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I once interviewed at a startup for a senior engineer position and was asked “if aliens came to Earth and asked you to go into their UFO with them, would you?”.
by jiux 7y ago
I once interviewed at a startup for a senior engineer position and was asked “if aliens came to Earth and asked you to go into their UFO with them, would you?”...
As much shit as we give white-boarding, I would have chosen it instead if it were an option.
- glandium 7y agoWhat's the point of hypothesizing on things significantly less likely than someone winning the lottery (edit: while being hit by lightning, for good measure)? In fact "what would you do if you won the lottery" might actually give more interesting insight.
- xtracto 7y agoAt one time i was asked "why do frogs croak? I gave a series of answers like: to attract the opposite sex, gave some biological explanation of how they achieve that. But the stupid interviewer kept asking me why? Needless to say after the interview ended i ran away from that deal.