Post #2466632

2025-08-19 07:34 UTC

@TimWardCam@c.im Hah! I didn't even realize people were trying to Google stuff on the spot, that's wild. I feel like it'd be near impossible for someone to synthesize the information into coherence in realtime even if they were smart.

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@TimWardCam@c.im 2025-08-19 07:36

@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club Yeah. Someone would insist that their Skype interview be voice only, then you'd ask them a question, then you'd hear their keyboard clacking away before they answered.

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@bazzargh@hachyderm.io 2025-08-19 10:39

@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club @TimWardCam@c.im I've tried allowing googling in problem-solving interviews, and tell them this up front - it's more representative of what you'd do in a job. I want them to talk me through what they are thinking while doing it tho, because what interests me is can they think it through, not rote memory. (surprisingly, not many google even when allowed to!) But we had a candidate we'd told this clearly using online chat to ask someone else the questions, and lie about it, in 2 interviews, stopped the process there.

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@compilingEntropy@infosec.exchange 2025-08-19 15:05

@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club @TimWardCam@c.im I used to interview a lot, and this happened in about 1/15 interviews pretty consistently. Usually the candidate begins answering the question, then adds more information as the Google search yields results, as if they are remembering more or thinking it through. Once, the unfortunate candidate was wearing glasses and I was able to see the Google results page (Google logo at the top) in the reflection of their glasses. When called out, he doubled down on how he was “taking notes”.

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