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[โ€“] jarfil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good point. So how would you say I did... was the frosting part too much? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

But really, I wonder if it's also a neurodivergence test; in an actual interview setting, I'd probably tend to think about it seriously and answer sincerely, then follow up with details if prompted.

[โ€“] monkeytennis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha, yeah you might be onto something there. It felt like a way to pull the rug from under people to see how they cope, which wasn't nice. I try to put people at ease in interviews, rather than try to catch them out.

I was ambushed with a "so, what do you do for fun?" once and the sudden context switch made me pause for so long that I must've seemed like I had no life outside of work ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

[โ€“] jarfil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was ambushed with a "so, what do you do for fun?" once

Same, I said "I like electronics and taking things apart", for an IT position. Got the job, ended up on printer duty. That wasn't what I meant by "fun" ๐Ÿ˜