“A job interview is a conversation between two liars.” Claudio Fernández-Aráoz
There are stupid questions. Make a list of 25 common job interview questions. Don’t ask any of them.
Here are 5 stupid questions you should never ask in a job interview.
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You work to gain financial advantage.
You might also take a job to earn opportunities. Maybe you seek to work with a specific person. Or your goal could be learning new skills.
Sometimes your greatest advantage goes beyond making money.
Personal advantage is the spark, not the fire.
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Doing less with more is negligent. Efficiency takes you further than flopping around like a fish on the dock.
Greatness requires joy. More with less sounds fantastic until you burn up.
How can you get more done and still love what you do?
What would it be like to live as if you had one week to live? One thing is clear. You would become intolerant of nonsense.
You would be intolerant of mundacity if you had a one-week mindset. Pointless conversations, useless activities, and trivial tensions would feel unbearable.
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Gullibility undermines satisfaction. When you lack discernment, manipulators run your life.
Overcome gullibility when people share their ideas. Often their ideas are job assignments for you. When that happens, tell them you already have a job. Ask, “How can you give life to that idea?”
Discernment navigates the tension between change and stability.
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