I once got asked a question so weird it felt like a riddle. I fumbled, panicked, and knew I didn’t get the job before the Zoom even ended. But this has made me rethink how much we over-index on performance under pressure!! Anyone else bomb and still learn something?

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I've completely bombed and still gotten the job. Sometimes I think they throw curveballs just to see how you handle it and if you crumble, it says a lot but if you can laugh it off and say you'll get back to them with the answer later, sometimes it says even more than having all the right answers.

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