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Even if you ask the "stupid product" more tactfully. eg "I can't see a large market for this product."

• jtheory 13y ago
  No need for "I can't", even. They probably have solutions in mind (the target market may be bigger than you think, or has deeper pockets); you're asking to hear them. Put in a bit of thought before the interview, and charitably assume they've put in more. (If they haven't, that's a bad sign, of course.) "Tell me more about your target market -- how many pro wedding planners are there out there who might be actively seeking out something like this? Are you also targeting self-planners?"
• MartinCron 13y ago
  I've pushed the "I really don't see the market for this" question pretty hard when interviewing last time. It showed that I was trying to really understand what the offering was about. I got the job offer, it was a lowball offer, so I passed, whatever. It does show that some employers like it when people really engage (in a constructive way) with the big picture of what people are trying to do.