I spoke with a candidate who felt like we should be giving the opportunity to him already. Complete turn off. Candidates, don’t come into interviews with inflated egos. We are going to pass no matter how good you are.

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Alternative hypothesis: they have been told to do this in this industry and have seen narcissistic hacks fail their way up purely from being delusional about themselves.

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So annoying to see people fail upwards at the cost of the hardworking people below them on the org chart. Seems once you get a VP title you can do no wrong 😑

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Can I ask what specifically they did to give you such a negative impression? I've always had a hard time finding the right balance between being confident in my accomplishments and not sounding arrogant. I know arrogance is off-putting, so I feel like I veer too much in the other direction and worry that makes me come off as weak.

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I've seen this before myself and have to agree. Doesn't matter how much experience you have, you should remain teachable. Big egos always turn out to not be teachable IMO

I think I’ve done this myself, unfortunately. In this market, I’ve sometimes taken interviews for jobs I don’t really want because I feel I should. Kind of a self sabotage I guess, to make me feel like I did the responsible thing taking the interview but just didn’t get the job.

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