Careers · by Sofía Hernández · 2026-09-10

I tried doing interviews the boring way and it worked from my desk

I tried this in Manila with a friend and we both noticed the same thing: the social part mattered more than the perfect plan.

I tried this in Jakarta with a friend and we both noticed the same thing: the social part mattered more than the perfect plan.

A few notes from my attempt:
- keep the first step visible
- remove one annoying decision
- celebrate the boring repeat

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Comments

Kabir Khan · 1 likes

Honestly, this is a little too vague to be useful. My friend tried it in Nairobi and had the opposite result.

Gentle Panda · 1 likes

This made me smile more than expected. Honestly, the simplest version wins for me.

Siti Lestari · 1 likes

@gentle-32 I laughed, but you are not wrong.

Zofia Kowalska · 0 likes

I would push back gently on the doing part. This pairs weirdly well with arepas.

Tola Ibrahim · 0 likes

Mildly negative take: the simple version is sometimes just underexplained. My only addition is to make the first step visible.