How to cheat in behavioral interviews

src: Can you cheat in behavioral interviews? (yes, 6 tips)

Abstract

• Answer what they want to hear:
  • failure ⇒ what you learned
  • conflicts ⇒ how you work with people
• If no answer:
  • go for hypothetical to gain some time to think about a time
• Work on all possible scenarios.
• Do not talk about the same project over and over again.
  • Prepare diverse range of questions.
  • Do not make it look like you are talking about the same project.
    • Do not mention the name of the project.
    • Zooming in / out.
• Intentionally omit some of the key details.
  • E.g. some quantified details.
• Find your interviewer’s profiles and answer your examples with some of their hobbies / interests.