[HN Gopher] I was rejected because I told my interviewer I never...
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       I was rejected because I told my interviewer I never make mistakes
        
       Author : chedar
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2024-02-13 21:45 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | eschneider wrote:
       | The candidate seemed delightful.
        
         | jeffrallen wrote:
         | Yeah, it's a real "hire, bit not on my team" kind of situation!
         | /s
        
       | silisili wrote:
       | This is pretty obviously either a troll, or slightly more likely
       | the site making up fake letters to respond to them.
        
         | pavel_lishin wrote:
         | > _She told me she had a technical background (although she had
         | been in management 10 years so it's not like her experience was
         | even relevant)_
         | 
         | I want to say that this is absolutely troll behavior, but
         | there's actually dingdongs who think like this - and who say
         | things like this! - in the real world.
         | 
         | But yes, if I read this on reddit's r/aita subreddit, I would
         | assume this was mid-grade fiction.
        
           | manquer wrote:
           | [delayed]
        
           | JohnFen wrote:
           | I participated in a team interview a few months back with a
           | candidate who had about 3 years of experience and an outsized
           | opinion of his abilities. Immediately after he had clearly
           | demonstrated that he wasn't as skilled as most people would
           | be with three years of experience, he straight up declared
           | himself to be a "senior software engineer". To experienced,
           | working devs.
           | 
           | My team exhibited an amazing ability to avoid bursting out
           | laughing until he left.
           | 
           | It's reasonably rare, but every so often you get a real gem.
        
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