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Silly Answers, Silly Buggers

I just saw this, and I nearly ruined a perfectly good keyboard. Those answers are so… stupid. But I fully believe that actual people answered them in response to actual questions in interviews. I distinctly remember walking out of an interview knowing that I'm not willing to work for those guys, based on the questions that they asked me. (My philosophy is that I want the interview to be hard, I want to make sure that I work with people who know more than I do, and I want to be sure that I'll need effort to keep up with them.)

In the spirit of Groucho Marx: "I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member.", I wouldn't want to work in a place where the work is too easy or the standards are too lax. What is the point, then?

 

Print | posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 9:08 PM

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#  12/28/2005 9:11 PM Chad Humphries

That is funny and depressing at the same time.

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#  1/4/2006 8:13 AM Adnan Masood

I agree. Training options and working with talented people are two major factors to consider upon reviewing an offer. It's crucial like Ben Gazzara said “You achieve because you're lucky to work with people who are very talented,”

These &quot;easy&quot; questions are asked merely to keep the conversation going and being polite after measuring candidate’s skill set. You can't quiz them on a real-world strong naming scenario benefits if they don't know what GAC stands for. Similarly, you can't just up and leave either. .

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