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I think those questions come from both naïvete and a desire to increase information asymmetry in the hiring process.
by rhizome 8y ago
I think those questions come from both naïvete and a desire to increase information asymmetry in the hiring process.
- pmiller2 8y agoCan you elaborate on the "desire to increase information asymmetry" bit? I mean, I get that the employer always wants to be on the upper hand in that way, but I don't see how questions like this do that.
- rhizome 8y agoTry and extract that level of detail about the company's internal dynamics, desires, and plans in an interview and see how far you get.
- pmiller2 8y agoWell, I find I answer those types of questions at such a vague level of detail anyway that I don’t think anybody’s getting any real information out of my answers.
- rhizome 8y agoEh, they're extracting more than a story from you. In the spirit of this post overall, the question is a great informal trigger for Imposter Syndrome: what you describe, and how you describe it.