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The thing is, some of these actually are like small talk. If you have an interesting name, they might ask you where you're from, that's a hundred percent normal thing to do. If you're in something like sales you're gonna be expected to make a lot of small talk. If you refuse to answer those questions or deflect them awkwardly, it's going to go against you in your interview.

I think it's hard to tell the difference a lot of times. I give people the benefit of the doubt unless it comes up in a strange way, like if they specifically mention a preference for someone single with no kids.

I was asked for client info for an agency role and when I refused because of an nda the guy got mad, then got mad when I wouldn’t offer salary info when that’s an illegal question in my state.

This guy was trying to get me to relocate to Tennessee from California and had a recruiter reach out to me, so I didn’t even apply to a job there.

The guy hung up on me when I refused to answer the question to my current salary.

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