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Discussion on: If You See These Red Flags in an IT Interview — Run (Real Stories)

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NorthernDev

This list brings back some memories (and not the good kind 😅).

It is so easy to ignore these flags when you just really want the offer, but looking back, every time I ignored my gut feeling during an interview, I paid for it later.

We often forget that we are interviewing them just as much as they are interviewing us. Thanks for validating that feeling!

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Sylwia Laskowska

Exactly this 🙂

You can often feel it already during the interview. I honestly think I’ve never been wrong about that. Whenever the interview felt off, the job later turned out to be off too. And when it felt “just okay,” the company usually was just okay as well 😄

Our gut feeling picks up more than we sometimes want to admit. And you’re so right - we’re interviewing them too. Thanks for sharing this!

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NorthernDev

I think "gut feeling" is just experience processing data faster than our conscious brain can keep up.
You spot the micro-signals, the tired eyes, the chaotic energy, long before you can explain why.
The "just okay" trap is the real danger though. It is easy to get stuck in mediocrity for years because there aren't any screaming red flags to scare you away. 😊

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Sylwia Laskowska

Yes, I totally agree. That’s probably the whole essence of intuition: experience processing signals faster than our conscious brain can explain them 🙂

And honestly, “just okay” isn’t always that bad 😄 Especially if the pay is good and the environment is stable. Not every job has to be a life mission - sometimes “good enough” is perfectly fine for a season.

Great point about the mediocrity trap though - that’s very real 🙂

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NorthernDev

​A boring job with good pay can actually be a feature not a bug. 😊Especially if you have a lot going on outside of work.
​The trick is just knowing when that season is over so you don't wake up 5 years later totally obsolete.🙂