On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:11:22 +0200, Christian Heimes wrote: > Am 10.07.2012 09:33, schrieb Steven D'Aprano: >> This is why I hate job interviews. You have like 30 minutes, or even as >> little as 30 seconds, to make a good impression on somebody who may or >> may not be capable of telling the difference between a cheese sandwich >> and a box of hair -- and even the *good* interviewers are probably >> making their judgement on the basis of subjective factors with no right >> or wrong answers. > > IMHO one category of answers is always wrong: lies. You may oversell > yourself a bit, you can (and should) keep private matters to yourself > but don't lie.
If only that were true. I know quite a few people who looked the interviewer straight in the eye and told the most bare-faced lies without a trace of shame, and got the job. Ten years on, at least one of them is making something around $300,000 a year, based entirely on his ability to smile and tell customers plausible lies. I can't lie to save my life, which is why I have trouble in interviews. But of course all good liars would say the same thing. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
