On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > That's the best bit of news I've read all day. You probably wouldn't > have liked working there anyway. You have your reasons for not naming > names. Interviewing is a two-way street - you are determining if the > company is where you want to work and they are determining if they want > you to work there. A quirky dance of sorts.
Not at all. If requiring to know the answer to that question is going to be part of why you'd be working there anyway, I wouldn't want to be there. However, if you're desparate for a job, then, yes, you want to pass the tests. But, if you're not, the perfectly valid question of 'do I really need to come up with an answer for this questionable construct' is an adequate reply to who ever is interviewing you since the person you're asking is either a) HR, who's been handed the question, and wouldn't know the validity of your answer or b) someone you'd actually work with/for who may appreciate (or not, depending on locale) your questioning the actual question. I agree - interviews (when you can actually get one! I was in such a position 11 months ago where I didn't even get that far (UK)) are a two way thing. It shouldn't be a 'I want a job, will you take me?' situation. It should be 'you want someone' with 'do I want to work here?' Happily, back then, I eventually got a job. I'm still there and I still like it. (Though at the time it did fall into the 'I want a job, will you take me' category, but it was a 2-way interview - nothing scared me from taking it when offered.) -- PJH http://shabbleland.myminicity.com/ind
