&gt; You just want to know if I can do the job<p>This holds two things constant: You and the job.<p>On-the-job training is inevitable. The question is what you&#x27;ll primarily be trained in: Office politics, or some other skillset which will actually go on your resume.<p>Similarly, the job will inevitably change if you&#x27;re around long enough, and that&#x27;s the nub of the meat of this: It&#x27;s an old adage that you should never marry someone to try and change them, because people don&#x27;t change, they just become like they are, only moreso. Both ends of the equation change, but they change around a solid core which was formed decades ago and will not be modified except through some serious event.<p>So personality matters quite a bit if you&#x27;re looking for a marriage. If you&#x27;re looking for a hookup, it only matters on the extreme ends of the bell curve.