I never ask that question about the candidate's current or most recent previous employer. Any answers will be guarded or clouded. Instead I ask what coworkers

I never ask that question about the candidate's current or most recent previous employer. Any answers will be guarded or clouded. Instead I ask what coworkers they still remember from their earlier jobs, and why. This has the double benefit of putting enough emotional distance between now the time they will be talking about, and it highlights the traits the candidate considers important in others. It doesn't even matter if they point out the negative memories over positive ones. There is one intensely high-signal question but I can only ask that with other Finns. Namely: "What university courses did you cheat on?"