Well, I had an interview recently where I passed with flying honors the technical interview but they failed me at "cultural fit", which was strangely, the last one in the series.
Now I must say that I got the vibe from the start they weren't interested in hiring me as much as extracting proprietary quant / trading information from me, but I played along since I was also interested in their culture.
And foolish me, maybe, instead of taking the 5th Amendment "I respectfully decline to answer on the grounds that my answer may tend to incriminate me", I foolishly (did I say that again), gave a straight answer. From that on it was only downfall. Watch this movie, it's insightful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXdC293horg
When you interview, remember, HR and hiring manager are fucking pigs. Anything you say can and will be used against you. So when they ask you of a situation of what you didn't like about your colleagues, you invoke Amendment 5: "I never had a situation where I didn't like my colleagues". When they ask you about how you handled a missed deadline you answer: "I never missed a deadline". And so on. They won't hire you probably any way. No point giving them pigs material to use against you.
Now I must say that I got the vibe from the start they weren't interested in hiring me as much as extracting proprietary quant / trading information from me, but I played along since I was also interested in their culture.
So at the final interview, I get a series of questions that basically The Senate asked Cosa Nostra in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Special_C...
And foolish me, maybe, instead of taking the 5th Amendment "I respectfully decline to answer on the grounds that my answer may tend to incriminate me", I foolishly (did I say that again), gave a straight answer. From that on it was only downfall. Watch this movie, it's insightful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXdC293horg
When you interview, remember, HR and hiring manager are fucking pigs. Anything you say can and will be used against you. So when they ask you of a situation of what you didn't like about your colleagues, you invoke Amendment 5: "I never had a situation where I didn't like my colleagues". When they ask you about how you handled a missed deadline you answer: "I never missed a deadline". And so on. They won't hire you probably any way. No point giving them pigs material to use against you.