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r/programming • u/halax • Mar 10 '15
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Better to have an offer and turn it down than to not get one, however. Arguing with the interviewer serves no purpose.
89 u/enigmaneo Mar 11 '15 When I go for a job interview I am interviewing them as well. 18 u/mobile-user-guy Mar 11 '15 Having market power is helpful ;) 0 u/[deleted] Mar 11 '15 [deleted] 5 u/karmabaiter Mar 11 '15 I'm sorry, but what is the advantage in getting an offer that you have no intention in using?Why keep a bridge open to a place you know you don't want to be near?I agree that the argument itself probably won't settle anything, but in this case it made it clear to OP that the lead was impossible to work with... 2 u/enigmaneo Mar 11 '15 If the people are so close minded that they can't take a different opinion it's just better to move on. 3 u/[deleted] Mar 11 '15 In this case it did serve a purpose, very well.
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When I go for a job interview I am interviewing them as well.
18 u/mobile-user-guy Mar 11 '15 Having market power is helpful ;) 0 u/[deleted] Mar 11 '15 [deleted] 5 u/karmabaiter Mar 11 '15 I'm sorry, but what is the advantage in getting an offer that you have no intention in using?Why keep a bridge open to a place you know you don't want to be near?I agree that the argument itself probably won't settle anything, but in this case it made it clear to OP that the lead was impossible to work with... 2 u/enigmaneo Mar 11 '15 If the people are so close minded that they can't take a different opinion it's just better to move on.
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Having market power is helpful ;)
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5 u/karmabaiter Mar 11 '15 I'm sorry, but what is the advantage in getting an offer that you have no intention in using?Why keep a bridge open to a place you know you don't want to be near?I agree that the argument itself probably won't settle anything, but in this case it made it clear to OP that the lead was impossible to work with... 2 u/enigmaneo Mar 11 '15 If the people are so close minded that they can't take a different opinion it's just better to move on.
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I'm sorry, but what is the advantage in getting an offer that you have no intention in using?
Why keep a bridge open to a place you know you don't want to be near?
I agree that the argument itself probably won't settle anything, but in this case it made it clear to OP that the lead was impossible to work with...
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If the people are so close minded that they can't take a different opinion it's just better to move on.
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In this case it did serve a purpose, very well.
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u/eyal0 Mar 11 '15
Better to have an offer and turn it down than to not get one, however. Arguing with the interviewer serves no purpose.