What do you think of behavioral and technical interviews?

[VAVAV]

Personally I like technical better because you can tell whether a person is ready or not for the job than behavioral – there is no right or wrong answer for behavioral. I believe it encourages a discrimination of character if one got rejected just because he has a different character or point of views to react to certain things (or if he doesn’t look “energetic” enough or “smiley” enough). I just hate it when the best BS out there actually got the job – without even considering if he knows the actual stuff. As a fundamental analyst, I believe past behavior cannot predict the future behavior. You would never get a straight answer from behavioral interviews and there is no proof that it is true or not! I don’t understand when companies do not have technical interviews. It is like gambling in a casino – relying solely on your gut instinct of the person who is sitting across from you seducing you not intellectually – but … I don’t know… something!

[intrepid18]

I agree with you wholeheartedly. I dislike behavioral interviews. You never know what they are looking for in terms of thinking. I tend not to do well with those questions. I am trying to figure out the best strategy to deal with these types of questions myself. Technical interviews I feel are better because they show your qualifications and experience. Also, when I am asked a behavioral question..a lot of times the interviewer assumes you know something about the company and you cannot unless you have actually worked there in the backend. You can only learn so much from trade journals and their websites. It can be very frustrating.