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When it comes to this age-old interview question, don't hate the player or the game. Instead, do this. A set of coloured rocks left over from my home planet
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Starting a new position tomorrow, this is somewhat current to me.
The question I was asked was: what is the personality trait people most dislike about you.
After some introspection, I answered: What I know, I know and it may be perceived as overconfidence or being cocky. If I don't know, I'll tell them I need to research and get back to them.
I called some people I used to work with and asked them what their impression was of my response. They agreed.. what I know, I know. And, after having been gone from my last site for over 6 years, I can still answer, in detail, how a particular system/application works.
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Whilst I am an advocate of self reflection and being self critical, I'm not convinced that a job interview is the right place for it. Maybe during a one-to-one with your line manager (when you've already got the job), but not before you get the job.
If everyone else being interviewed was to be self reflective and self critical, then fine. It's a level playing field at least. But as the others most certainly won't, why risk losing the role just because you're more honest than the other candidates.
Let's be honest, how many people asking the question truly care about the answer. They've probably googled some standard inverview questions to pad out the interview. As the authord states themselves, it's a game, so I would strongly suggest that you play along too.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Dominic Burford wrote: But as the others most certainly won't, why risk losing the role just because you're more honest than the other candidates.
How would you know if others had been asked the same type of question, or not ?
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Interviewers need to ask the same questions to each of the candidates. If you ask each candidate a different set of questions, how can you compare them? I've interviewed many candidates over the years, and always ask the same questions to each candidate so that I can assess them against each other. I may go off script now and again to dive into an area that crops up during the course of the discussion.
Remember, you may need to be able to justify your final decision to a rejected candidate, so you need transparency in your questions and how you marked each of the candidates.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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You completely missed the point of my question, however, perhaps I missed the "deep state" of what you said 
cheers, Bill
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Not saying "![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) you" to stupid managers and stupid interview questions
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I would paraphrase the famous words of Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymnoceros rap:
Sometimes my lyrics are sexist / But you lovely bitches and hoes should know I'm trying to correct this.
Goodbye.
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In order to understand stack overflow, you must first understand stack overflow.
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"I too often feel sorry for my victims and leave them alive."
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I might answer: "I often under-estimate the extent to which my colleagues have over-estimated my abilities, and are haunted by jealousy, and fear of being of being seen as incompetent."
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Kent Sharkey wrote: A set of coloured rocks left over from my home planet
Colored? 'Sup?
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It's all about a battery that may never need replacing. Can it charge through my tinfoil hat?
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Prime numbers are more than just numbers that can only be divided by themselves and one. They are a mathematical mystery, the secrets of which mathematicians have been trying to uncover ever since Euclid proved that they have no end. "We want some prime jive"
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That is a really, really well-written article and very interesting material.
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One of the greatest drivers of professional development is learning through doing. I'm well-rounded (well, round)
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The best job in 2018 is that of a software developer, according to the annual ranking, which uses data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to identify jobs with the greatest hiring demand and the best work/life balance, salary and future prospects, among other factors. But you already knew that
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Sadly, not living in America, it doesn't apply.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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In 1989, the Internet was still largely used by researchers, academicians, and the military. By 1993, it was well on its way to being the Internet you know. Two developments made this happen: CIX, net neutrality's ancestor, and the web. Here's how it happened. It can't be the real history! It completely ignores the Reptilian Illuminati!
And that other guy (who may actually be a Reptilian!)
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Researchers have found worrying security holes in apps companies use to control industrial processes. "There's an app for that"
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Oh yeah, what a great proof that those companies learned so much since Iran's nuclear program was harmed by hacks long ago...
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Cisco has switched on latent features in its recent routers and switches, plus a cloud service, that together make it possible to detect the fingerprints of malware in encrypted traffic. I'm not entirely sure if I should cheer, or freak out about this
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Active Management Technology defaults allow anyone to take control of many PCs. Caution: people with physical access to your computer might get access to your computer
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Space Invaders is one of the most important games in the industry’s history. It debuted in 1978, and it’s turning 40. For you young'uns, that was a video game before they had decent graphics
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Most code remains closed and proprietary, even though open source now dominates enterprise platforms. How can that be? But I can see the source for .NET, isn't that good enough?
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