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| Jul 26, 2017 at 1:16 | history | edited | jmoreno | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 26, 2017 at 1:12 | comment | added | jmoreno | ...what you wanted. While a plain simple answer indicates the same thing. You should attempt to disregard both rah-rah and terse replies, and focus on the objective details: is your question fully answered, is the answer clear, if part of the question is unanswered, how is that dealt with. When you want to judge how enthusiastic they are, ask. Don't try to be Sherlock Holmes and deduce their life history and intent from a brief answer. He has the author on his side. | |
| Jul 26, 2017 at 1:00 | comment | added | jmoreno | ...the answer to the question I think you were trying to ask is a bit more involved. At first, it may seem that the answer should be yes, after all, it is a communication from them and you'd certainly prefer someone that says yay to getting the job instead of meh. The problem is you have asked a question, and the respondent has no way to determine whether you want the answer with a side of rah-rah or not. Someone looking for a yes/no answer may view the rah-rah answer as incompetent (going off on a tangent). A rah-rah answer doesn't mean they are enthusiastic, it means they thought that's | |
| Jul 26, 2017 at 0:28 | comment | added | jmoreno | @PagMax: if you've read the meta question, you'll see that I wanted a one word answer. It seems to me that the question you posted was basically "can/should I disregard the answer because it wasn't long enough", while the question you were really trying to ask was "can/should I use the short answer as a yardstick to measure the respondents interest in getting the job". The answer to the first question is no, length is not the determining factor for completeness, accuracy, honesty or any other relevant criteria, except brevity/consiseness, with which it is negatively correlated... | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 13:32 | comment | added | PagMax | Thanks for your answer. I am little annoyed with comments and answers saying 'yes means yes and no means no'. They are great bumper stickers but do not help me in anyway. (Unless you really think core of my question was 'Does yes mean yes or it means no'. ) One mistake I think I did was use the word 'interest' both in this question and my email to the candidate but context of both were very different. An (exaggerated) analogy: Yes I am interested in becoming CEO of my company but if I do not show traits for it or work for it then that INTEREST does not mean a lot. Does not mean I am lying. | |
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| Jul 21, 2017 at 20:40 | comment | added | jmoreno | For anyone wondering, I spent a lot of time on the above answer. | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 20:40 | history | answered | jmoreno | CC BY-SA 3.0 |