Corporate Interview

[Squirrel]

It's not even about the drugs to me, really. It's the principle of the matter.

 

My job is a job, nothing more. It is not my life and my employer has no right to pry into what I'm doing during my off-hours, provided I'm not keeping human heads in my freezer.

 

Well, even then it's none of their business. But I would hope the police or FBI or whomever would get wise to this and do something about it.

[PseudoSABR]

I love that answer; it fits me. Maybe, with your permission I'd use it sometime (I hope never because I've been in this job forever and wouldn't even know how to interview for a new one).

That's the reason I shared it!

[Mike Sixel]

I hate cheesy interview questions, they do nothing.....do you know which "kind" of interview you were subjeted to? For example, competency or behavioral?

[ashbury]

I hate cheesy interview questions

 

"Give me an estimate, what is the total mass of planet Earth." "Roughly, how many gas stations are there, here in Nevada?" I like cheesy interview questions. I give them to the middle school math students I'm working with.

 

/ yeah, I guess I've been involved more with technical positions, where we want to see how the candidate thinks analytically...

[PseudoSABR]

I hate cheesy interview questions, they do nothing.....do you know which "kind" of interview you were subjeted to? For example, competency or behavioral?

Not sure what kind of interview. Lots of how did you handle difficult situations and failures type of stuff. It seemed pretty standard fare.

[Riverbrian]

"Give me an estimate, what is the total mass of planet Earth." "Roughly, how many gas stations are there, here in Nevada?" I like cheesy interview questions. I give them to the middle school math students I'm working with.

 

/ yeah, I guess I've been involved more with technical positions, where we want to see how the candidate thinks analytically...

 

My answers to your questions would be... Starting with the gas station question...

 

"It changes every day... New gas stations open and old Gas stations close and turn into Persian Rug or Navajo jewelry outlets all the time. Its a moving target but roughly... There are 27.

 

The total mass of Earth changed significantly when Kirstie Alley left Cheers. Scientists are still working on the new calculations".

 

Would I get the job?

[twinsnorth49]

My answers to your questions would be... Starting with the gas station question...

 

"It changes every day... New gas stations open and old Gas stations close and turn into Persian Rug or Navajo jewelry outlets all the time. Its a moving target but roughly... There are 27.

 

The total mass of Earth changed significantly when Kirstie Alley left Cheers. Scientists are still working on the new calculations".

 

Would I get the job?

 

Not if Kirstie Alley is one of your references.

[ashbury]

The total mass of Earth changed significantly when Kirstie Alley left Cheers. Scientists are still working on the new calculations".

 

The second group of kids I gave that one to, started by trying to estimate the total weight of all the creatures on Earth. I didn't intervene right away, but they were off by only, oh, 15 orders of magnitude or so.

[Riverbrian]

The second group of kids I gave that one to, started by trying to estimate the total weight of all the creatures on Earth.

 

I tried to put them all on a really big boat. Just a pair of them... Not all of them... Still The total mass made the boat sink!!

 

Before it sank... You wouldn't believe the waste left behind... There was no time to actually navigate the sinking boat because I was cleaning up crap constantly. It was a lot of work.

 

I was much more successful when I limited the cargo to a Zebra, Orangutan, Hyena and Tiger. Those 4 animals still left a lot of waste behind.

 

I'm thankful for indoor plumbing.

[biggentleben]

I can fly in my dreams, guys. Sorry your bed life is so boring.

 

It's mutual insurance, so it's owned by the policy holders, which are also the employees, so the testing does make some sense.

 

I feel like there's a joke there somewhere...or perhaps an insult to my prowess between the sheets! Joke, definitely a joke (because I can't go after Pseudo - I already have two strikes!).

[B Richard]

My favorite has been and will always be "sell me this pen"

[PseudoSABR]

Well, I decided to withdraw my application (I do think they would have eventually hired me given out correspondence, but clearly they were still interviewing other people); I've received some really great news about Law School, and I couldn't see myself deferring my acceptance for a year for this particular job. Thanks everyone for the help. It was an illuminating experience.

[Squirrel]

Congrats on law school!

[ashbury]

Well, I decided to withdraw my application

 

You WHAT??? I'm gonna go back and delete all my great advice to you, and give it to someone who will appreciate it.

 

/ not my children, for example

[Guest USAFChief]

I've received some really great news about Law School...

They said "no?"

[username]

with my first post outside of the fantasy baseball thread, i will wholeheartedly recommend you do not go to law school, and this is coming from someone who graduated from a top-tier school and has a top-tier job.

 

you can email me if you want to discuss specifics