| ▲ | simonw 7 hours ago |
| It's pretty easy as an interviewer to spot when a candidate is hedging on a question, and it's the kind of thing that might get discussed in the post-interview debrief. "Wouldn't give a straight answer on question X" isn't an instant no-hire, but it's not a positive signal. |
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| ▲ | ipaddr 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| This doesn't make sense in practice. He hedged so not sure need to look at other factors vs he picked a side and he selected the opposite of what we wanted no-hire or he answered what we wanted small positive signal need to look at other factors. |
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| ▲ | knollimar 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I just interviewed a guy and all three interviewers asked him functionally the same question. He hedged 3 times and we just wanted an honest answer... |
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| ▲ | onraglanroad 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | The guy wanted a job, didn't know what answer you wanted for the job, and you guys were being assholes. If you can accept that then you've learnt something. | | |
| ▲ | knollimar an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | It was a question of the form trying to figure out how you deal with "X", and he denied X having ever happened, despite that being a core part of his current role. He was an internal candidate, we were interviewing him to see if we could trust him with more responsibility (more X specifically), since the new role shouldn't cover up X when it happens. The role involved doing X for himself AND for other people. Similar to the form of "tell me about your biggest weakness" and you responding with "I have no weakness". | |
| ▲ | sebzim4500 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | On the other side of this though, the third time the guy should have realized that hedging wasn't working and committed to the truth or a lie. | |
| ▲ | yen223 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | > you guys were being assholes Where was this coming from? | | |
| ▲ | knollimar an hour ago | parent [-] | | instead of telling him out loud, "hey we see you're hedging and applying bullshit interview speak, your answer isn't sufficient", we asking in increasingly obvious but different ways. It was an internal candidate so it would be awkward to tell him to his face he was floundering. |
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| ▲ | airstrike 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| ironically, I'd understand people not giving a straight answer on this particular topic |
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| ▲ | LtWorf 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| "The candidate is mature and doesn't engage in bikeshedding" |
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