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Jugglewhoa | 2 years ago

I've had very good luck interviewing but when I was looking for jobs in college I bombed not necessarily from the technical portion but from the soft skills.

Was interviewing at a super friendly seeming company that happened to also do a ton of government and security work. They asked me how I've dealt with someone on a team I didn't work well with and I mentioned someone from a senior project who wasn't pulling their weights. I basically said pulled up his slack and moved on but then "destroyed him during reviews." I didn't realize how much of a faux pas this was for this type of interview and was told I didn't get the job because of issues working with others.

Having conducted hundreds of interviews now I realize the error of my ways but I still maintain writing a bad review of someone is not that bad when compared to the other unhealthy ways to handle it.

In the end I lucked out because that would have put me in the world of high clearance government worked that I've grown to hate these days, they may have been able to Stockholm syndrome me into liking that kind of work.

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