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Re:When Jeff Bezos decided not to become a physicist [video] by pfisch on Monday January 21, 2019 @05:12PM (#18964112)
Isn’t there a massive advantage if you have seen the question before though? I mean you just pretend like you haven’t and hit it out of the park.

This isn’t theoretical, I have done this before in a real interview and it did work.

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Re:When Jeff Bezos decided not to become a physicist [video] by deanCommie on Monday January 21, 2019 @05:37PM (#18964301)
Your lack of ethics would likely reveal itself in other ways during the hiring process.
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Re:When Jeff Bezos decided not to become a physicist [video] by mnm1 on Monday January 21, 2019 @06:37PM (#18964674)
What does ethics have to do with answering interview questions? If he knows the answer from seeing the question before, that means he's a perfect candidate for the job. Are you seriously suggesting he should sabotage himself and ask for a question he doesn't know? That's beyond absurd. Frankly, it's stupid bordering on insane. What it isn't is unethical. Should the interviewee also ask for different questions on his final course exams because he knows the answers to the ones on the test from studying? What insanity!
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Re:When Jeff Bezos decided not to become a physicist [video] by peteradio on Monday January 21, 2019 @05:43PM (#18964342)
Lol
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