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Sounds like your organization does interviews in a very different way than organizations I’ve been a part of. Usually I’m assigned a 30-40 min block with a candidate after which I have to deliver them to the next interviewer (or release to HR). If I take 5 mins longer with a candidate then I’ve just robbed 5 mins from their next interview (hope they can complete their leetcode puzzles 5 mins faster) and I have 5 mins less to evaluate the next candidate. I try to let everyone have the best opportunity to show what they’ve got (I let them do the interview outside if the weather is nice, try to tailor questions to their resume, etc)


That sounds horrific. My sympathies. Not every place is like that.




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