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Originally Posted by hrench
Also with men shaking hands, it's always clear that we expect the webs of the thumbs to meet and to give a pretty good squeeze--some guys even to the point of hurting--but with women it's never clear. Don't want to hurt her, but don't want to snub her either.
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I want to state that extremely tight or even painful hand shakes are not professional. I have shaken hands with someone (who was a FIRST graduate) who squeezed my hand tight enough to change the orientation of my fingers. I told him to back off and his response was pretty much that was his way of shaking hands. This was off putting and I expect it would not go well in an interview environment.