• glimse@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Throwing a boilerplate legal defense in response to a question that’s most likely being asked casually is a total tone shift. No one’s going to think, “wow, this person really knows their rights!”

    It almost makes you sound guilty of something. Preemptively defensive when you haven’t been pressed in the slightest

    • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      I didn’t assume it had to be stated like a legal disclaimer, whatever kind of response a person makes it’s good to match the interviewers tone. I agree with you that you don’t want to come off confrontational, I didn’t read it that way.

      • glimse@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        But you’re replying in a comment chain that’s talking about phrasing it the way that was quoted.

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        2 days ago

        What kind of jobs have you applied for where the interview was an interrogation requiring you to be defensive? Every interview I have EVER had has been friendly, from field construction to corporate offices.

        • captcha@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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          Corporate office in a factory, they were very old school in what to expect from a candidate

          But a couple of times I met other interviewers that made me feel like that, albeit to a less extent