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Her last answer really did her in, I think. She said she was "wishing [the number of graduating seniors] was higher" since she was amid a job search. That would
by presidentender 17y ago
Her last answer really did her in, I think. She said she was "wishing [the number of graduating seniors] was higher" since she was amid a job search. That would mean more competition for jobs. That indicates a lack of critical thinking skills.
- jpeterson 17y agoIt was a joke. I think what doomed her more than anything was a lack of comprehension skills from the first interviewer, and a lack of humor from the second.
- cia_plant 17y agoYour comment indicates a lack of reading skills. She said that she wished the number of graduating seniors who had jobs were higher.
- presidentender 17y agoBy golly, you're right! I'd downvote myself if I could. Looks like I owe her an apology.
- kalid 17y agoI think the gmail answer would have sunk her too. Google is an advertising company -- 1/4 (25%) clickthrough on Gmail ads (not even search) is just crazy. People click search ads because they're looking for something, Gmail ads probably get an order of magnitude less click through (people aren't in gmail to find new things). For someone applying to an advertising company, she needs to know their basic business model and assumptions. If she thought about her own usage, she'd realize that it was an insanely high number (had she ever clicked on a single gmail ad, let alone 25% of them?).
- dsplittgerber 17y agoExactly. This was the main point. It's just so off. If you don't care enough about a company to understand the absolutely most basic reasoning behind their cashcow product, why should the company be interested in hiring you?
- zck 17y ago>If she thought about her own usage, she'd realize that it was an insanely high number... It's dangerous to generalize from yourself like that.
- gloob 17y agoBetter to generalize from one data point than to generalize from none.