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This is largely a regional/cultural thing.. In Europe people tend to care more about these things because they're interested in creating a good healthy workpla
by halviti 10y ago
This is largely a regional/cultural thing..
In Europe people tend to care more about these things because they're interested in creating a good healthy workplace. If you only wrote about your professional achievements, it would be a sign that your lack of a personality could cause problems within the workplace.
Everyone is different and there is no one-size-fits-all thing here that works for every country / job opportunity.
- kyllo 10y agoAnd it's also much harder in Europe to fire a problem employee.
- ajuc 10y agoI'm from Europe :) Poland to be exact. And I care about healthy workspcae, but I don't think anything said on interview can be an accurate indicator. It's inherently misleading situation, like a first date almost. I was only asked similar question once on an interview for a foreign (Lithuanian FWIW) company ("do you have wife, children?"). It was jarring to me, I assumed they wanted to know if I'll be OK with crunch time. Maybe it's the way they asked (like another thing from a checklist).