Lately I’ve noticed interviews feel less like “prove your skills” and more like “prove your personality.” Has anyone else felt this shift? Curious whether this is just my perception or something others are seeing too.

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I've given a few interviews and feel the same. It feels like they want someone who's social and says the perfect things to them

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That's terrifying, put it down this way lol. The only thing that comes to my mind is that they think that being social and saying the perfect things is how they can demonstrate that one can work well in a team.

I’ve noticed that, and I have a guess. There are so many people overly qualified on the technical side. They can take more personality and culture fit into account.

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Ability to work well within a team is also personality to me. I’ve had too many experiences working with skillful people but absolute nightmares to deal with personnel wise that this is important.

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