Oddball job interview questions:
I want a job interviewer to ask me what is the philosophy of martial arts. An interviewer for a job I don't want. Because that's a really stupid question.
I swear, one of these times, you're gonna wake up in a coma.
Cordelia ,'Showtime'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jan 05, 2011 3:36:00 pm PST #15027 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sarameg - Jan 05, 2011 3:36:42 pm PST #15028 of 30001
Your grandmother is quite adorable!
Dana - Jan 05, 2011 3:38:03 pm PST #15029 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I had one of those job interviews once. Got asked why manhole covers were round, and how I'd go about estimating the number of gas stations in the city.
I think those types of estimating questions are called Fermi problems. Fortunately, I had learned about them in physics class. Less fortunately, I forgot why manhole covers are round.
Kat - Jan 05, 2011 3:41:52 pm PST #15030 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Dana, I think they are round probably for many reasons -- tradition at this point. Also, you wouldn't have to orient them a specific way when you put them back in so it would be easier. I've also heard that they don't fall in on themselves.
But I'd guess that the question is designed to show how you think more than whether or not you know the right answer.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 05, 2011 3:42:30 pm PST #15031 of 30001
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
I would assume because the lack of corners reduces the formation of cracks at the edges of the hole in the pavement.
Dana - Jan 05, 2011 3:42:35 pm PST #15032 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I've also heard that they don't fall in on themselves.
Yeah, that was the answer I couldn't remember.
I don't even remember what that interview was for now.
megan walker - Jan 05, 2011 3:43:12 pm PST #15033 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
For Jesse's grandmother: [link]
Steph L. - Jan 05, 2011 3:54:07 pm PST #15034 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
But I'd guess that the question is designed to show how you think more than whether or not you know the right answer.
The one I heard in an NPR story about -- I think -- interviewing at Google was "What would you charge to wash all the windows in downtown LA (or other big city)?"
Their example of a "good" answer was something like "Ten bucks a window," instead of trying to think of a ginormous amount for all the windows, inclusive.
I would never have thought of that.
shrift - Jan 05, 2011 4:04:13 pm PST #15035 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I forced myself to go to the gym. Now I'm tired and ravenously hungry, and yet curiously I'm not in the kitchen making dinner.
I could heat up vegetable barley soup. I could cook some pasta and top it with already prepared bolognese sauce. I could make caprese salad with heirloom tomatoes. Or a salad. Or roast some brussels sprouts.
Jesse - Jan 05, 2011 4:07:01 pm PST #15036 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For Jesse's grandmother: [link].
She would be so good on that blog! My grandmother has excellent style, still.