10 Things You Should Avoid Revealing In A Job Interview - Interview Tips

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INTERVIEWER- "Why do you want this position?" ME-"Well, I've always been passionate about not starving to death.

To sum up: don’t be yourself, wear a mask, don’t be honest, lie, spin the truth and be a sociopath. Interview NAILED!

Recruiters are a joke, during covid I got laid off. I applied at probably 100 jobs all construction management related. Went through plenty of interviews, talked to many recruiters. One day I got interviewed by an engineer and he was a real person who genuinely wanted to know about me and my plans and goals. He knew I was nervous and my interview probably sucked but he didn’t judge my character or work ethic by my interview skills. I found out later he is also the owner of the company, he hired me, he is the best boss I could dreamed for. He is growing the company and he’s helping me move up more and more with pay being compensated as well. To wrap this up, boooo to recruiters. Edit: I did not expect such a huge response. I am sure not all recruiters are bad but the system is flawed. I feel very blessed with the situation I ended up in. Small update, still love my job and still growing in my career.

The real problem is not the interviewee, it is that so many interviewers think they are hiring for Google, or Mircrosoft, or the CIA. Get over it, they ought to be grateful that anyone even applies for their positions.

Age discrimation is a very real issue. Even at roughly age 40 now.

Interviews are not intended to qualify an applicant. They are intended to disqualify an applicant. It's a fundamentally adversarial process, and your job is to bend the truth as much as possible without over-promising what you can deliver.

I understand how these videos help explain the system, but they sure show how depressing and soul-crushing that system is

I have a daughter with extreme autism, whenever I have let potential employers know about this, their attitudes noticably changes in a heart beat. This always happens. The first time I was dishonest and didn't reveal this, I landed the job.

"One wrong step can end you up in the no pile, and we certainly want to avoid that". Not necessarily, sometimes a "wrong step" will save you from working for an awful company. If you can exclude or be excluded from bad companies, you'll do much better than having to quit and find yet another new job.

Re: previous salary. I made that mistake and if cost me about $50,000/year. I'd been working at a non-profit, which are notorious for underpaying. I had told the recruiter "it was $xx,xxx but it was a tiny non-profit with only a dozen employees." They came back with an offer that was $20,000 more. Still in the 5 digits range. Found out two years later, the person w less experience then me and hired for the position that reported to me was hired in the 6 digit range. Went to HR, they basically said "you accepted it. We offered more than your last job." Never ever ever reveal your salary!

Genius correct answer: "I don't have a personality or a life, so I am at your service." "As for salary, I've always thought slave wages suited my life as a robot."

Also I interviewed for a job where the boss had fired 3 secretaries and expected their new hire to do all 3 jobs within an 8 hour period. This meant, according to the jobs of the other 3 before, you would have to be 3 different places, doing 3 different things, at the same time. I politely ended the interview. When asked why, I replied, " I cannot give my best to the individual job if I am not there 2/3 of the time."

Pretty much why I stopped applying to jobs. They demand too much from an applicant while paying so little. I found out downgrading my lifestyle with a smaller paycheck is way more enjoyable. Plus I can really be myself! I get tired of endless lists of what I can't say.

I made the mistake of disclosing my autism during an interview, for two reasons: 1. The manager disclosed that his son was on the spectrum first, and that he was often lost on how to interact with him. 2. It was a data entry job that required painstaking attention to detail, repetitive tasks, and a strict routine. He was worried that I wouldn't be up for it because two people had already quit the position. Autistic people like me thrive in these environments, and when he saw my enthusiasm, he directly asked if I'd prefer to work outside with everyone else, or if I'd prefer to have my own office so I could have some quiet. It seemed too good to be true, and it was, in fact, a fucking trap. When he learned that I was autistic, I felt the energy in the room change. He rushed me out and left a half-hearted rejection message on my voicemail the next day. Allistic people never say what they mean; don't let them lure you into a false sense of security, keep masking.

I was asked once during an interview whether I was married or in a relationship, which I confirmed. The interviewer replied that they prefer people who do not have any other commitments in life. I happily skipped that one.

I've stopped disclosing that I have a disability in my applications and the number of interviews I've gotten have gone way up. I just say "I prefer not to disclose" which is a truthful and totally fine answer. Sadly there is discrimination in the hiring process. I also do disclose that I was laid off, but I make it clear that it was a mass layoff.

While I think your advice has merit, I focus on being myself in interviews. I am not going to hide my hobbies, personality, and identity for a potential employer. If they don't want to hire me for those reasons, then that's not a place I would be comfortable working anyway.

9 years ago. Had an interview. They asked me were I see myself in 5 years. Explained that I wanted to get my license and start a similar business. They hired me. When I got my license 4 years later I got fired for competing, stealing company info, and poaching employees. I filed for unemployment, it got rejected, I appealed, explained case to the appeals judge. Unemployment granted. Went in a small vacation and went back to doing what I originally was doing for twice the pay and 2x less work in hours but still make more than I did before working 50-60 hour weeks.

So basically never say about your goals but always "package" your message to what your employer wants to hear. In 5 years you want to excel in the same position at the same salary working your ass off, no hobbies no medical issues, nothing unrelated to the job role you're applying. And that's just the beginning of amazing relationship with your employer :))