This is a bad strategy. One thing that actually helps you tremendously is evidence of growth. The easiest way for the hiring committee to see this is for you to

This is a bad strategy. One thing that actually helps you tremendously is evidence of growth. The easiest way for the hiring committee to see this is for you to show improvement from a previous interview. I guess it'd be possible to game this signal, but that's a lot of effort and still just one signal. My real point is that it absolutely does not count against you.