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I chuckled when the author chided the hypothetical closed-minded interviewer with: "No question you ask should be make-or-break. No single answer should b
by portmanteaufu 14y ago
I chuckled when the author chided the hypothetical closed-minded interviewer with:
"No question you ask should be make-or-break. No single
answer should be the deciding factor for a candidate."
only to follow it up with this:
"[You can ask basic questions from their resume.] The
candidate isn't going to say "RTFM, dude. It's on the
resume!" (and if he does, then end the interview right
there)."
I guess it's subjective after all.
- petdance 14y agoI'm the author of the article, and I chuckled at that myself on my final pass through the article. The difference is that the deal-breaker in the 2nd case is that the "RTFM, dude" response shows the candidate to be 1) rude, and 2) someone who can't carry on a conversation. Asking questions to open conversations about what's on the resume isn't a trick question where the interviewer is waiting to pounce and say "A-ha! You like IE! Begone!"