Re: Intern? I Like the Sound of That.
Merritt, before you go crazy hiring interns, make sure you know what you’re getting in for. Remember what happened last time I let someone come in for an interview without fully reviewing the application? Well, apparently I can’t learn my lesson…
All intern candidates are required to fill out the same set of questions, and I brought an applicant in for an interview without looking at his answers (I was busy, he had an impressive resume). This is what I got:
Q: What are your strengths, weaknesses, and interestes?
A: Strengths: Intellegence; Weaknesses: Cheese, women, and video games; Interests: What sociologists would call gender and sexuality studies and participating in the life of where I live.
Q: List three words that describe you? (I usually answers like hard-working, determined, creative …)
A: White, male, glasses
Q: Please tell us about your greatest accomplishment.
A: Deadlifting 305 pounds.
Q: Please tell us about a time you took on a project no one else wanted?
A: Just today, no one wanted to wash windows in UTD’s student union. I didn’t mind.
Hired.
You know, there are a lot of uses for someone who can deadlift 305 pounds, IJS. And who doesn’t like cheese?
You would have clean windows atleast …
Sounds like a few that I have hired… with the exception that he could spell
This is like that chain email that goes around that goes something like:
Q: How do you put a giraffe in a refridgerator?
A: Open the door and stick him in.
Thanks for the laugh….this is hilarious and exactly what I needed on this Wednesday night!
Well I obviously can’t compete with candidates like those. Damn!