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> To figure out whether they’re real or BSing you, the best way is to get them to tell you a lot of details about the situation—the more you get them to tell yo
by tines 3y ago
> To figure out whether they’re real or BSing you, the best way is to get them to tell you a lot of details about the situation—the more you get them to tell you, the harder it will be to BS all the details.
This is exactly the feature that allows people to distinguish a genuine recording from a faked one in Iain Banks' sci-fi series "The Culture"---it's impossible to fake a recording taken by a (machine) Mind because there's too much detail to fabricate.
- lamroger 3y agoI've had a few of these interviews. Some do it well by showing genuine interest and maybe they have expertise in the area and it's fun chatting about the project. Other's see it more like cross examination or make it adversarial. I personally get nervous and tense up when I feel attacked. Maybe it's a good way to opt myself out of working in those environments.
- athoscouto 3y agoThis is spot on. Having shadowed my share of interviews, I've found that the attitude of the interviewer is the biggest factor in having a good interview experience. Making sure interviewers show genuine interest, and are open to different candidate background is one of the most difficult things to guarantee when you have many people interviewing.
- dilyevsky 3y agoMy personal experience has been that people dramatically underestimate how easy it is to bs and simultaneously overestimating their ability to tell if someone is bs’ing vs just being nervous/forgetful. Which leads to some hilariously poor outcomes…