It&#x27;s not really about that. I have many friends from wor. Though I tend to become better friends[1] with people once I&#x27;ve stopped working with them... Too many work orgs expect you to be a certain way politically&#x2F;philosophically and even asking questions can be seen as a sign of you&#x27;re-not-one-of us, so in a way work relationships are always tainted.<p>But really this is just more a case of I wouldn&#x27;t be comfortable talking about my deepest desires with a random person. Sure, once I get to know someone a bit, I&#x27;m fine to do that...but a random interviewer? Eugh.<p>[1] That said, my Russian partner would not consider them friends. Friends in her world are people you can count on for anything and how many of us can say that about our colleagues?