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Real-time feedback: My closing move in every interview

69 points · 52 comments · fagnerbrack

Panzerschrek · 1790488940 · focus · HN ↗
> If you were an animal, what animal would you be?
The only right answer is to leave such an interview immediately.
1. kmoser · 1790491053 · focus · HN ↗
  The point of questions like that isn't necessarily to ascertain the actual answer; it can be used to engage the interviewee in conversation to see how they think and communicate, or how they react to minor curveballs being thrown at them.
  1. _moof · 1790491585 · focus · HN ↗
    You've got 30-45 minutes with the candidate. Is this question the best use of that time?
    kmoser · 1790561734 · focus · HN ↗
    It sure is, if that's what I'm trying to find out. You might also think it would be crazy to base a hiring decision on whether the candidate was rude to their airport shuttle bus driver, but that strategy famously worked out well for Zappos: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tony-hsieh-zappos-hiring-strategy-2013-11" rel="nofollow">https://www.businessinsider.com/tony-hsieh-zappos-hiring-str...

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