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cheesesashimi / interviewee-feedback.md
Created May 16, 2017 05:04
How To Write Interviewee Feedback / Post-Mortem

Hello,

Thank you for the opportunity to interview for the Site Reliability Engineer position at $company. I appreciate the time and effort you've invested with me in your interview process. I admit I could have done a lot better, but as a technical interviewer myself, I know that interviews are subject to high variance on both the interviewer and candidate ends. While disappointed with the outcome, I want to take this opportunity to provide some candid feedback about your interview process with the hope it may be improved.

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cheesesashimi / how_to_turn_down_a_technical_interview.md
Last active May 16, 2017 12:12
How To Turn Down A Technical Interview

Hello $recruiter,

Thank you for reaching out to me about this position. While the job description sounds like something I would be a great fit for and would excel at, I realize that should I interview for this position, the skills evaluated will be my interviewing skills instead of my technical ones. For example, $company is currently found on http://they.whiteboarded.me, a curated list of tech companies known to use high-pressure interview tactics such as live-coding and whiteboarding. Not only that, setting aside the outcome, my previous interview experience at $company was not a positive one. While I admit I could have