Utterly retarded
Putting aside for a moment the fact that the title of the article has nothing to do with the body of the article, there's no other way to sum this up other than to describe it as being utterly retarded.
It's obvious that Ms. Bowers has never been in a situation where she truly NEEDED a job. It's easy to sit back and play the role of armchair quarterback, but it's a totally different thing to BE the quarterback on the field.
If you want to play hardball during the application process, take a wild guess as to what they're going to do. In all likelihood, they'll throw your application in the trash and move on to somebody who IS willing to answer their questions.
I was once in an interview for a dream job, and I was stupid enough to follow this kind of advice as the article suggests. The manager asked me what I wanted for a salary, and I gave the usual B.S. answer of, "I'd be happy with whatever you feel somebody with my qualifications should receive". He simply smiled at my B.S. answer and said, "no, I need a figure". So rather than blow the entire interview, I thought about it for about 4-5 seconds, and gave him an exact figure which was about $10,000 LESS than what I would've been truly happy with. And you know what he did? He thanked me for coming in to the interview, and said if I wanted the job, I could start on Monday. Oh, and he also said my starting salary would be $10,000 higher than what I asked for because he felt I undercut myself when I gave him my figure. It was almost like he was reading my mind, and he was happy to give me what I deserved simply because I was the perfect candidate for the job.
Bottom line: if you give them scripted B.S. answers, they'll skip over you and move on to someone who isn't being an annoying twit.
