Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for August 17, 2015
August 16, 2015
August 18, 2015
Transcript:
What is your greatest strength as an employee? I am willing to perform services in exchange for currency. What is your greatest weakness? I require shelter and calories to maintain existence, and thus, I must perform services in exchange for currency. Why are you interested in working at this company in particular? This company pays currency in exchange for the performance of services. Where do you see yourself in five years? Performing comparable services in exchange for more currency. You know what? Let's start over, okay? Earlier... Now, just be honest in this job interview. Oh. Wow. Really?
Ida No almost 9 years ago
Interviewer: “This time, just tell me what I want to hear.”Interviewee:" Sure, Beautiful."Interviewer: “… keep talking.”
emptc12 almost 9 years ago
Those are all the standard questions to ask, and I avoid asking them. I hate the feeling of potential power over job applicants, and imagine I am interviewing myself. It doesn’t always work. One of my bosses got off on the power trip, and never hired people who lasted.