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Initial phone screen kept asking me questions about an irrelevant topic, and I failed it. Was I in the wrong for not knowing it well enough?
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Jul 2018
Initial phone screen kept asking me questions about an irrelevant topic, and I failed it. Was I in the wrong for not knowing it well enough?
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Hi guys, long time lurker here. I'm a recent grad who's been 4 weeks into the job search, and have gone through numerous phone screens in the process. Today's, however, was the most bizarre I've gotte