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Re:The two questions I ask every interviewer by marcosdumay on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @03:11PM (#15604532)
> so what does this matter?

You are select for the "can bullshit people on short notice" ability. It is very likely not correlated with other abilities required for the job, thus, if it is not required, you will very likely fail the stronger candidates because of that.

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Re:The two questions I ask every interviewer by austincheney on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @03:19PM (#15604633)
Creativity is directly correlated with problem solving.
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Re:The two questions I ask every interviewer by marcosdumay on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @04:15PM (#15605058)
And dishonesty correlates with what?
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Re:The two questions I ask every interviewer by austincheney on Thursday November 02, 2017 @06:37AM (#15609194)
What dishonesty? The entire thing is a rhetorical exercise on the fly.
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