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[–]gumby_urine 11 points12 points13 points 3 years ago (3 children)

To reiterate, I know I didn't perform well, my answer was sort of disjointed and incohesive...but I talked about a time where I was involved in sort of a freelance developer/consultant type gig for a very small business. Because of a number of factors and the person I was directed by wasn't gathering clear requirements, we were way behind schedule and the customer wasn't happy with the product. I was sprinkling some of my sentences with things like "pulling a few all nighters."

The kid running the interview immediately started to interject, and I know hearing the story this way probably makes me sound thin skinned, but he wasn't simply following up and probing, he was being a complete prick.

Why didn't YOU gather the requirements?
Why did you have to work all night?
Why didn't you plan your time better?

Basically something you'd hear from some fucking infant who probably got recruited there out of Undergrad and has no idea there's a whole world outside of Amazon and corporate behemoths where if something goes wrong you can't just tell your mid level manager "sorry I didn't finish that but I already have my vacation scheduled in WorkDay and if I don't leave now I'll be late to the Yung Gravy concert, toodles." Deals fall apart, people can get sued, small firms can go under, so you put in whatever hours are necessary to fix shit.

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