"finding out if people will start bullshitting or admitting the limits of their knowledge is a massive advantage to someone you might need to depend on"
One of the best hires I ever made was a former K-12 teacher who had decided to change careers and become a software developer. She went to a bootcamp and then I hired just as she graduated from that bootcamp. When I interviewed her, I very much appreciated how clear she was about what she knew and what she did not know. She felt no need to bluff. And that foreshadowed what our communication was like once I hired her: very straightforward, with no lies or bluffing or indirections or deflections.
"finding out if people will start bullshitting or admitting the limits of their knowledge is a massive advantage to someone you might need to depend on"
One of the best hires I ever made was a former K-12 teacher who had decided to change careers and become a software developer. She went to a bootcamp and then I hired just as she graduated from that bootcamp. When I interviewed her, I very much appreciated how clear she was about what she knew and what she did not know. She felt no need to bluff. And that foreshadowed what our communication was like once I hired her: very straightforward, with no lies or bluffing or indirections or deflections.