Being open worked in your case because, as an interviewer, you answered in an open, honest way. The article is about uncovering the truth when the interviewers are being cagey.
If there isn't reason to suspect that the truth is being glossed over, being direct is a simpler, clearer path. But if things sound too good to be true, you may need to figure out how to get more information, like open-ended questions. I'd follow that up with probing questions to dig deeper towards anything that sets off your spider-senses (but ask in a nice way and continue to present a friendly vibe).
I think this is very similar to being on the interviewing side. People talk about impressive projects they worked on, but that could mean they contributed to a small part of the project or they had real responsibility for the project and its execution. Everyone is putting their best foot forward so you have to ask follow-up questions and dig to uncover the truth.
The problem is how hard this version of capitalism pushes toward pure exploitation.
If there were REAL open markets with plenty of information for both sides, then it would be common place for employees to be very honest about taking less money for their preferences like no overtime, less deadline pressure, not being under the thumb of nonsense managers whims and bad estimates.
But this will never exist, because its all about tricking someone into taking as little as possible, for being as overworked as possible, hiding all the negatives until after they have moved halfway across the country, not telling them the company is going under in 6 months, and you just need some temp sucker to fulfill existing orders. Don't even hide the fact you wont hire anyone with union aspirations, because there are no reprecussions
If there isn't reason to suspect that the truth is being glossed over, being direct is a simpler, clearer path. But if things sound too good to be true, you may need to figure out how to get more information, like open-ended questions. I'd follow that up with probing questions to dig deeper towards anything that sets off your spider-senses (but ask in a nice way and continue to present a friendly vibe).
I think this is very similar to being on the interviewing side. People talk about impressive projects they worked on, but that could mean they contributed to a small part of the project or they had real responsibility for the project and its execution. Everyone is putting their best foot forward so you have to ask follow-up questions and dig to uncover the truth.