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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 03:59:54 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Job Interviewer: Why should we hire you?

   Me: Nah. Why this position open? Why people quitting? What are you hiding from us?

   • iigmir (iigmir@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 06:42:23 JST iigmir

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     @nixCraft money, my dude

   • seachanged (seachanged@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 07:41:29 JST seachanged

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     @nixCraft

     Because you would likely benefit. I improve group communication and cohesion, I don't love complexity for its own sake, I comment and document reflexively, I am at ease with my ignorance on a topic, and I am a persistent problem solver.

     Why should I work for you? From where I would be sitting, what would I find that your organization does particularly well?

   • Vee (veroniqueb99@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 07:49:42 JST Vee

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     @nixCraft You're HIRED!

   • ItsCarryl (itscarryl@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 08:09:48 JST ItsCarryl

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     @nixCraft finance companies always had a lot of IT support roles going, high turnover due to stress was my theory

   • MegatronicThronBanks (megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 10:08:28 JST MegatronicThronBanks

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     @nixCraft Or in the case of the university IT job I once went for in ancient times:

     "Why are you asking me all these stupid questions? OSI? Seriously? Oh! Oh! This is just an _obligation_ interview isn't it! Before you give it to somebody internal?"

   • barbosa 🥭 (easbarbosa@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 11:20:14 JST barbosa 🥭

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     @nixCraft haha

   • puttputtgandalf ♾ (birdsrcool@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 11:21:28 JST puttputtgandalf ♾

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     @nixCraft I had to submit my cv at least twice to get this far, plus cover letters, portfolios, etc. You tell me.