No, it's not. Even an average developer gets to pick between half a dozen offers when looking for a job. And his choice isn't always based on who pays him the most. Camaraderie and interesting projects also count for a lot.
It's trivial to have multiple job offers, and it is trivial to interview when you already have a job. You have to give the person being interviewed a reason to come work for you other than 'I sign the checks, bucko'.
So, yes, I want to know what the job is like, or I'm not accepting.
While you're interviewing job candidates, candidates are also interviewing the company, and evaluating whether it is a good fit for them or not. While I agree that some of the questions in the article are bad, I think you should try to answer as much as possible from the company side, so as to be as transparent as possible.
You've to show that you're ready to adapt with the company needs. I don't have a crystal ball to tell you exactly what you will be working on.
There is a difference between asking for a crystal ball, and asking which of the tech listed on the job advert is actually relevant.
Remember, this question is asked due to widespread misrepresentation from companies about job adverts. Prospective employees can stop asking this question when job adverts become much more honest.
Many of these questions will make you look arrogant and not easy to work with.
Which, incidentally, is exactly how you're portraying yourself when you assume that the choice is up to you alone and dismiss the right of the potential employee to choose another employer.
Not really. The reason for the deletion was avoiding being down-voted by stupid people like you who didn't get the point (since the account is new and may be shadow-banned).
Stupid? You were the one who said that most interviews should only be a one-way street. That you will only let yourself get asked the questions in the article if the job applicant is a top-talent AND your company specifically wanted to recruit that person.
If I remember correctly, you also quoted the question "What's the coolest thing you've built here, personally?" and your response was "Who's getting interviewed here?".
You should've let your posts be. Own up to what you wrote.
While I don't agree with your position. You ARE an interviewer (allegedly :) ), unless there are other interviewers to contradict you or know that is an uncommon position, your post was valuable, and does not deserve to be downvoted.
