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The first rule of getting hired is never to show any sign of humility or weakness. Pity that once you are actually in the job, it's not very helpful to have a
by pekk 11y ago
The first rule of getting hired is never to show any sign of humility or weakness.
Pity that once you are actually in the job, it's not very helpful to have a bunch of egomaniacal Dunning-Kruger cases running around.
- eropple 11y ago> The first rule of getting hired is never to show any sign of humility or weakness. I don't think this is true at all. I'm very comfortable saying "I have no idea" in an interview setting (though I think it's generally understood that I'll go find out), I'm generally up-front with weaknesses in that, hey, there are things that I just don't work well with. There are a bajillion jobs out there, and it doesn't make any sense to push a bad fit.
- mikeash 11y agoIt depends entirely on the company. The first rule of getting hired at a company run by sociopaths or brogrammers is never to show any sign of humility or weakness. Some people seem to think that's the only kind of company there is, so that bit is sometimes accidentally left out.
- lloyd-christmas 11y agoGetting the interview is drastically different than getting the job. Filtering what you don't want is drastically different than choosing what you do want.