>2) practice communicating with people that have very thick Indian or Chinese accents. It will also help in general day to day life Absolutely :) I have that i

>2) practice communicating with people that have very thick Indian or Chinese accents. It will also help in general day to day life Absolutely :) I have that item explicitly in my article, since it happened to me as well being on both sides of the interview process. It's very unfortunate when communication is problematic accent-wise. And it makes judging difficult as well since you are not focusing on the technical merits alone anymore. >1) don’t expect only questions relevant to the position. For this, you might have been unlucky with an inexperienced interviewer...