Interviews!

I have been now working from the past nine years. Given multiple interview and taken multiple interviews. Most of the interviews that the companies take now a days is technical rounds that only test the aptitude of the candidate. Do you know what are HTTP sessions, multithreading, etc. I have also been interviewed along these lines itself. It was good till I had some 3-4 years of experience. Soon I realized that just knowing the technical aspects is not enough. That is where most of us go completely wrong. I will really not speak for big companies but surely for small companies the attitude and the organization culture is so much important to the candidate. How many times have we (as interviewees) turned around to ask questions like who will be my manager, can I have a chat with, can I know him a little more personally, can I just walk through the office and talk to some people, can I on board for just a week to see I can adjust to environment, etc. Not many of us do that. Do companies allow that? I see no harm in it at all. You need people, smart people, sharp people, thinking people, solution oriented approach, you need finally people with ATTITUDE. We need people who can think out of the box, people who can communicate well, people who are ambitious, people who are very confidant! We need to focus on the core competency of the job and not the technicalities. If the core competencies are strong, technicalities will fall in place earlier than you think.

I really hope the interview questions soon change and focus on core competencies, attitude and ability to gel with organization culture.