Rather than memorizing the answers to bad questions, technical interviewers should memorize the questions themselves. Then if any of those show up in an interview, walk out -- one doesn't want to work at those sorts of companies.
That's a bit much - it's rare that a company doesn't have something broken about its hiring process, even good/great companies. If you want to work there otherwise, what does it hurt to learn the expected answer for fluff questions and recite it when asked?
As an interviewer I often ask questions not because I care what the answers are, but rather to change the tone of the conversation. There is little point in grilling people for an hour vs mixing in a few probing questions and keeping the interview light.
AKA, I see you got a CS degree and 5 years of development experience. Looking back what do you think your most (useful, fun, memorable) class was? What's language that you don't know are you most interested in learning / using?
This is an admiral ideal but when you have $50K in student debt, abandoning a potential job because you didn't like the HR screener is not the best idea.
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Rather than memorizing the answers to bad questions, technical interviewers should memorize the questions themselves. Then if any of those show up in an interview, walk out -- one doesn't want to work at those sorts of companies.
That's a bit much - it's rare that a company doesn't have something broken about its hiring process, even good/great companies. If you want to work there otherwise, what does it hurt to learn the expected answer for fluff questions and recite it when asked?
It is a bit much. Good managers can be crappy interviewers (and vice-versa). I would take it into account when considering my options, though.
As an interviewer I often ask questions not because I care what the answers are, but rather to change the tone of the conversation. There is little point in grilling people for an hour vs mixing in a few probing questions and keeping the interview light.
AKA, I see you got a CS degree and 5 years of development experience. Looking back what do you think your most (useful, fun, memorable) class was? What's language that you don't know are you most interested in learning / using?
This is an admiral ideal but when you have $50K in student debt, abandoning a potential job because you didn't like the HR screener is not the best idea.