Technical or behavioral interview questions ... which one is more important?

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I can teach you tech, I can't teach you behavior (i.e. the ability and drive to succeed)

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Both are important but behavioral questions are very easy to game prepare for and game. To you'll never prove to me you have x, y and z traits through an interview. But I'll judge the fuck out of you for not prepping a song and dance for likely behavioral questions. I feel like creative technical questions that test conceptual understanding to a better job of showing relevant ability

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Every kid has read M&I and the vault guide. If you can't get the technicals it's an automatic no. The behavioral questions are your chance to differentiate yourself from the competition. If you could only ace one, I'd say technicals. Lots of hardos in this industry love that shit

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