Also STAR style questions are terrible because of other reasons: usually have one expected answer; one that shows that you’re a person who likes to take initiative, solve problems etc. and you can just come up with an answer that makes you look good on paper without having done any of those things.

I also suspect their general vagueness can be exploited to weed out candidates based on “vibes” while still maintaining the impression that it’s a standardized question they ask everyone.

Just the other day, I was interviewing with a company that posted here in the “who is hiring” thread; and I was asked “Tell me about a time when you challenged a fairness or ethical issue”; I feel like regardless of how this is answered, this is just a way for them to project you as a person without backbone who seemingly goes along with anything, or as a complainer who loves impeding others with objections created out of thin air.