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anonoboton Ask HN: What to do about a coworker who ignores questions / interrupts you?

Noted.

anonoboton Ask HN: What to do about a coworker who ignores questions / interrupts you?

Thanks for the advice. I intuitively thought that groups just worked these kinks out through discussion.

anonoboton Ask HN: What to do about a coworker who ignores questions / interrupts you?

Yes, this is my first job out of school. However I've been working here over a year and have done longer term internships before. I didn't have the same experience with this kind of friction.

He is more senior than me with respect to him working there a few more months and having a few more years experience -- at the same time I think I might have a different experience set. This makes me sound full of myself, but there have been a few occasions where I'll argue for something that I thought was common knowledge (like using an orm for crud objects or mocking external services for tests) and then when the vpe steps in he points out all the tradeoffs leans towards what I'm proposing. I think this only works because he trusts that the vpe has relevant experience.

I think it may be a respect / pride thing. I think I'm giving them mutual respect, but maybe I'm not and I'm oblivious.

Noted on not complaining, was hoping that wasn't the case.

anonoboton Ask HN: What to do about a coworker who ignores questions / interrupts you?

Just to clarify, the group interview was one at the end, we do individual interviews before.

So are you saying that you have ran into this sort of personality? Did you confront it at all?