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Originally Posted by motion
During the last interview, the Uber guy mentioned that I would probably need to live in an AirBnb roommate situation in some cities (I had been told by others that I would have my own AirBnb apartment). I told him that was a no-go for me. (I am wayyyyy past that sort of thing). I offered to pay for my own lodging out of my pocket.
I was passed over for the position. They mentioned the living arrangement as the reason. I can only assume that they thought that perhaps I was not a team player. Very odd, but I respect their decision and experience.
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Yeah, they may have viewed your push-back on that issue as an indicator of how badly you wanted the job, and/or your ability to be flexible/team-player/etc. Who knows, but it sounds like they don't have much structure in place for this particular position/department yet. That can be a good thing (getting in on the ground floor/key player for a new project), or it can be a complete clusterfook waiting to happen.
If it's something you REALLY wanted to do, it may have been better to "yes" them to death until hired, then bring up any issues later under the umbrella of "I must have misunderstood that".
Your offered solution, or one involving them compromising might have been possible once you were hired. A good learning and confidence-building experience if nothing else.
