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by sosense 2869 days ago
True, not innocuous. An interview tests you. But walking out because of that question? Come up with a canned answer. You like spelunking.

After all this, I am genuinely curious of your hobbies.

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Testing me about the things I enjoy in my personal life that are unrelated to how I perform my job is a gross practice that shouldn't be tolerated. I have pretty regular hobbies, I like reading, movies, board games, I play drums, I like seeing bands, I participate in some activist groups. Why is this any business of a prospective employer? I was asked recently what my favorite genre of music is and when I said punk rock I was asked "why do you like punk rock?". Do you understand why I might find this to be weird and invasive and cause me to question what aspects of myself are really being interrogated in an interview like that?