most of us have come across at least one of the following bad interviewer type:
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Not knowing why they are asking that specific question, which skill are you testing ?
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Those who ask questions in a Google doc. It's the worst, the candidate ends up struggling to format whatever they write.
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Have "YouTube" knowledge instead of in-depth understanding. Imagine the candidate asking you a question and hurting your ego.
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Asking candidates to switch on camera, while keeping theirs off.
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Staying silent, not being interactive, not giving any kind of hints.
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Not putting any effort to understand the candidate's mindset or background, asking intro just for the sake of it. You might work with that person, put some effort in, ok ?
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Having a fragile ego, not accepting a different school of thought.
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Just copying the question from somewhere & not knowing how to solve the questions themselves, giving hints which ends up confusing the candidate instead of helping.
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Expecting the exact answer, instead of focusing on the thought process.
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Asking Hard DSA questions in a one hour interview.
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No proper intro, no setting the interview base, eager to just jump to questions.
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Those who think interviews can only be for one hour, not keeping extra time. Who decided the interview will only be one hour ?
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Not knowing how to format the interview.
Interviewing is a skill/art, please learn it, don't waste your or anyone's time. Imagine a skilled candidate not getting the job they want/deserve because you didn't know what you were doing.
It's better to treat the candidate like your other colleague and you are just brainstorming a problem.
Whenever I have come across a good interviewer, I have always ensured to tell them they are a good one.
