The real problem with interviews, as shown in the very first question is that they're setup for you to tell the interviewer what they want to hear. Interviews

The real problem with interviews, as shown in the very first question is that they're setup for you to tell the interviewer what they want to hear. Interviews can often go one of two ways, the way where you're honest or the way where you lie. The folks you're trying to hire are smart enough to tell you what you want to hear about company culture, smart enough to blag about commerical experience they don't really have, and smart enough to realise being honest didn't get them the job when they tried it. Theres only a couple of things that actually matter when you're hiring: a) do you trust the guy; b) do you think he can do the job; c) how hard will he work. Unfortunately a) is based on feeling, c) is nearly impossible to gauge but you can probably workout b) from a decent technical interview. Using anything else as a qualifier will open you up to deceit and really doesn't have a lot of place in your trade of skills for money, unless you're trying to create the type of company where people don't go home, in that case hire them young and dumb. For the record, I have a personality but like 90% of the adult population, I'm a fairly decent person, can talk to pretty much anyone and can easily find common ground with most people. If you have a company culture that honestly forbids that, you've probably accidently hired a few asshats and that's probably something you want to kill rather than grow. Wish the OP all the best though. :)