Software-Engineering

Recently, I interviewed with a self-advertised “top” company, with the initial assumption that they were a decent engineering organization. However, the actual technical interview they conducted proved me totally wrong. The interview lasted around 55 minutes, with around 25 minutes of product discussion and Q&A with a manager whose English was incomprehensible. But let’s just consider that part unfortunate and unimportant, and focus instead on the actual 30-minute technical discussion, which I think was insightful in terms of software engineering and product development in general. ...

Recently I interviewed with a “top” Internet company in Vietnam. Top, in terms of salary offered, at least. But the interview content and process, in my opinion, are by no way at the top. I wonder how their recruitment and HR departments, which are willing to spend a good deal of money for headhunting services and salary offering, put so little thought into preparing the interview content and process. I can summarize the interview of such single-minded organizations in a single word: technical. ...