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All joking aside, candidates do reject jobs and if you are interviewing for a job, you should be thinking "do I want to work here" .

When interviewing someone to be my manager I asked him since he spoke with such joy about his current job, why he was leaving... It was money. We found out the company he was at got funding a few days later, and although we made an offer he rejected us.

I've interviewed at a company where the environment didn't seem good at all. I always ask whats good about working at a place, and what isn't so good. I found people to be honest about it. I didn't think it was a good fit after thinking about it a bit a decided not to continue.

So when interviewing don't be arrogant. You need help, thats why you are looking for people. When interviewing candidates, my main criteria are:

- Can this person help us

- Can I deal with working with them




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