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"Excellent question!" to any experienced interviewer means, "I have no clue, but I won't admit it!" I immediately dislike any candidate who does it, and vastly
by xianshou 13y ago
"Excellent question!" to any experienced interviewer means, "I have no clue, but I won't admit it!" I immediately dislike any candidate who does it, and vastly prefer the two seconds of silence. If silence is intolerable, "Hmm" is better and pretty natural for engineers.
Further good points: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6063790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6063790
- skue 13y ago> "Excellent question!" to any experienced interviewer means... That's an very broad statement. This phrase can come across as gratuitous or stalling, but it really depends on how you phrase it, the enthusiasm you project, and whether you use it sparingly and appropriately.