It’s a shame when a technical person blows an interview. It makes me uncomfortable because I get concerned we may have missed something in our hiring process. What if our process caused some great engineer to not get the job? What if all the skills were there, but we failed to ask the right questions.
Interviews are by and large difficult – for anyone. The potential employee feels pressure and unnatural. Technical people may have the most difficulty if their communication isn’t strong or clear.
Here are the five common things that go wrong in a technical interview: