> Don’t assume without all the info; the real story may be more complicated… maybe the interviewer was playing dumb? Indeed. I raised a specific idea involving

> Don’t assume without all the info; the real story may be more complicated… maybe the interviewer was playing dumb? Indeed. I raised a specific idea involving a specific other company at my job interview. The CEO seemed impressed by the suggestion but also cautious about implementing it, and wanted to know what I thought they'd get out of it. Shortly after starting the job, it became quite clear that the parties had been talking to each other for a while...