Ending the interview in the middle of it because of feeling offended by level of question

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

An interviewee decided to end the interview in the middle of it because he felt insulted by the level of some of the questions that had been asked. would you hire him?

Some background:

What happened was this person was recommended to us as super genius software developer, but he was not a computer science graduate. In order to assess his skill level, we decided to ask questions from basic to advanced level to see where he would fit in with us. He felt insulted by the basic question and decided not to complete and left yelling. I'm wondering that is there any excuse for anyone to behave like that?

manpreet 2 years ago

No. Such a person is far too thin skinned to hire.

What if the person gets offended by a customer? What if the person gets offended by my boss and I'm the one that hired him? How would my boss feel if this person walks out because he doesn't like something the CEO says?

Nope, wouldn't risk it.

No matter how good a person is at the job, if they cannot get along with the team, or take offense to questions, they will not work out and any "genius" that they contribute will be far-offset by the fact that they simply will not be able to fit in with the company.