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Ask HN: What are the dont's in a tech interview

by jchandra on 6/6/20, 9:50 AM with 2 comments

How would you respond if an interviewer from a competitive company and asks for specifics of particular service/architecture.

  • by sloaken on 6/6/20, 10:27 PM

    Tell them when they hire you, you will help them.

    I made the mistake of talking too much. Not that I was letting out valuable secrets, but I helped them understand how they were looking at it completely wrong. They had made the proverbial mountain out of a mole hill. They made me a non raise offer. I did not give them reason enough to need me.

    You also have to consider if answering would violate your sense of morality.

  • by kgraves on 6/6/20, 8:51 PM

    Ask them if they do this stuff within their own engineering teams. If they don't, this is then your cue to leave the interview.