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The (Real) 11 Reasons I Don’t Hire You

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(With 🙏 to Joe Beda, whose brilliant idea for a blog post this was.  Thanks for letting me borrow it!) Interviewing is hard and it sucks. In theory, it really shouldn’t be.  You’re a highly paid professional and your skills are in high demand.  This ought to be a meeting between equals to mutually explore what […]
18th Oct 2019

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