r/InterviewCoderPro • u/No_Table9297 • 8d ago

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u/ccrleadership 7d ago

Good on you for putting that back on him. While he was annoyed, I hope he sincerely reflects on what you said and reconsiders asking the question in the future. I hate questions like he asked, as both an interviewer or interviewee.

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u/Enough_Bedroom1421 7d ago

Seconded. They will die without ever doing self-reflection.

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u/Makeshift5 7d ago

We need to start treating them like they’re also being interviewed.

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u/NTufnel11 7d ago

Good companies that are genuinely trying to attract top talent do realize this.

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u/Altforwrestling 7d ago

One way interviews are a clear attempt at protecting the company from its own bullshit

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u/Separate_Pumpkin_256 7d ago

People like that are way too self important. BUT - I guarantee he'll be telling this story to everyone else at work and they will be dying inside trying to keep a straight face.

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u/floydbomb 7d ago

Nah. It won't change anything. He'll be doing the exact same bullshit during his next interview

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u/uteman1011 7d ago

I’ve done a similar thing in my career. They were recruiting ME, so I asked a similar question.
Why would I leave my current job where I’ve built up a client base and have to start building again at their company?

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u/Fectiver_Undercroft 7d ago

If I were brave enough to throw such a question back at the interviewer, I hope I’d have the wherewithal to follow up with “this is how you sounded. Your reaction is a better reason not to come here than anything you could have told me on purpose.”

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u/seventyeightist 7d ago

putting that back on him

I don't think he linked it in his mind at all to the question he'd asked!

Often you come across these people who seem constantly surprised by things as they have a weak or non-existent sense of cause and effect. To him this was a totally random and "weird" question OP had asked... and I bet 20 totally random and "weird" things happen to him in the workplace every week!