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suzbaby Donating Member (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 05:41 PM
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Let the waiting begin!
I just had my second interview. I answered many hypothetical questions like: “You’re in a burning building, you can either save a kitten with the cure for cancer inside it or your own mother...which will it be?”

I talked to 5 different people, answered some questions well and others not well.

Here’s hoping I get the job, and more so, that I like the job.

Waiting is the worst part.
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suzbaby Donating Member (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 06:27 PM
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1. still waiting...
maybe if I keep posting the waiting will get shorter. :)
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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 06:56 PM
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2. Are you still waiting?
Is the suspense making your face tingle?
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suzbaby Donating Member (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 07:22 PM
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7. My teeth are tingling!
:P And they probably will until I hear either way.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 09:23 AM
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11. Let's hope you DO hear either way.
I've had second interviews that they didn't even give me the courtesy of a phone call. Class is not a corporate standard nowadays.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 06:58 PM
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3. Good luck!
I hate questions like that.
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 06:59 PM
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4. Best of luck.
It's a pain waiting to hear.
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 07:00 PM
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5. I'll bite
What kind of job asks those types of questions? The last time I saw ones like that was a civil service exam I took in the 80's.
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suzbaby Donating Member (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 07:21 PM
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6. I was exaggerating :)
But they were ethical questions like, customer X wants a refund but it is past the 30 day return policy...what do you do? What do you do if he has posted a negative review on amazon.com because you refused the return? What are the ethical implications of that?
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 07:53 AM
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8. I see
Edited on Wed Feb-22-06 07:54 AM by DaveTheWave
Well they did ask questions like that in my military entrance exam and a civil service test I took later. The one I always remember was if I was being charged at by a tiger would I shoot it. Something like that.
Good luck :hi:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 08:15 AM
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9. Hypothetical? Or hyperbole-ridden?
I mean, how many kittens hold the cure for cancer?
NONE.

Those questions have no part in a job application form and I suggest you contact your state's attorney general. He holds the cure for this sort of chicanery.
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AirmensMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-22-06 08:18 AM
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10. Hmmm ... I don't like the question.
But I hope you get the job! :hug: Be sure and let us know. :bounce:
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