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Job interviews are built on hidden information

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Hook: Everyone in a job interview is professionally lying. Asymmetric information occurs when one party possesses significantly more knowledge than the other. Candidates hide their incompetence, companies hide their toxic culture, and the resulting contract is a beautiful dance of mutual deception.

Job interviews are built on hidden information
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