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Not hired because I ‘did not ask enough questions’ in my 7th interview

This happened about a year and a half ago. A former coworker (and very good friend) had been begging me to apply to work at his new company with him. After a while I finally decided to start the process. Wound up having SIX (yes 6) interviews scheduled with various people over the span of ~2 weeks. Hours spent talking to different department heads, managers, potential coworkers and bosses. Everyone loved me. Then came the FINAL interview with the CTO (I'm told that if I make it to his interview its a formality and an offer letter is ready to go). And I blow it, how you ask? Because when he asked me what questions I had about the job, I said 'none really, everyone I've talked to so far has really helped me understand the role'. He apparently hated that SO much he cut it off there and killed…


This happened about a year and a half ago. A former coworker (and very good friend) had been begging me to apply to work at his new company with him. After a while I finally decided to start the process. Wound up having SIX (yes 6) interviews scheduled with various people over the span of ~2 weeks. Hours spent talking to different department heads, managers, potential coworkers and bosses. Everyone loved me. Then came the FINAL interview with the CTO (I'm told that if I make it to his interview its a formality and an offer letter is ready to go). And I blow it, how you ask? Because when he asked me what questions I had about the job, I said 'none really, everyone I've talked to so far has really helped me understand the role'. He apparently hated that SO much he cut it off there and killed my application. Because I didn't ask him questions. After no less than 6 interviews, 9 hours of meetings, and YEARS in this industry, I didn't need any more details about the job…..

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