I was recently asked what my favorite interview question is. Given the circumstance I really could not tell the person what my favorite questions are, but now that I have had a chance to think about it and I'm encumbered by a strenuous situation, I have the answer.
If you are applying for an engineering position and the people actually do engineering work for an average company, the questions should go something like this:
#1 Can you take a beating? And the interviewer should ask this question as they unload rolls of quarters into a thick wool sock, just to be sure that the person is giving a truthful answer.
#2 The candidate should be taken down to the cafeteria and offered the free beverage of their choice and encouraged to take whatever type and size that they normally prefer. If the candidate walks over and begins to fill up a medium diet soda then they should be promptly escorted back to HR. The correct answer to the question of course is that the candidate should walk over to where the sodas are and grab at least a 32 ounce cup, then they should proceed over to the coffee dispenser where they should consciously seek out the thickest, darkest, hottest coffee available. Once they have filled their monstrous cup they should start to down this steaming cauldron of tar like it was ice water and they had just crossed the Sinai Desert.
That's the guy you want.
When the interview is over you dress his wounds and find him a keyboard to sit in front of.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
What is my favorite interview question?
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The wildcard in the interview would be the decision of whether you want someone with all of their creativity and soul sucked out already, or if you want to have the joy of crushing their soul yourself. Decisions..decisions.
That funny and knowing that you are a guy that would grab a 44 ounce cup (or just drink the coffee straight out of the pot) makes it even more humorous.
Oh man, I need a trip to "Top 20".
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