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I think it's your personal impression, because I didn't feel like the author was bragging about how great his method is.

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Eh, maybe bragging is too strong of a word, but it did feel rather hypocritical that he propped up the straw man that interviewing was all about making the interviewer feel smarter than the interviewee. Then proceeded to tell an anecdote about how he was smarter/better than all the other people interviewing a particular candidate.

I didn't get that from his writing. Yes, you can look at it that way but it's perhaps cynical. I thought he was genuinely trying to say here is a better way.

You should read it again. He's talking about kindness and giving people space to come out their shell (amongst other things). That's not him bragging, that's him helping the interview go well (if it can).

Shrug. I thought it was a good article.

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