Any advice on interviewing for a job you have no interest in?

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Pretend you have interest. Practice interviewing. Push more than usual on questions and answers, see the reaction. Test yourself. You don’t want the job anyways. And without screwing up of course, you don’t want to burn bridges either.

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Don’t

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I think you should. ACD is right—you can test yourself and practice when the stakes are low

You’ll probably be way more confident. Then they’ll likely make you an offer. You’ll have to decline it gracefully. But the whole thing will make you lots better in the long run.

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Show up drunk.

Or just use it as practice for when a job yu do want comes around.

Without fail, those interviews go really well because I am not as invested in them. Then, I get offered a job that feels like a prison sentence. But don't take it just because its offered!

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