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I love this question:

> How strong is the team?

I've actually asked it always on every interview. The generic answer I get is that "You will be working with experts in the field" yada yada.

When you actually join the team:

- Two juniors

- Few 20 years experience dudes that finished their growth at "Cobol is the best" with "Mainframe" T-Shirt on them

- And the same manager that hired you! (Avoiding eye contact)

So yea, one salary later you are on the new hunt for new job. I don't understand why ppl lie so much during interviews. It's a employee market, if I don't want to waste my time with teams like that -> it's a 100hunder I'll jump the ship ASAP.



> - Few 20 years experience dudes that finished their growth at "Cobol is the best" with "Mainframe" T-Shirt on them

Probably joking, but a reminder that people with 20 years of experience started their careers after the dotcom bubble burst, and might not even have turned 40 yet.


Because the truth combined with the offered salary does not work, lies are seen as much cheaper than honesty and more money




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