> "A canonical example of this is sending round a survey that can be filled in whenever versus one that needs to be filled in by tomorrow:" in my experience, s

> "A canonical example of this is sending round a survey that can be filled in whenever versus one that needs to be filled in by tomorrow:" in my experience, setting a short deadline just means a handful of people will reply, the interviewer will extend the deadline and now in the future everybody knows the deadline will be extended anyway, so they don't bother taking your false emergency very seriously.