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I would not sweat it so much.

One of my stock opening lines when interviewing a potential direct report is "I'm an *******, tell me now if you can deal with that or not so I don't waste my time"

I have also gone into interviews with the idea that the candidate will be a waste of time and come out surprised.

Got a resume from a kid last year and called to tell him thanks but no thanks. Well it turns out the number on his resume was a typo. I was "in a mood" and decided to mess with him and teach him a lesson about attention to detail. Sent him an email saying I wanted to bring him in for an interview but his phone number was wrong which was really unfortunate for him, missed opportunity.

Long story short I eventually met with him and actually hired him.
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