[Porsche-O-Phile]

I've had a couple that midway through, I realized wouldn't be a good fit for me, so I just kind of stopped caring at that point. I never was rude or anything, just was very blunt and to the point about how I felt about certain things. Normally you try to answer questions truthfully but also provide the interviewers with what they want to hear. Once you stop caring you can answer truthfully and be pretty direct with your counter-questions. On one I specifically told the interviewer, "a moment ago, you mentioned that this firm aspires to retain employees and not be 'hire/fire'. Can you give me some specific examples of how this is accomplished as well as telling me exactly how many employees have been 'let go' over the last 5 years?" Stunned silence. Another time an H.R. boob asked me to consent to a credit check to which I just pushed the chair back and said "in order to work as a draftsman in an architectural office doing residential work? I think we're done here". This was early in my career. If it was an executive position or I was working for an office doing work for the CIA or something then I'd understand, but this was neither. I always try to be polite and professional, yet also don't let myself get bullied by idiots.