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Flunking my Anthropic interview again

(taylor.town)
369 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 29 Aug 25 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.225s | source
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mft_ ◴[29 Aug 25 18:11 UTC] No.45067512[source]▶
> I can't turn my weird off

Why not?

If you have conscious insight into what behaviour is or isn't "weird" in a specific situation or environment, you absolutely can choose to turn it off, or at least damp it down. I'm not saying you should or shouldn't, and there's no judgement. But if you can identify it, you can choose.

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1. ThrowawayP ◴[29 Aug 25 20:50 UTC] No.45069239[source]▶
Because sometimes having been "weird" is only recognized in hindsight. Attempting to project a persona, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistic_masking, is already difficult at the best of times. It's especially difficult under stress, like being in an interview.