I went to the worse schools, I have no skills, really the interview is all I know, I've done it a million times. (hahaha)
One good trick is to take charge of the interview.
There are standard questions the interviewer must ask (every time he does an interview) Try to answer all of those before he gets to ask them. This renders him without things to say. Then you get to ask your own questions.
Change the discussion from "why do we want to hire you?" into "why do I want to be hired by you?" When will I get a raise? when will I get promotion? when will you get to sit where he is sitting? And where will he be at that point? How are ideas treated here? Is one supposes to show initiative or not?
Will you get locked away in an office or will there be other people on the floor? Who do you get to work with? Have him tell me something about your future coworkers.
My favorite one is to just bluntly ask why their product is better than the competitor. I ask that because when it is asked from me I want to be able to answer it precisely the way I'm suppose to.
Show an interest in the interviews, the guy is doing that all day long, is he having fun? Did he see many good candidates? How many interviews will they do for a single job opening? Does he enjoy his work? Don't allow him to just sit there pretending to be interested in your life. Show an interest in who he is, what he does and where he comes from (or she)
You can be empathic about it but working down your list like a robot is equally impressive.
Talk fast but not to fast, keep eye contact but don't gaze.
If their argument 'why you want to work there' is good enough and their product is good enough end the interview before he does, ask if he made up his mind already, when do I start? You don't want to pressure him but you have a lot of other interviews you would rather not have to go to.
You want him to have the impression that you are putting serious work into finding a job - but not to much.
Maybe this is good generic advice to some, but this is not how to "pass" a technical interview. In a technical interview, the interviewer needs to determine where your skills lie - would your skills fit within the team? Does what's listed on your resume match with your answers? Is your learning book-knowledge or from experience? How do you respond when shown a very difficult problem? You can't BS your way out of these by "taking charge" and trying to trick the interviewer to move on to soft skills questions.
Maybe your advice works in certain situations but, against a full on neck beard who cares only to see if you know data structures and OOP, your advice would guarantee that you do not pass the interview.
True, working fast is not an excuse to be sloppy. Your questions are just better than mine but one can still answer many of them before they are asked.
One good trick is to take charge of the interview.
There are standard questions the interviewer must ask (every time he does an interview) Try to answer all of those before he gets to ask them. This renders him without things to say. Then you get to ask your own questions.
Change the discussion from "why do we want to hire you?" into "why do I want to be hired by you?" When will I get a raise? when will I get promotion? when will you get to sit where he is sitting? And where will he be at that point? How are ideas treated here? Is one supposes to show initiative or not?
Will you get locked away in an office or will there be other people on the floor? Who do you get to work with? Have him tell me something about your future coworkers.
My favorite one is to just bluntly ask why their product is better than the competitor. I ask that because when it is asked from me I want to be able to answer it precisely the way I'm suppose to.
Show an interest in the interviews, the guy is doing that all day long, is he having fun? Did he see many good candidates? How many interviews will they do for a single job opening? Does he enjoy his work? Don't allow him to just sit there pretending to be interested in your life. Show an interest in who he is, what he does and where he comes from (or she)
You can be empathic about it but working down your list like a robot is equally impressive.
Talk fast but not to fast, keep eye contact but don't gaze.
If their argument 'why you want to work there' is good enough and their product is good enough end the interview before he does, ask if he made up his mind already, when do I start? You don't want to pressure him but you have a lot of other interviews you would rather not have to go to.
You want him to have the impression that you are putting serious work into finding a job - but not to much.
Good luck!
:-)