I'll admit that I'm bad at interviewing others. I'm not trying to humble-brag or anything. I'm just bad at it. Part of it is that I haven't had to go through an interview in over 10 years, so it's difficult to empathize with a candidate. I do my best, though. The other part is that I'm happy at what I do, but I'm not the best. I sometimes can't keep up with candidates when they're writing on a whiteboard and make a claim that such-and-such works. I squint and can make a judgement on that claim, but really I need to cover x, y, and z during our hour together and we're already 20 minutes into it and I don't want to get dragged into the weeds.
So, I'm not a fan of giving interviews. I wouldn't mind shadowing someone better than I, but my first inclination is that that would be a terrible idea since it would make candidates even more nervous.
So, I'm not a fan of giving interviews. I wouldn't mind shadowing someone better than I, but my first inclination is that that would be a terrible idea since it would make candidates even more nervous.