Re:Wacky interview questions
by scrumper on Friday January 11, 2013 @03:57PM
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I can see where most of these are coming from. Estimation, consulting/sales, personality, management & leadership. The penguin in the sombrero is harder to pin down. Are they trying to see how you analyse novel situations? As in, "Well, it's wearing a sombrero but comes from the antarctic, so it's likely been on holiday. Since this office isn't in Mexico or the antarctic it's probably on a travelling holiday, which means its young and doesn't have any money. Since it's a construction company, best case is it wants a job as a labourer. Worst case, it wants to use the phone to call its parents and ask for a bail out." I know, call me Sherlock. I expect I've missed the point though. I really would like to know what other people have to say about this question.
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Re:Wacky interview questions
by pavel_lishin on Friday January 11, 2013 @04:07PM
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> The penguin in the sombrero is harder to pin down.
My response would be, "If a penguin in a sombrero walks through the door and starts talking, the most plausible reason for why he's here is that you've spiked my coffee with LSD."
Re:Wacky interview questions
by georgemcbay on Friday January 11, 2013 @04:38PM
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“A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?”
He says "deslizarse". He's there because he is my power animal.
Penguin in a sombrero? It sounds to me like one of the smaller penguins from Happy Feet, so any line one of them might say. For instance, Hey, where did all the girls go?
My guess is that they want to learn your sense of humor, to know whether you'll fit with the team.