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Re:Dropbox Engineering Career Framework by sillysaurusx on Thursday January 02, 2025 @09:18AM (#42574605)
> First you got to get through the HR process.

You don’t, actually. People love to be flattered, and the trick is to go find whoever is making the decisions and to flatter them.

You’re not immune to this either. No one is. Again, competence is a requirement, but flattery plus competence is a very powerful way to distinguish yourself.

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Re:Dropbox Engineering Career Framework by scarface_74 on Thursday January 02, 2025 @09:23AM (#42574642)
I am very immune to flattery at 50 years old. While like I said I don’t do coding interviews, I am asking behavioral questions to assess whether you are “smart and gets things done”.

I don’t hire ticket takers for the most part.

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