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Not sure about English, but in my language we have a saying "The fish stinks from the head"

I can tell you, with quite substantial sample size from me directly and from people I deeply trust that every time we encountered an interview like this, we later found out that the company culture was really bad.

Those are not the kind of people you want to work with.

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> Not sure about English, but in my language we have a saying "The fish stinks from the head"

English has this expression too, except it's "The fish rots from the head". (Which, when you think about it, makes more sense.) What's your first language?

For clarity, is the "like this" in your comment referring to brain teaser technical one-upmanship interviews, or the less structured style that is focused on getting to know the person and having them describe in their own words the projects in their past?

I was referring to this:

> I had a similar interview with a different company last year. Three guys and me on a Zoom call with me sharing my screen trying to solve a coding problem that in no way resembled anything I have ever encountered in my 25 year career. When I got stuck they just stared at me. They would not give me any hints whatsoever. They just stared at me.

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