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A comment on Ask HN: What are good tech jobs that don't require being good at interviewing?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: What are good tech jobs that don't require being ... by martijndwars on Sunday September 10, 2017 @03:53PM (#15213997)
To be honest, I agree with the parent that the question is wrong. No company wants employees that are bad at interviewing. No company wants employees that are bad at anything, in fact.

Maybe it helps to contact the company that rejected you and ask them why they rejected you. This would allow you to narrow down your weaknesses and improve these skills. I've never tried this myself, so I'm not sure how common such a request is, but it seems like a sensible thing to do.

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Re:Ask HN: What are good tech jobs that don't require being ... by bjelkeman-again on Sunday September 10, 2017 @04:02PM (#15214044)
I don't think you will get very straight answers from most.
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Re:Ask HN: What are good tech jobs that don't require being ... by headcanon on Sunday September 10, 2017 @06:24PM (#15214611)
Doesn't cost anything to try though. We actually do attempt to give straightforward answers to candidates that are not a good fit, although we are a smaller company that doesn't have the concerns that a large corporation has
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Re:Ask HN: What are good tech jobs that don't require being ... by vram22 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:05PM (#15230653)
Or any answers. At least for the US, I've read before here on HN that it may be due to the company's fear of being litigated against for some sort of discrimination.
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Re:Ask HN: What are good tech jobs that don't require being ... by Clubber on Sunday September 10, 2017 @05:00PM (#15214310)
Or even a response for that matter.
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Re:Ask HN: What are good tech jobs that don't require being ... by dabockster on Monday September 11, 2017 @01:17PM (#15220203)
Or, if you do get a response, it's usually a "can't sue me" copout like "not enough experience" or "wrong cultural fit".
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