In my opinion, being good at responding to behavioral questions is different from actually being good at the job (unless you're in a function like sales). I went to a target school in the U.S., and I've noticed that candidates who 1) use AI to overinflate their behavioral stories and memorize those AI answers and 2) more shamelessly do this perform well in interviews. They take advantage of interviewers' typical MO, which is to not ask follow-up questions -- when continued follow-up questions that dig deep into things that aren't about a candidate's background can actually break the illusion. They're harder to BS.

I've interviewed with Asian and European interviewers, and I prefer their more discussion-oriented approach that focuses more on subject matter expertise . This forces me to actually "show" them my interest in the company and knowledge in the field in real time and "show" what I'm like as a colleague vs. just "telling" them answers that are rooted in my (which could be made up).…