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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on August 20, 2015, 06:41:45 AM
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diabeticman (3,050 posts)
Has anyone been on a job interview and got asked a weird question like Who would you be Batman or
Robin?
Or If you had to be natural disaster what would you be and why?
Why are people being asked these questions and how do you answer them?
My wife got asked this question and she asked Which Robin are we talking about and she went on to show that she knew the Batman lore and my wife was thinking if I say batman it would show a strong leader if she said Robin it might show her as a follower or weak.
I am finding a lot of friends being ask those questions and I just wonder if there is a right way to answer these questions?
Nuclear Unicorn (16,653 posts)
12. If you had a choice would you rather be an internet poster or his wife?
I smell a HIDE in her future.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027093086
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Sounds like the "wife" gets fired about every other week. :lmao:
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Is diabeticman's wife applying at a comic book store or head shop? Or was this just made up?
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Is diabeticman's wife applying at a comic book store or head shop? Or was this just made up?
Actually, for some types of jobs "weird" questions like this are asked in interviews, 1.) to get the interviewee beyond whatever rehearsed answers they may have, and 2.) to see how well the interviewee thinks outside-of-the-box, creatively. IOW, can and how would the interviewee think and respond "on their feet" when faced with an unanticipated situation.
So I don't think this was a made up :bouncy: . I think dm - and maybe his wife - showed their inflexibility and lack of creativity; I suspect wifey won't be getting that job.
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Actually, for some types of jobs "weird" questions like this are asked in interviews, 1.) to get the interviewee beyond whatever rehearsed answers they may have, and 2.) to see how well the interviewee thinks outside-of-the-box, creatively. IOW, can and how would the interviewee think and respond "on their feet" when faced with an unanticipated situation.
So I don't think this was a made up :bouncy: . I think dm - and maybe his wife - showed their inflexibility and lack of creativity; I suspect wifey won't be getting that job.
I had an interview a few years ago, and got a very specific & job related question. But had never been asked this before.
Spend a LOT of time using Excel, and am totally self taught over 20 years in workforce. Sure, I have picked up tricks & tips from other coworkers. But the woman interviewing me asked "what is your favorite function in Excel?". Had never really thought about it. Laughed, made some chit chat, and finally gave her an answer. She liked it, and ultimately hired me.
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When I conduct interviews, I always ask "who would you rather be, diabeticman or his inflatable wife?" I time it just as the applicant is taking a drink of coffee.
If the applicant selects either option, the interview is over. If the applicant laughs and snorts coffee out of his nose, I put a checkmark in the "management potential" box.
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I had an interview a few years ago, and got a very specific & job related question. But had never been asked this before.
Spend a LOT of time using Excel, and am totally self taught over 20 years in workforce. Sure, I have picked up tricks & tips from other coworkers. But the woman interviewing me asked "what is your favorite function in Excel?". Had never really thought about it. Laughed, made some chit chat, and finally gave her an answer. She liked it, and ultimately hired me.
Getting people "off their game" can have interesting results. In your case you probably relaxed and in your chit-chat discussed how you learned and how you used various features. IOW, you talked of job experiences in an unrehearsed way and gave examples of your ability to learn. So that was a very good outside-of-the-box question for a technical position. If dm's wife was applying for a manglement position the Batman and Robin question might be suitable, though it's not very well-crafted, IMO. It lends itself to brief answers with reversions to canned rehearsed explanations.
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Getting people "off their game" can have interesting results. In your case you probably relaxed and in your chit-chat discussed how you learned and how you used various features. IOW, you talked of job experiences in an unrehearsed way and gave examples of your ability to learn. So that was a very good outside-of-the-box question for a technical position. If dm's wife was applying for a manglement position the Batman and Robin question might be suitable, though it's not very well-crafted, IMO. It lends itself to brief answers with reversions to canned rehearsed explanations.
"Who would you rather be, Batman or Robin?"
"Robin, of course. He never wears pants! And Batman never gets to kill the bad guys- that would suck. Although screwing Catwoman would almost make up for it. You know they were gettin' it on!"
"Thank you. We'll be in touch."
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"Neither, I see myself as spiderman. I like to look in windows and throw white sticky stuff at people."
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"Neither, I see myself as spiderman. I like to look in windows and throw white sticky stuff at people."
'We have an opening at our Skins's Island location. When can you start?'
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'We have an opening at our Skins's Island location. When can you start?'
:rotf:
:cheersmate:
:hi5: given!
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Sounds like the "wife" gets fired about every other week. :lmao:
This was only a "job interview" in the sense that the guy on the other end of the phone was trying to determine if he'd use her phone sex line again.
It does seem that diabeticman's old lady loses her job every week, or at least she's turned down for one just as often. They probably let her go when she starts turning her workspace into a shrine to the kitties she isn't allowed to have at her place.
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I had an interview a few years ago, and got a very specific & job related question. But had never been asked this before.
Spend a LOT of time using Excel, and am totally self taught over 20 years in workforce. Sure, I have picked up tricks & tips from other coworkers. But the woman interviewing me asked "what is your favorite function in Excel?". Had never really thought about it. Laughed, made some chit chat, and finally gave her an answer. She liked it, and ultimately hired me.
"Save As" :)
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Spend a LOT of time using Excel, and am totally self taught over 20 years in workforce. Sure, I have picked up tricks & tips from other coworkers. But the woman interviewing me asked "what is your favorite function in Excel?". Had never really thought about it. Laughed, made some chit chat, and finally gave her an answer. She liked it, and ultimately hired me.
