Answer for my story includes confidential project a company is working on. Is mistakenly revealing it in interview in some behavioral question a red flag?
If you can’t keep your current company’s confidential projects a secret, why would I think you can keep my company’s confidential projects secret?
This right here. I always say if you shouldn't talk about it. Be vague as possible, and then say that you respect confidentiality, and when I'm working with you in the future if I ever move on, know it will have the same respect.
How does the interviewer know it is confidential?
I think for the big N people just know their products outright. It’s one thing to say I’m working on pixel 4, another to say it has super AR and super gestures that I built and there’s no press about yet
Well, did you say that it's confidential and here are the details?
I didn't say it was confidential neither I revealed any details about it, I just said we are working on this project which we are going to launch soon.
Is the company you interviewed with a direct competitor of your current company?
No. Not direct competitor, not even close. Completely different business
🐨, why would you leave right before we launch our big secret product? You don’t believe in beautiful Ken’s vision?
Wait, beautiful Ken’s or Ken’s beautiful?
Haha our secretive project is done by so many people already, it's crowded space. But more than that, I was in Credit Karma since long time and I don't think there is anything new I can learn by staying here, so leaving to try other things.
I thought you already got the job. Still interviewing?
Yes, at least I would if I were interviewing you.
OMG I just went through M1 interview loop and barely kept details to myself (only kept people names confidential) assuming we were on NDA. Interviewers where really pushy about revealing details. (Not working @ FAANG, it’s a small:mid-size startup, I guess it would’ve been ok) So, it’s bad right?
If its announced, no. If it's an unannounced project like OP mentioned then it depends, but more more likely. But if the interviewer was pushing you, you're probably fine.