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[quote=Anonymous]We have one of those, OP, in our department. He's always been considered a joke by the actual experts. He's at all of the industry conferences presenting as an expert on a particularly complex subject matter in our field. There also are quite a few empty suits like this in our management. Just ask them "why" three times on any subject and they'll stare at your blankly (mostly because they've never thought deeply about their subject). The same thing is true of many appointees. It's funny when they leave government and include that they "ran this program or department" or whatever. Most of the time, they may make a decision or two but have no idea regarding the specifics.

While I'm no fan of Elon Musk, he definitely has a way of filtering these types out in interviews. Ask them about a specific project. Then get them to go into great detail about the challenges that they faced and how they addressed them. Only people who actually worked on the project can answer it well...because they dealt with the specifics of these challenges rather than buzzwords or a topical understanding of the project.[/quote]

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