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This reminds me of when I interviewed at Stripe, a few years back. It was a surreal experience. We were in a small conference room. I sat at the table on one si
by briangle 3y ago
This reminds me of when I interviewed at Stripe, a few years back. It was a surreal experience. We were in a small conference room. I sat at the table on one side, Patrick and Edwin sat on the other side. They asked me questions, I answered them. It was a good discussion.
Then there was a brief pause in the conversation. Suddenly, Patrick let off the most absurdly loud fart. I chuckled in surprise. Patrick and Edwin stared back at me, in a stony silence, neither of them making any acknowledgement of Patrick's colonic eruption. I forced myself to adopt a similarly straight face.
As the smell of it filled the room and my nostrils, I could only assume this was a power move, intended to dominate. I held my nerve, and continued the interview. Unfortunately, I wasn't offered the job. Now I wonder if maybe it was a cue to speak up and point out the loud, smelly elephant in the room. I suppose I'll never know.
Has anyone else here who's interviewed at Stripe had a similar experience? To this day, I still wonder if Patrick's fart was a deliberate and calculated part of the hiring process.
- highwaylights 3y agoI’m going to guess dude just needed to let go and didn’t like that you laughed about it. Maybe they just openly rip in the office and are used to it. Maybe you didn’t get hired for totally unrelated reasons. We’ll never know..
- ftxbro 3y agoCulture fit. They expected the candidate to rip ass as well showing he was a team player.
- ftxbro 3y ago> "I still wonder if Patrick's fart was a deliberate and calculated" I mean if it was planned then that's some impressive intestinal agency. But maybe with his diet he always got it chambered at that time of day so he can plan around it.
- joshxyz 3y agowhat the fuck am i reading that is fucking hilarious
- edwinwee 3y agolol looking through my recruiting notes... no such thing has ever happened
- jamwil 3y agolol would you have committed the fart to the written record had it happened?
- edwinwee 3y agoyes
- lloydatkinson 3y agoWhy?
- GabrielTFS 3y agoI would assume it's for the same reason I've seen many instances of this in similar cases: because it's funny. (e.g. https://unicode.org/L2/L2016/16325.htm#149-A93 https://unicode.org/L2/L2016/16325.htm#149-A93)
- BowBun 3y agoOh snap, called out by the man himself! Good story though
- enduser 3y agohistory is written by the victors!
- tipiirai 3y agoSounds arrogant. Not cool at all.
- dang 3y agoPlease don't do this here.