Dinged in final round because I used "I" too much instead of "We" in the behavioural interview. WTF

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And I was once asked in an interview, "what's the biggest lie you've ever told?" I thought to myself, "It's a 20-way tie... between every sentence I've spoken in the last 30 minutes."

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WTF is right. I wish companies would rate people on a scale of 1 - 10 of how well they "performed" in interviews, and then compare those scores with job performance measurements two years later. In a regression analysis, I'll bet the coefficient is pretty close to zero.

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Final round to where?

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VP1 there's an "I" in "Capital" doe

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OP is clearly not a culture carrier

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HAHA @BAML1 so true. And the lies just continues for the first few months on the job.

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Depends on the role OP was applying for. If it's a team lead or management slot, it looks right. Sorry OP. In those roles, hiring panels give more weight to "softer" skills like vision setting; team building; coaching aptitude; the ability to recognize, recruit, and develop talent; succession building etc...It is already assumed the candidate has technical experience and can bring/close business. The test is whether the candidate can develop, manage, and lead others to do so. There is no "I" in human capital management.

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Lol...yes, you are right HL1. Very clever.

And the word "pact" is also evident in "capital". So "Pact" is where it's at.

Interviewing for an associate role at a VC.

@BAML1 - what was your response to the question?

Guess not. 😂

I've been refused because I didn't use enough bullshit business buzzwords before. It sucks.

Really wanted that job too. I'm really struggling with the rejection.

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