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That's hilarious! Also a bit disturbing that you felt the need to recite some political "party line" to get a job (not that I think you were wrong), but I suppo
by sequoia 5y ago
That's hilarious! Also a bit disturbing that you felt the need to recite some political "party line" to get a job (not that I think you were wrong), but I suppose if it's an explicitly political org it could make sense.
But more generally, I'm now interested in completely misinterpreted interview questions, and funny stories about same.
- plasticchris 5y agoMy favorite was at a dying startup when Amazon interviewed anyone willing and gave us all their leadership principles to read beforehand. One person got a question wrong and when challenged thought they were testing on “disagree and commit” and so doubled down thinking that’s what they wanted to see.