“What kind of people are the hardest for you to get along with?”

I’ve asked that question to perhaps a hundred job applicants during final interviews at my companies. Applicants vary widely in their personalities and basic motivations, but their answers to this question don’t vary much at all. I think that’s interesting.

The top answer, by far, is “people who don’t listen to me”. If you want to be hard to get along with, let the people around you feel unheard.