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You're Not Interviewing for the Job. You're Auditioning for the Job Title

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191 points foxfired | 3 comments | 02 Sep 25 21:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.616s | source
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p1dda ◴[03 Sep 25 01:59 UTC] No.45111500[source]▶
Great article! My opinion: the ones interviewing you for a position should be the ones you will be working with from day to day. This way the both of you get to evaluate how you feel about working together. I have declined job offers where I didn't like the persons I was going to work with.
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1. hinkley ◴[03 Sep 25 06:21 UTC] No.45112770[source]▶
Do you go through the whole process? I never know if I should just bow out in the middle if I they've scared me off. Just say I think I can save us both our afternoon.

The alternative is to try to keep up the pretense and I'm terrible at that, so I end up sandbagging the interview and then they of course don't make an offer. And no matter how many times I look at it, I can't decide which is less likely to cause me problems in the long term.

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2. p1dda ◴[03 Sep 25 09:44 UTC] No.45113916[source]▶
I think it's important to go into an interview with the mindset that I am interviewing them as well as they are interviewing me. Why give them a reason for withdrawing an application if they don't ask for one? If they ask for a reason, it starts to become a negotiation.
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3. hinkley ◴[03 Sep 25 19:41 UTC] No.45119669[source]▶
I’m saying I’ve already interviewed them and I don’t want to work here, because they’re nuts/toxic. Do I tell them that at 1:15 and go grab a fancy coffee, or do I let them finish the interview?

How many people really remember someone they interviewed at another place four years ago?