&gt;Inequality is the key motivator for success: you want more than the other guy.<p>If you said in an interview that you want to work for my company (imagining I had one and was in a position to make hiring decisions) just to spite some other person, or that you&#x27;d be taking an attitude of spiteful competition at work, I would have to politely grind through the rest of the interview and then recommend we never call you back again.