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What questions do interviewers need to stop asking during a job interview? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by psion1369@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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My big one is that they need to stop asking why I applied for their company. The real answer is I want a new job, and I blasted out a hundred applications. I didn't choose your company specifically.

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[-] vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

I said the opposite, actually, the problem is your work is your entire life. Jobs are there to enable you to live life. They are not your life. They are not what you do, they are the necessary component that allows you to do what you want to do because we live in a world that does not value human life.

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

I agree with that. What makes you assume my work is my entire life? I only work 4 days, and I have a solid community outside work and various hobbies.

[-] Donebrach@lemmy.world -2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Crazy you get to hire people only working 4 days a week.

Why do you have that authority?

Why are you only willing to give 4 days a week of your time to your glorious employer.

Are you not serious about your goals with that company?

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

I .. honestly have no idea how to tell how serious or sarcastic those questions are...

[-] Donebrach@lemmy.world -1 points 15 hours ago

Sounds like you are not qualified to interview people for jobs.

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

I've done it for 4 different organisations now, so I guess not 🤷

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