I was just informed that in 2 weeks I will be the designated Super Day interviewer for my team and interview summer analysts. The Super Day is for my department as a whole and I’ll represent my track.
So what are some of the memorable Super Day interviews you’ve had? What made you feel welcome? I’ve never gone through one (at least not as a student) so I’d like to hear your perspective to help my interview skills.
Obviously it’s easy to be biased and choose an interview where you got the position but I’d like to hear how a company left a positive impression on you as an interviewee.
I see, thanks for the color. Personally, I've always preferred when I could relate to my interviewer in one way or another. You can do that by either bringing something up from the candidate's resume that you found interesting (ex.: if you were a student athlete and the other person was a student athlete also, fraternity, travelling, etc.) or just by chatting with them about something generic for a few seconds before getting into technicals. I feel like it's important to show the candidates that they are joining a group that consists of normal people who have a life/personality outside of work because that would arguably make them want to hear back after the Super Day even more--at least that's how I felt whenever I interviewed with a team and thought highly of the team culture. From your perspective, I would try to come up with a few questions that might throw the candidate off a bit just to see whether they are who they say they are or if they just memorized all of their answers. This is all I could think of so far, but please feel free to PM if you want me to go into more detail.