My issue with the question is that "cutting corners" is kind of ambiguous. If I leverage an existing relationship with an employee at a company in order to get

My issue with the question is that "cutting corners" is kind of ambiguous. If I leverage an existing relationship with an employee at a company in order to get an interview, is that corner cutting? It happens all the time. What if I did it specifically knowing I was probably going to jump to the front of the line? Some of these things framed as dark traits can also be framed as strategically intelligent.