Red Nova Labs interview questions

I meet with the CEO. The interview was brief and friendly. Next I met some of the developers in a group setting - to see if I "fit". Its my opinion that this interview was a waste of time. They are not searching for a qualified candidate. Rather someone who fits in, in spite or her/his qualifications. The job has been open since last summer, they have interviewed countless candidates and not found anyone to their liking. Unless your personality is amazing and you do not come across as an actual manager but as a group therapist don't bother wasting your time.

This company centers most of their business around the self-storage industry. Not exactly exciting, but at least project development would be a little more predictable day-to-day. Although they do some PHP development, unfortunately this company uses a lot of Ruby. From the TIOBE index and from the PYPL (Popularity of Programming Language Index) you can see from 2009 Ruby has been in a nose dive. Obviously Ruby is quickly falling out of favor by developers. Pro-Ruby shops are a big turnoff for me as a seasoned programmer. The culture on this inside was just a bunch of long tables thrown into the center of a room with everyone uncomfortably cramped around them. In reality, cubical-free doesn't mean more creative collaboration, it just means they only want to save space and money by not providing nice offices and nice desks. Everyone's legs and height are different and everyone needs a different desk height and chair height to properly accommodate safe posture. Isn't it interesting that you don't see any office executives working off of old schools desks; you see them working in a nice office, nice chair, and a nice desk with a door for occasional privacy and concentration. Having to be hunched-over a long table all day was another big turnoff.