"Do you use AI?" is a process question. He answered a status question.

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The interviewer asked: "do you use AI?" They took it badly. It is not because using AI is wrong, or because answering back in an interview is wrong. They answered a question nobody asked "Do you use AI?" is a question about method. What the boring answer would have sounded like Something like: "yes, daily. Answering an interviewer with a rhetorical question is a status move, and status moves are priced.

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