Recent Tales from the Interview

Job interview stories.

Jul 2008

My Tales

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After sharing so many of your interview stories, I thought it was finally time that I’d share a couple of my own…

Finally!

Back in the .NET 1.0 days, I interviewed for a contract position at a certain large insurance company around here. It was a technical interview with two senior-level developers. After I finished answering a softball question about how Try-Catch blocks work, one of the interviewers followed up with a question about Finally blocks.

209 comments - Last comment @ 2016-06-16

The Starting Salary and More

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The Starting Salary (from Steve)
After a massive layoff during the dot com crash years, I had gotten used to my employers closing their doors after just two years. At the same time, I had no trouble finding employment in other web design companies.

One of the interviews I got was so ridiculous, I couldn't believe I had wasted my time there. It started off pretty well, I was asked about my experience in web design, integration, Flash, etc. They joked about my previous employers going out of business while they've been in the game for 20 years or something.

170 comments - Last comment @ 2011-01-26

Hypothetical Question & Tales From The Dump

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Hypothetical Question from Simon

I’m usually pretty good with interview questions, but this one threw me for a bit of a loop.

213 comments - Last comment @ 2016-12-07
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