Got hired without being asked relevant questions in the interview [closed]

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I recently got hired as a Java programmer. The thing is, the interviewers were looking for both Javascript (front-end) and Java (back-end) programmers, and I told them I had experience in both. During the interview, they only asked me front-end (Javascript) related questions. I answered the questions reasonably well. One day later they hired me as the Java back-end developer. What's going on? I'm not gonna ask the interviewers themselves, since I don't want to remind them of a possible mistake (and possibility to get myself fired). I'm just curious what the reasons might have been.

Some related information: - The only time I mentioned Java is when answering one of the questions, I made a quick comment about how Javascript and Java had different style regarding functional programming (function as a first class citizen). - My work experience as a Java developer can be found in my resume. So technically you don't really need to ask me any questions and can still decide to hire me.

manpreet 2 years ago

It's not uncommon that project managers who have the power to make hiring decisions erroneously believe "Javscript" is just a scripting version of "Java". They have the mindset:

javascript == running scripts written in Java

You were asked for only JS questions because they couldn't tell the difference. They were looking for someone who could write scripts in the Java language, so they asked "Javascript". When you said "java", it meant the same thing to them as "javascript" but just not in scripting form.