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Comment by MeinBlutIstBlau | Hacker News Reader

Thats exactly how I took it as well. This didn't seem funny but just cringey.

It's both funny and cringey. Is it unprofessional and a dick thing to do? Yes. It's also hilariously absurd.

Is it even hilarious? Hasn't everyone who's used a recruiter joked, at some point, about them finding their old job?

I've had a recruiter try to get me to interview from a job I'd just given notice on (before my notice period was even up!) However, I didn't actually _take the interview_; that's what makes this case funny.

When it happens, you usually say "how funny would it have been if I had interviewed again with them?"

Today we found out, it would have indeed been hilarious. (But yes, a dick move)

Got the same opinion about it. Unprofessional? Yes. Hilarious? Also yes.

Every time I see something like this, the onus of being professional lies solely on the employee. I just don’t care anymore. I’ve met enough “unprofessional” people that were the most productive in their team to know that unprofessional is used as “stepped out of line” these days.

"Unprofessional" is business speak for "I don't like you personally, but can't find any technical fault with you."

Wearing shorts is "unprofessional". Why? I don't know. I sling code, pants aren't helping or hindering with that. I grabbed shorts this morning, let's not make it complicated.

There are enough companies that accept shorts.

There are. The point being is that "professional" is usually a dog-whistle for something else.

It would have been funny if he played the interview straight rather than show up with a fake moustache. If you're going to troll like that, don't reveal your power level or else the game is over.

Playing it straight would allow for the possibility that he really wanted his old job back and thought that by reinterviewing that could happen, diminishing his position. It would also require him to have been extremely outspoken to create a punch line at exactly the right time, rather than it being an ever-present gag.

That would've been funny then actually. I mean how irate would your manager who just got you fired now realizes his new employee is you again!

The fake mustache and joking about didn't make it seem serious at all. He should've just annihilated the interview.

Honestly it felt pretty textbook narcissism to me. Shamelessness, wanting attention regardless of whether it’s positive or negative.

Social media in a nutshell.

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