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Originally Posted by Otter74
I don't really understand the thinking behind doing this. You cheat your way into the door, and then...you do what with your lack of knowledge and understanding?
In 2008, when I got laid off from Chrysler in the crash, I interviewed with Volkswagen. Interviews were in-person and included what was basically a test of your understanding of relatively basic things like the principles of IC engines. A few years before that one included a phone interview with a plant SQE in Mexico to check my Spanish. The former could certainly be cheated very easily using AI in a remote interview, but if you make it you're still left not knowing what you're doing. My current job of many years is not engineering but sort of engineering-adjacent; it does not require an engineering degree now, but did when I got it. One of my colleagues in the same position has some practical experience but lacks understanding of basic engineering principles. It doesn't seem to hurt him but makes me wince when it shows up.
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Get the foot in the door and hide out. It’ll take years (if at all) for an incompetent manager to catch on. Normal people don’t like to fire people due to guilt. These parasites understand the psychology and exploit for their gain.
Often times employers are looking for a warm body instead of competence and this further complicates the dynamic… “They’ll come around” or “they’re just a slow learner” is the logic… one bad apple spoils the whole orchard.