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Interview Details – A head hunter found this temporary part-time position for me. To be honest, I wasn't too thrilled by the position to begin with, but I wanted the interview experience. I have a degree in Computer Science and this job only consists of editing really basic HTML stuff. The pay is also pretty low, but I figured it's a foot in the door to more software-engineering-intensive positions in the future.

The interview was fairly informal and laid-back. They basically just asked what I could bring to the company and whether I am a good team player. Pretty standard stuff. I was asked some HTML and JavaScript questions too, but the developer who prepared the questions seemed a bit unprepared. Everything went well.

Couple of hours after the interview I got a call from my head hunter telling me the good news. However, the company wanted to change the contract so I'd have to work full-time at the same hourly rate. I decided that no amount of money can make me work as a full-time HTML monkey, so I tried to negotiate either more money and/or less hours. The company decided to interview another person and subsequently hired him/her. My head hunter kept telling me how bad the market was and how there were senior web devs taking $15/hour positions, which I think is total BS. You can make more working as a valet!

Pretty much as soon as I found out the company hired another person, I was contacted by Google and Apple for interviews. In the end, I'm glad I hesitated so I can focus on prepping for interviews for jobs that I would actually enjoy doing :)