In person Interview Q?

[Anonymous]

I’ll freely admit I am an older worker. I was applying for a senior manager position at a tech company.

After several initial rounds, I was asked to come in person for an interview. It was going to be 3 separate interviews with 3 different people. I was asked to bring in my personal laptop and connect to this company’s network so I could interview with their remote person.

I was really taken a back being asked to bring in my personal laptop. Is this normal now? Or as weird I thought it was?

[Anonymous]

It is weird for any sizable company. They usually have smart board hookups on the wall with internet access they can log into teams or webex which would be easier for the internal person, they would use their usual login.
Actually it is also weird for a small company. I would think they would just roll in a spare laptop…..
Are they testing your technical abilities?

[Anonymous]

No - I am not a programmer or anything technical.

[Anonymous]

OP again: they also wanted me to install some wipeboard software on my personal laptop and familiarize myself with it. I found the whole thing weird. I’m in person - why can’t I just write on a wipeboard? I withdrew my application. It is a large company.

[Anonymous]

I would withdraw too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again: they also wanted me to install some wipeboard software on my personal laptop and familiarize myself with it. I found the whole thing weird. I’m in person - why can’t I just write on a wipeboard? I withdrew my application. It is a large company.

Whiteboard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again: they also wanted me to install some wipeboard software on my personal laptop and familiarize myself with it. I found the whole thing weird. I’m in person - why can’t I just write on a wipeboard? I withdrew my application. It is a large company.

This is all ridiculous. I hope you sent them your hourly rate for learning a new software, etc.

[Anonymous]

One of the interviewers is remote, so they need to use WB SW. They want you to be familiar with it so they are asking to install on your PC. It is just more convenient than having you use something via a conference tool with which you have no familiarity.

They could send you SW to practice, but then provide co laptop for the interview itself - or send you a co laptop with SW in advance. They should have given you options. I would have just asked HR these questions.

Anyway, sounds like you already made your decision. Good luck with the next co.