Concatenate. lol
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Batman or Robin...neither, I want to be SUPERMAN.
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The DU equivalent would be Buttman and Throbbin'.
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Concatenate. lol
That was one that I said, Reb!!! Also good with vlookups, etc. Can be complicated if one doesn't use them.
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That was one that I said, Reb!!! Also good with vlookups, etc. Can be complicated if one doesn't use them.
Vlookup has been my best friend since the promotion. Oh look that sheet has 5000 codes on it and I have 400 eliminations of which probably 375 are already matched to codes on the master r sheet...well you know the rest. Hallelujah
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"Who would you rather be, Batman or Robin?"
"Robin, of course. He never wears pants! And Batman never gets to kill the bad guys- that would suck. Although screwing Catwoman would almost make up for it. You know they were gettin' it on!"
"Thank you. We'll be in touch."
Before this thread gets derailed I thought I might observe that BatGirl died today at 78. RIP.
As I recall she was Commissioner Gordon's daughter.
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Batman or Robin...neither, I want to be SUPERMAN.
I would have said Captain Kirk. He gets all the womens... even the green ones. Superman is stuck with Lois Lane. :tongue:
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I would have said Captain Kirk. He gets all the womens... even the green ones. Superman is stuck with Lois Lane. :tongue:
And he always had the hot Yeoman Janice Rand waiting for him on the Enterprise. :fuelfire:
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I would have said Captain Kirk. He gets all the womens... even the green ones. Superman is stuck with Lois Lane. :tongue:
...and hey never had sex. X-ray vision, super strength.....I wonder what the muzzle velocity of his ejaculate was? Maybe that's why they never had sex. It would kill her.
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...and hey never had sex. X-ray vision, super strength.....I wonder what the muzzle velocity of his ejaculate was? Maybe that's why they never had sex. It would kill her.
:lmao: :lmao:
That made me spit beer all over the table! H5 JohnnyReb! I needed a good laugh today!
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...and hey never had sex. X-ray vision, super strength.....I wonder what the muzzle velocity of his ejaculate was? Maybe that's why they never had sex. It would kill her.
I'd say a tad better than .45 ACP hardball . . . :whistling:
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I would have said Captain Kirk. He gets all the womens... even the green ones. Superman is stuck with Lois Lane. :tongue:
Kirk's green alien was also Batgirl on the original Batman starring Adam West. I believe her name was Yvonne Craig. She died yesterday at 78
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I love vlookup and also pivot tables. That's actually a good interview question, and can be useful to test for knowledge, talk about prior projects, etc.
I don't know how the hell I'd answer the Batman/Robin question; I'd probably be thinking that this company wasn't for me. Clown question.
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Kirk's green alien was also Batgirl on the original Batman starring Adam West. I believe her name was Yvonne Craig. She died yesterday at 78
I saw a news article on that. Didn't know she was the green woman on star trek though. :cheersmate:
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I'd say a tad better than .45 ACP hardball . . . :whistling:
Blew the back of her head clean off.
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Kirk's green alien was also Batgirl on the original Batman starring Adam West. I believe her name was Yvonne Craig. She died yesterday at 78
Yvonne Craig was one of the best things about the '60s!
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Yvonne Craig was one of the best things about the '60s!
Add in the cars and I will agree with you. Those were the days where you could actually tell what kind of care it was from a mile away, I do miss those sounds they made naturally without audio amplification. O yea and air at the filling station was free.
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Add in the cars and I will agree with you. Those were the days where you could actually tell what kind of care it was from a mile away, I do miss those sounds they made naturally without audio amplification. O yea and air at the filling station was free.
Yvonne Craig driving a cherry-red Thunderbird with the top down. That mental image warms the cockles of my heart... or something like that.
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diabeticman (3,050 posts)
Has anyone been on a job interview and got asked a weird question like Who would you be Batman or
Robin?
Or If you had to be natural disaster what would you be and why?
Why are people being asked these questions and how do you answer them?
My wife got asked this question and she asked Which Robin are we talking about and she went on to show that she knew the Batman lore and my wife was thinking if I say batman it would show a strong leader if she said Robin it might show her as a follower or weak.
I am finding a lot of friends being ask those questions and I just wonder if there is a right way to answer these questions?
And you guys call yourselves feminists? Shouldn't your wife's answer been, "Why are there no women super heroes in your list? She-Ra? Xena, Warrior Princess? Who wants to work for a chauvinist!
Cindie
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And you guys call yourselves feminists? Shouldn't your wife's answer been, "Why are there no women super heroes in your list? She-Ra? Xena, Warrior Princess? Who wants to work for a chauvinist!
Cindie
:clap: :clap: :clap:
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And you guys call yourselves feminists? Shouldn't your wife's answer been, "Why are there no women super heroes in your list? She-Ra? Xena, Warrior Princess? Who wants to work for a chauvinist!
Cindie
They certainly aren't Chivalrous.
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And you guys call yourselves feminists? Shouldn't your wife's answer been, "Why are there no women super heroes in your list? She-Ra? Xena, Warrior Princess? Who wants to work for a chauvinist!
Cindie
She-Ra.
Shortest skirt ever. They had to draw her from the side when she kicked.
Good role model.
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She-Ra.
Shortest skirt ever. They had to draw her from the side when she kicked.
Good role model.
And yet, the goddess she called on for power was Isis, goddess of family and motherhood. Maybe She-Ra was trying to attract a husband. My sons never paid much attention to her anyway because she was a girl.
Cindie
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The DU equivalent would be Buttman and Throbbin'.
WINNER!! :rotf: :lmao:
:cheersmate: