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by tylerchilds 809 days ago
when i did my best rounds of interviewing, i was treating the entire ordeal as a comedy routine.

the goal was not just to get the right answer, but also to make the person interviewing me laugh.

i took a little longer on the questions, but it is way more beneficial to have a comically correct answer after a few seconds than an immediate one that while profound, was misunderstood by everyone but me.

definitely made me be more present in the room than if I'd only been in an interview.

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Interesting technique, I could try this. But Im sure I have to practice a bit, I tend to land some terrible jokes sometimes, that I cringe about to this day XD.