Comment by gemstones
2 years ago
It’s funny you mention it as a charisma roll, because it’s not really a roll, is it? High charisma is high when it’s with your interviewer, when it’s with your peers, when it’s with your business stakeholders. High charisma is useful in getting a job, in arguing for addressing tech debt, in pushing back on unreasonable timelines. Why would you not consider charisma in a job interview?
Charisma isn't something that's there or not there for everyone, like green paint. How you come across to others will differ based on their biases.
I don't consider charisma very much because I connect it to dishonesty. If someone's put a lot of effort into coming across as charismatic, it means they have considerable skill in psychological and social manipulation. I would value that in a salesman, where it makes sense. Otherwise it's just masking 2.0.
The primary concerns in an interview should be "can you do the job" and "can we bear to work with you". The rest can be worked with.
Why should you have to spend your time on being charismatic with your own management if your job duties require doing it with everyone but them?