Well, I had an interview recently where I passed with flying honors the technical interview but they failed me at "cultural fit", which was strangely, the last

Well, I had an interview recently where I passed with flying honors the technical interview but they failed me at "cultural fit", which was strangely, the last one in the series. Now I must say that I got the vibe from the start they weren't interested in hiring me as much as extracting proprietary quant / trading information from me, but I played along since I was also interested in their culture. So at the final interview, I get a series of questions that basically The Senate asked Cosa Nostra in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Special_Committee_to_Investigate_Crime_in_Interstate_Commerce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Special_C... And foolish me, maybe, instead of taking the 5th Amendment "I respectfully decline to answer on the grounds that my answer may tend to incriminate me", I foolishly (did I say that again), gave a straight answer. From that on it was only downfall. Watch this movie, it's insightful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXdC293horg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXdC293horg When you interview, remember, HR and hiring manager are fucking pigs. Anything you say can and will be used against you. So when they ask you of a situation of what you didn't like about your colleagues, you invoke Amendment 5: "I never had a situation where I didn't like my colleagues". When they ask you about how you handled a missed deadline you answer: "I never missed a deadline". And so on. They won't hire you probably any way. No point giving them pigs material to use against you.