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I got a direct interview with a CEO. We went to an hotel, we drank wine and talk about enterpreneurship. I didn't realized he was interviewing me all about product. I left with the impresion he didn't interviewed me but he sent me a follow up email later, with his thoughts and I was surprised how much detail was in my email. He was friendly, he didn't asked me the typical shit tests. I never felt preasured. And of course he convinced me so well about his project I joined it blindly it. The rest of interviews in my career were more cold blooded inquisition.
Loved your July 30, 2019 blog post by the way.
Thank you.
Had an interview at Apple. The interview itself was pretty standard. Two years later the manager who hired me told me I stood out because I had my name printed on my shoes and that's part of the reason I got the job. I still don't know if that's a good thing or not ...
They may have been the thinnest shoes as well ;-). That apart, congrats for landing a job at Apple.
Would you mind sharing a photo of the shoes, or a pair of similar-looking shoes?
Applied for one job. Within an hour, the CTO contacted me for an interview. We talked about product and architecture throughout the interview, really hit it off.

He gave me a paper to write my expected salary. I wrote it. He balked and said it was out of his budget. I asked him what the budget was. He gave me a slightly lower number. I said okay. In concession, I get to use their most expensive Macbook. It felt rehearsed but I like that negotiations were fast and didn't drag out.

I did the interview at 7 PM. By 8 AM the next morning, he had approved it with the CEO and offered the job.

It was a good, fast paced startup, with a very competent team, and yet wasn't stressful.

Was looking for a job and after some negatives and low self esteem I decided to apply to a remote job.

Got an email with an online exam. Very hard but fair. Finished and got the report.

Did another one, once I finished in 3 hours they call me to setup an interview with the Tech Lead.

Did the interview and then before he hang up he asks "Do you have time to chat more in 3h?"

Then got the phone interview with the boss.

Done.

Hired in two weeks, I am now going to my 3 year working with them.

I am not good in interviews and maybe remote interviews work best for me?

Do you mind naming the company? And more importantly are you guys hiring?
I've been fortunate to have only done two interviews.

The first one was my favorite. It was during campus recruitment. I randomly applied at that time when I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.

I was pretty nervous going in. The lead interviewer was clearly a nerd like me and we dived into many technical topics like how compilers work. The other people who were in there interviewing me were in over their heads.

I walked out confident I was going to get the job.