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akomtu on Nov 7, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Don’t do interviews, do discussions

Don't experienced candidates know that behavioral questions is bs and just make things up on the fly? You ask them about a conflict in past, they invent a story about a small disagreement with coworkers that got resolved in a model textbook way, leaving everyone better and wiser? It's not a deposition under oath, after all.

mark-r on Nov 8, 2021 [–]

You're probably right, but it pains me to admit it. I would never make up some BS just to get through an interview, it's not in my nature.

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