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In my experience, interviewers who would be peers at work are nearly always honest. Unless things are really dire, they don't have much incentive to hire someon
by magneticnorth 3y ago
In my experience, interviewers who would be peers at work are nearly always honest. Unless things are really dire, they don't have much incentive to hire someone who would be unhappy in the role.
Recruiters have lots of incentive to lie to you, and managers may have a hard time being straightforward about the bad parts of being on a team reporting to them (though this is less often due to outright lying to you).
- slepkin 3y agoAgree with all of this. Recruiters are... tricky. As you say, they're usually more comfortable lying than your potential peers are, so they're not a good source of information about the company's dirty laundry. But they are perfect advocates. More than any other interviewer, the recruiter wants you to get hired. They don't care how well you perform on the job, they just want their number to be one higher! So they can tell you what the Hiring Manager's pet peeves are, and help you craft your story so it appeals to them. Thanks for reading!