Is Interviewer vibe a thing?
P.S. Not GenZ, but relate to vibe as a concept
I've interviewed with multiple companies, and I'm starting to notice a pattern.
Interviewers who:
- Have their cameras off
- Show up in old t-shirts, looking like they haven't washed their face or combed their hair
- Roll their eyes when the answer isn't what they wanted to hear
- Fidget around when you are speaking
- Look anywhere but at the camera
- Give in to itches all over the body 👀 among many others
If we as interviewees are expected to be presentable and excited, the least interviewers could do is put in a little effort to appear decent and engaged.
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Yea, it is a thing. I gave 2 interviews including ibm’s before joining. The first one, he didn’t switch on the camera, or didn’t even care to tell about him. He asked for intro, then gave 2 questions and said thank you. I mean, i know I didn’t do well but at least common etiquette should be there. IBM’s interviewers were in office while calls so they were presentable and all were on cameras.
Its just that i lost interest while giving the first interview. These people have made interviews as some kind of assessment test taken by a robot. I believe that interviews are whole set of convos which will let the company know about all the aspects of the candidate.
I so agree! But the problem is majority of them are like that, so difficult to find people genuinely interested in talking to - let alone work for them
The best interviews i had was where the interviewer is interested in knowing what actual line of work i have been in rather than just asking random questions about the product which is 95% of the interviews.
There are only 5% people out there who actually wants to know the person’s strength and capabilities and even if i don’t get hired i always get to learn something with these 5% of the folks
They are so rare!
Interviewer's perspective:
This might be your only interview for the day, but we have interviewed people the entire day. I don't know about others but I would shut my camera If I am not presentable and ask the interviewee to shut their camera/share screen even if there is nothing to share. Interviewing someone is a tiring job, I don't think anyone wants to interview just for fun, it's just part of the process. I am not justifying those who don't care about the answers given by the candidate, but trust me 90% or even more candidates lie on their resumes and they don't have any knowledge about it. When asked, they just give "ghumaau" answers like this is some stupid college viva. Bro, we know you're lying. Just accept that you don't know and move on. We can focus on the areas you really worked on and are confident about. But they refuse to surrender and go on.. this is the point we lose interest in you. On the other hand we enjoy a good candidate, some are so good that they explain things which even we didn't know. Hope you get it why interviewers are like that
Agreed to all pointers. But basics are same for all. Being respectful and humane is needed
I'm an interviewer and I don't turn on my camera as I'm just taking interview during my working hours so I'm not prepared specially for the interview.
But do you expect them to keep camera on and stare into darkness?
Sorry to say but yes. Coz we are still working in background and listening to the interviewee, we don't get extra time on deadlines and we don't get paid extra for this. So we have to adjust out time and take interviews.
Remembering that interviewer who was yawning and picking his ears with the pen in his hand. I would have rather preferred him switched off the camera, but yeah good riddance.
Another instance was the guy muting (but camera on) and having an argument/fight with whoever was in the room in his house. This was during the pandemic 😆
Oh god! Remote interviewers are really casual, even to this day
On days I'm remote and have to interview folks I clearly tell them I will not be able to switch on the camera and they can turn off too if they wish to after showing up for a few initial seconds. I just want to ensure I'm talking to the right person.
10/10 good interviewers bring out your best
Look anywhere but at the camera - if done for a few instances should be fine, right? It kind of happenss naturally (atleast for me) while thinking deep and talking at the same time.
Yea I do too. Avoid being creepy. But when listening they should look na, not at door or people outside. Some even exchange pleasantries while I give answers
I am also not Gen Z but believe in vibe thing. One needs to have good vibe from interviewer. Few of my interviews didn’t get through and I am happy for that, bcoz interviewers were chu**** and I won’t like to work with them.
Yes it feels bad when it happens in prolly one of the later rounds but Thank God it happens. Most of the times they are just in the premonition to reject people just because their day didn’t go well. Or maybe they have family issues. I am like tere ghar ki bhadaas ka mere future se kya lena dena. Also when you vibe with the interviewer you know you fucking rocked there’s a like intuition that you cleared this hell of a wall.
