @BecomingCritter You're 100% correct. I don't think this is a great interview question. But I think it's helpful to try to steelman and figure out how to best perform even in adverse circumstances. Especially for people who hope to get job offers and promotions, which require interviews.

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter Right, you overinterpret ordinary answers, and you treat that as legible diagnostic data. Sorry, but it's odd behavior. You can't really infer emotional regulation and judgement under pressure in an hour-long chat.

@TrinkPeer @BecomingCritter I'd say it shows commitment to the bit, at least

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter Every time I get stressed I panic and chop my dick off, is that serious enough?????

@Display86671504 @BecomingCritter To be clear, how does giving an example after a claim make it bullshitting? Isn't a claim without evidence a higher risk of BS?

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter Andrew, why do you prefer bulshitting to an honest answer. Please I need to know.

@sosnowsnowy @BecomingCritter Me too, man.

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter we just want to make some money to live bro....

@FakeGhostJobs @BecomingCritter I think that's a heavily reasonable response. I also agree that a person's value within a role is extremely hard (impossible?) to determine in a single conversation. But if you want a job, don't you want to make your response as compelling as possible? Examples help.

@theaceofjs @BecomingCritter If you are an interviewer, you should know that your response to this is exactly the issue with interviewing. You shouldn't need a story to understand whether someone is competent enough to do the job.

@BecomingCritter Oh entirely reasonable. I just thought I'd share the perspective from the other side of the table. Also my experience comes from non technical roles where objective interviewing is less common. Take my opinion as far as you can throw me

@theaceofjs it’s hard to fit my entire answer in one tweet i would have to make the words very small