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Comment author: [deleted] 11 October 2010 12:47:04AM 3 points [-]

If I had a good heuristic for this I think I could pass almost any interview :).

Sadly, a lot of interviews are more about "likeability" and people skills than pure critical thinking skills. (I wish it were that easy...)

Comment author: xamdam 11 October 2010 12:49:30PM 0 points [-]

At top software companies they seem to weigh the technical aspects more, though (somewhat understandably) the interviewers want to imagine working with the candidate as a future positive interaction.

Personally I think I pass the personality test, but recently blown an interview due to being stale in some areas and insufficient mental flexibility ("going meta") on a couple of questions.