What’s your toughest interview question and how did you answer it?

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"Do you consider yourself lucky?" I genuinely thought it was a gotcha question. I responded with something about luck shouldn't come into play if you're well-prepared and plan for as many bad scenarios that you can think of.

Nope. He was just looking for a "yes". I went from what the recruiter described as a lock for the job to a complete ghost in a day.

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@BD1 LOL, damn dude. sorry 😫

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Tell me your greatest weakness.

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I’ve heard that before.

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