How to tell when someone is really good at something: ask who's better.
Modest people may demur when asked if they're good at something, but if you ask who's better than them, they can't bring themselves to lie.
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Have you tried this strategy on
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It would fail in Dunning-Kruger cases, but those you can usually detect anyway.
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they will still know a few people though. I find no matter how good I get at something there’s always someone better in some way.
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how does that tell you if someone's good at something? Someone that admits someone's better can still be great at it.
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That's exactly the point
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so, the very best fails your interview? or admits they have no peer?
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It is a variation of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Only the best know others are better. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning –Kruger_effect
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a kyrptonite for Midwesterners.
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Do you have any ideas on getting modest people to tell you what non-obvious things they are good at if you don't know what the things are?
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