We are told at BigTech interview training that if a candidate starts talking about any area that is protected, immediately change the subject.
But when I was interviewing at your normal corp dev or startup, I would purposefully try to squeeze in tidbits about my personal life to hint at how important I found work life balance so companies who didn’t respect that would filter me out.
Are we supposed to be that subtle? I've just been bluntly asking "what is your work/life balance?" "how often / at what times are you paged?" and other super direct questions.
If I show up and it sucks, I'm just going to leave anyways, so... seems better to just be super clear that the salary buys you normal work hours. Want more? pay more.
But when I was interviewing at your normal corp dev or startup, I would purposefully try to squeeze in tidbits about my personal life to hint at how important I found work life balance so companies who didn’t respect that would filter me out.