A diary based on my latest attempts to get a job; this time in Munich. I'm an engineering graduate (and chartered engineer) with more than 10 years' experience in IT. Over five of these years have been spent in team leading and project management roles both in the UK and abroad.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Hypothetically

 Just had a second interview with a large company. Although they called it the first interview. Guess I'm not the worst engineer at maths after all.

Anyway, beforehand - quite a few days beforehand - I spent time researching the company and reading advice on how to interview with them. The company itself, in their guidelines,  stressed not to answer hypothetically - they want to know your real experience - not how you would deal with things.

I'm ready.

Come the interview the very pleasant interviewer starts nearly every question with "Hypothetically how would you deal with the following situation ...".

And I answered "Well actually that situation did occur and this is how I dealt with it".

I'm beginning to suspect I'm too experienced (not old - experienced) for this position.


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