Prophesying the outcome of an interview

[viking]

Have any of you folks attended a technical interview. Can anyone of you share your experiences, could you judge whether you are selected or rejected based on the interviewers body language?

[Nerseus]

I'd check out these links:

http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69304

http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70164

 

From the interviews I give (quite a few recently, many more in the past), I'd say the candidate doesn't have a *strong* feeling either way. Because we interview a dozen or more people at a time and they're at all different levels of experience, we can't give them a thumbs up/down at the interview because we don't know how they compare to everyone else. Plus, the "big boss" has to talk to the candidates about salary, perks, etc. which may factor them getting in or not. So, we can't say "Wow, you're great!" and then the Big Boss says Sorry, you want too much money. Well, he can, but it makes it harder if we told someone they were coming in :)

 

Now personally, when I've interviewed to *get* a job, I usually had a personal feeling one way or the other. I've been *very* fortunate to always get offers, though I generally do a lot of research into the company, what they do, what I'd likely be doing, etc. so I know ahead of time whether I'd fit. That's not always possible, especially if you're just starting out.

 

-Nerseus