Re: vague interview opener questions are irksome

Whenever I get one of those, "Tell me about yourself..." questions, I just
ramble on about my classic car. I figure there is a good chance the
interviewer might be a car nut too, and if thats the case, I'm set!

-John

On Wed, 5 May 2004, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

> >>>>> "Terrence" == Terrence Brannon <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Terrence> The questions that I hate to hear at the start of an interview are:
> Terrence> * "So who is Terrence Brannon"
>
> Terrence> * "Why don't you tell me a little bit about what you've been doing"
>
> Terrence> My desired answer to both of these is "RTFR" - read the $#expletive resume
>
> My response would be <voice style="trump">You're Fired!</voice>.
>
> I know that your resume gives data about you, but that's you on paper.
> If you are wanting to work with me, and you can't give me an easy
> answer to a question you surely know the answer for, I'm not really
> sure how you'll do on the tougher questions.
>
> Not everything is numbers.  People skills are important.  This has been
> pointed out to me nearly every time I forget it. :)
>
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