2. To get you in the honesty mode, they will ask you questions about your preceding boss: Keep in mind that if the hiring manager is asking questions specifically about your ex boss, suggests that he/she is trying to psychologically turn you to honesty mode. Moreover, they can ask you to spell your boss’ name at the beginning of the interview to check your honesty. Mark in his book advises the recruiter that asking about the former boss make the interviewee more alert as they tend to think that their former boss will be contacted by the hiring manager so they are most likely to be in a position to spell out the truth.