Oh you know what, I somehow thought you were saying that interviews are a gamble, I misread "gameable". My reply only somewhat applies, but allow me to fix it..

Oh you know what, I somehow thought you were saying that interviews are a gamble, I misread "gameable". My reply only somewhat applies, but allow me to fix it... This is a pretty common concern, I've heard it before. But in practice I've never actually seen it happen myself. It's worry about what's possible, but not what's likely. The problem with worry about others gaming interviews is that it ignores what happens after they get hired. Someone who's faking it would probably be later revealed. It's usually easy to uncover exaggerations during interviews. And last but not least, the vast majority of people I've met haven't lied or cheated or tried to game the interviews. I've had lots of interviews where people start by inflating or spinning their experience a little - there's nothing wrong with framing yourself from a positive angle. All it takes is a couple of follow-up questions to uncover the boundaries of their experience. This is one reason why the article here is wrong. Unstructured portions interviews serve the super important function of conversation about the candidate's experience. Standardized questions are not as good as casual conversation and follow-up questions, at helping me really get a sense for you and your experience and what interests you.