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Recruiter: 'What are your hobbies?'
My brain: 'Don't say fucking your mom, don't do it. DON'T. YOU. DARE. SAY. FUCKING. YOUR. MOM!!'
Recruiter: 'You're using chat gpt aren't you?'
Me: 'yep, that's definitely it. Absolutely...'
What do the things I do in my personal time have to do with being selected for a job? Fuck these people, I'm sure the process before reaching these interviews is highly automated (with or without llms). If companies are going to use all kinds of ai bullshit (on top of the usual non-ai bullshit) workers ai-bullshiting back is only fair.
Warhammer 40k can show attention to detail and strategy. Working on cars can demonstrate methodical work ethic and problem solving. Self hosting can show an enthusiasm for tech.
It literally doesn't matter what you answer, just shows that you have a life outside of work and might be an enjoyable coworker.
It was a rhetorical question, sorry that wasn't clear. I know that knowing details about my private life can be useful for an employer to estimate how exploitable I'm going to be. What it meant is more or less 'Not their fucking business', asking personal questions in an interview is a big red flag for me, how about 'are you thinking on getting pregnant any time soon?'? I'm sure most companies would like to have that information too..
There certainly are different calibers of personal life questions that can be asked, but I'm pretty sure in the example above it is about freezing without an answer entirely. "I'm sorry, but I don't feel comfortable answering questions not related to the position" would probably pass their litmus just as well as listing some hobbies.