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I'd have thought a lot of completely regular candidates would be a bit stumped by that (especially since many non-trivial moral judgements are personal life stu
by notahacker 4y ago
I'd have thought a lot of completely regular candidates would be a bit stumped by that (especially since many non-trivial moral judgements are personal life stuff that's really off limits for interviews)
Although maybe that's the point: psychopathic candidates end up making up fairly unconvincing heroic stories whereas regular people look a bit confused and maybe mention something they didn't do because they couldn't trust it was legitimate or ask if their decision to volunteer their time for $cause counts.
- mitchdoogle 4y agoI think it goes without saying that interview questions are asking about your work life,. altho it might help if the interviewer specifies that anyway, i.e. "Tell us about a time you had to make a moral judgment at work"
- notahacker 4y agoThe point is more that "moral judgements" like the time you pointed out that the company might violate the AGPL might actually be good stories to tell an interviewer if you've lead a drama-free working life building CRUD apps for regular employers, but are pretty hard to recall when the first thing the words "moral judgement" bring to mind are the time you had to stop interacting with X because they did Y.