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Yeah, seems like if you're hiring for a low-level retail employee, it's not necessarily a plus if they're the kind of person who deeply analyzes this sort of qu
by idopmstuff 4y ago
Yeah, seems like if you're hiring for a low-level retail employee, it's not necessarily a plus if they're the kind of person who deeply analyzes this sort of question instead of giving the superficially correct response. Particularly if this was in an employer-friendly time from a hiring perspective, and they had an endless supply of candidates.
- applejacks 4y ago> they're the kind of person who deeply analyzes this sort of question Clearly they didn't deeply analyze the question in the relevant context. Answering "yes" to this is high school level "edginess". One needn't condescend, as there are equivalent questions at all levels of hiring, all with equally obvious (in)correct answers. No, you shouldn't answer "what is your biggest challenge" with "not showing up to work drunk", even if it is indeed your biggest challenge, and one that you work hard to successfully overcome every day. Another commenter refers to this as "walking the corporate walk" but I think it's more "having an understanding of context and appropriate levels of sharing" and it applies at all times in life.
- notch656c 4y agoSome cultures, and strongly correlated thus nationalities, are more brutally honest than others. So it may just be a test to see if you're an apple pie white American, which could be unlawful discrimination.
- CapmCrackaWaka 4y agoI think you have this backwards - Apparently, Americans are considered more brutally honest and direct in negotiations than other cultures: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-negotiate-around-the-world-2015-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-negotiate-around-the-...
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y agoThat doesn't mean that Americans are more brutally honest in social interactions. In my experience, Americans commonly (admittedly, not always) avoid topics and observations which they think a listening party would find uncomfortable.
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- quocanh 4y agoThis actually reminds me of something I've been thinking about lately. What we call honesty is actually two different things: truthfulness and openness. Americans are probably truthful and not open.
- BrandoElFollito 4y agoNo s**t, my g*d these Americans are really ***** (who would have thought it is so difficult to beep out words in HN, I had to escape each *)
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y agoReminds me of the time I said the fuck word kinda loudly in public in Provo, Utah. Had people looking at me like I'd just grown a second head. That's kinda why I always say "the fuck word" instead of "the eff word". I've had too many interactions where somebody felt comfortable correcting my word choice for me to be polite about it. ("Fuckin' heck!" is pretty fun too; people just don't know how to respond.)
- yamazakiwi 4y agoIt's common in most roles for employers to check if you are flexible, teachable, and ready for cool-aid.
- NavinF 4y ago*kool-aid https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid
- alasdair_ 4y ago*Flavor Aid They didn't actually use Kool-aid in the Jonestown massacre, people just think they did.
- entropicdrifter 4y agoJust because the saying is apocryphal doesn't mean the spelling "cool-aid" was correct. The saying is "drinking the Kool-Aid" regardless
- yamazakiwi 4y agoSounds like you're drinking their cool-aid.
- NavinF 4y ago"drinking the Flavor Aid" doesn't sound nearly as good. It sounds like a knockoff
- yamazakiwi 4y agoI personally think Flavor Aid rolls right off the tongue and into the garbage.
- davidw 4y agoReminds me of the scene in Cryptonimicon, again: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1866629 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1866629
- wedn3sday 4y agoMany things remind me of scenes from the Cryptonomicon, especially things that rhyme with "torpedo."