Anyone in any field from music to engineering to sports to medicine who cannot perform on demand is not a professional.

Early in my interviewing career, I had a reputation for being "intimidating" and was advised to dial it back a notch. I may have over-reacted and gone too far the other way. :)

In my youth, I played sport at an elite level and earned an unfortunate reputation as a "choker" under pressure -- several sessions with a Sports Psychologist made a huge difference and I was eventually able to shake the "choker" tag and perform well under intense pressure. Though I have no experience in entertainment, I imagine musicians similarly experience intense nerves before stepping onto the stage. Ditto for Surgeons; if they make a mistake their patient dies -- maybe they get used to it, I don't know, though my sister-in-law nurse claims they're all on beta blockers.

I'm not convinced though that the average computer programmer needs to be able withstand that sort of pressure, at least I've never experienced it at work ... though I'm told Yahoo was a pressure-cooker of a workplace a few years back. :)

Anyway, thanks for the heads up, maybe I need to readjust my interviewing technique, again, this time putting the applicant under a bit more pressure. BTW, I heard an anecdote that during interviews at Microsoft, the interviewers sometimes "staged" a ferocious argument in order to test how the candidate reacted to extreme pressure and conflict. :)

In reply to Re^5: Rosetta Dispatch Table by eyepopslikeamosquito
in thread Rosetta Dispatch Table (Interview Question) by eyepopslikeamosquito

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