Thread: What's your Sustaining Daydream

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Yeah! Regal! Anyway, we digress, we must speak of daydreams, and not the base, mundane topic of in what material and colour to drape one's form...

Hey - not so fast! Thinking these little details threw pays dividends sometimes. For example - Back in the day I was applying for what I thought was my "dream" job! I was young and the job offered good pay, tons of travel, and all for a company that would be about as sure a bet to still be around to the day I died.

I got to the third interview! It was both exciting and stressful. In that interview, included in the panel of interviewers was the company head shrink. The question she tossed at me was, "If you were a boiling kettle, what colour steam would you produce?"

Seriously?

Originally Posted by earcutter

Hey - not so fast! Thinking these little details threw pays dividends sometimes. For example - Back in the day I was applying for what I thought was my "dream" job! I was young and the job offered good pay, tons of travel, and all for a company that would be about as sure a bet to still be around to the day I died.

I got to the third interview! It was both exciting and stressful. In that interview, included in the panel of interviewers was the company head shrink. The question she tossed at me was, "If you were a boiling kettle, what colour steam would you produce?"

Seriously?

I like to throw this one at interviewees: "If you were a household appliance, what would you be, and why?"

Originally Posted by Cangooner

I like to throw this one at interviewees: "If you were a household appliance, what would you be, and why?"

WHAT THE HECK LOL!! What do these questions provide the answer to? Maybe I just can't think that abstractly but... well, would someone tell me how to answer these kind of questions lol?

Wait! Cangooner - do you ask those questions just for your personal satisfaction lol??

Originally Posted by earcutter

WHAT THE HECK LOL!! What do these questions provide the answer to? Maybe I just can't think that abstractly but... well, would someone tell me how to answer these kind of questions lol?

Wait! Cangooner - do you ask those questions just for your personal satisfaction lol??

I think job interviews are ridiculous and I hate the process from beginning to end, so I decided to have some fun with it. I think in the end I used it more as a gauge of whether I'd like to work with the person rather than any true test of abstract thought, thinking on your feet, etc. Most people who answered with a sense of humour or who just flat out laughed at the question tended to do well. Also, I do think it's good to throw odd questions into interviews. They are such artificial situations with well-rehearsed answers to anticipated questions that I think it's good to throw in a curveball or two.

BTW - I am a frying pan! I like to stir things up!

Is that the right answer lol?

Originally Posted by earcutter

BTW - I am a frying pan! I like to stir things up!

Is that the right answer lol?

Right answer? What is this 'right answer' of which you speak...?

Oh man... Canadian humor! "Eh" holes lol!!!

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