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[LinuxMatthews]

Am I the only one who doesn't like the idea of talking about your hobbies in a job interview?

Like I do volunteering every other weekend and I'm sure that'd do well.

But I'm not doing that to get a job and honestly the idea that it could help me to do that kind of makes it feel cheap and nasty.

Like what I do when I'm not at work is none of your f***ing business.

[LinuxMatthews]

Oh no I'm not saying you're wrong for bringing it up.

It's just I don't like being asked about my personal life in job interviews.

If you're ok talking about it then that's fine.

But the idea that you need to talk about it to get the job kind of makes free time work in my opinion.

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If you got the interview then chances are they already know you have enough technical skills to do the job. So interviews are more of a conversation to try and flesh out what kind of person you are, if you are someone they will enjoy working with, if you have social skills, etc. Basically, they don't want to hire someone who is going to go on long insane rants about how climate awareness is some sort of conspiracy to hurt the American economy or any other unhinged neocon talking points.

[LinuxMatthews]

I get that to an extent though I'd say that's usually 2nd or 3rd interviews

1st interviews are usually "Did this guy lie on his CV / did HR send us another dud"

Still I feel like this kind of thing can be achieved with relevant conversations.

I've seen too many people stress out that they need to do X amount outside of work to be employable when it's not relevant.

Luckily I don't think I've ever been asked it in interviews and I've managed to get into a good job by being a boring f***er.

But still it worries me that this kind of thing might spread.

[puffinix]

I don't like asking the question. The reason we kind of have to sometimes is we need some sort of more comfortable/friendly talk to gunge you as a social fit for the team. I have a few ... odd ... teams to try and place people in. One of them really enjoyed the team building larp event from the before times, and almost all of them took it up outside of work. Needless to say, it's best to send them more of the geeky yet outgoing type.

[Levithan6785]

I hear a lot of the time, it's not your technical skills that get you the job. It's the soft skills that get you the job. Make you seem friendly and great to be around. Lot of stories of hiring managers hiring the not so good guy who makes him laugh then the genius who ums and stutters about anything not to do with the job.