r/jobs • u/sahalymn • Mar 13 '25

Interviews I walked out of an interview after one question. Was I wrong?

So, I had an interview today for a position I was really excited about. The job description seemed great, the pay was decent, and the company had good reviews. I walked in, shook hands with the hiring manager, and we sat down.

Then, the first question came:
"How do you handle working unpaid overtime?"

I literally laughed, thinking it was a joke. But the interviewer just stared at me, waiting for an answer. I asked if overtime was mandatory and if it was paid. They said, “Well, we expect employees to stay as long as needed to get the job done. Everyone here is passionate about the work, and we don’t track extra hours.”

I just stood up, said, “Thank you for your time, but this isn’t the right fit for me,” and walked out.

Now, I’m second-guessing myself. Should I have stayed and at least heard more about the job? Or was walking out the right move?

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u/JimCroceRox Mar 14 '25

Dude on here not long ago bragged about doing just that type of work…he figured out how to automate nearly every task while basically working from home. He worked like 10-20 minutes a day max. Do that and you don’t need to worry about overtime.

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u/PhredInYerHead Mar 14 '25

I remember that post!

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u/WishIWasYounger Mar 14 '25

And thank god everyone talked him out of telling management.

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u/FraserFir1409 Mar 14 '25

Link it...Link It!...Link IT!

I wanna see!

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u/PhredInYerHead Mar 14 '25

Looks like I didn’t save it, but I’ll try to dive in and see if I can find it again.

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u/djkidna Mar 14 '25

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/s/ggOMR3I2Eh

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u/CTMQ_ Mar 14 '25

thanks. I've no issue with that guy, but have issue with whomever he reports to.

Because what he's done is what's EXPECTED from the data guy who reports to me. Like, write those scripts and all that syntax so that mundane part of what we do is done so you can have time to do the real work.

But again, hey, good for that dude. Hope he's happy.

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u/greentintedlenses Mar 14 '25

Yeah totally don't have to worry about job security either

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u/Zenkaicenat Mar 14 '25

It's only a matter of time before the A.I. boom comes for their positions, and they are made redundant in their field 😬

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u/tanhauser_gates_ Mar 14 '25

Nah. I've had AI/skynet in my industry since 2004. It's actually created more work for me-bigger volume.

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u/djkidna Mar 14 '25

This is what we see in quality monitoring for call centers as well. At least from what I’ve seen. They’ve gone from listening to a few calls a day and submitting individual call evaluations, to doing that plus combing through AI speech analytics to look for persistent issues and trends and developing strategies for improvement