Yeah l get that, you are spot on.
Interviews are not compulsory, no organisation is going to throw itself under & negatively impact their position.
The Devils position isn’t rocket science to work out, Todd isn’t going to tell Skalde, sorry the bank just confirmed our balance is £3000, wages will be difficult to cover this month. Skalde isn’t then going to tell anyone anything, even if he knew.........
How do l know if you don’t ask in the first instance ? I guess I don’t really, I’m not psychic, having said that in the billions of archived interviews across the world, few can be deemed as earth shatteringly honest, so you have to accept interviews be taken on their merits.