Law Firm Merger Tension

Weird job interviews pt. 3

Anerlin: I was once asked what my greatest fear was. I blurted out "spiders!" before I could even stop myself. To make it even worse, when I realized it, I started laughing. I laugh way too easily.

legal_dick: spiders is a good answer. if answering honestly, i'd have to say "testicular trauma" the answer they probably want to hear is "being late for work"

LargeFeet: I was asked by a hiring partner how many push ups I thought he could do. A good friend (female) with a nice figure went on a call back interview. She was at lunch or dinner with three partners when the waiter pushed the desert cart around. She said she would really like one of each == so they brought her a serving plate with about enough dessert for ten men, and she ate it all. And, she got the job offer.

JBentham: I was interviewing for a job after college. It was one guy in a suit that didn't fit, but he made sure to point out that it was Armani. Then he proceeded to ask the following: If you were a fruit, what would you be and why? Now in anticipation of the inevitable "huh huh, you said 'fruit'" homage to Beavis and Butthead, he actually meant a fruit as in apple, strawberry, pear...

hamburgerman: how did you answer that one? i think i'd say i was a pineapple.

MeJD: Perfect answer would be: "Good question, Bob. I'm really afraid that I'll be drugged while sleeping, wake up in a slave camp in Nairobi, where I will be forced to undergo gender reassignment surgery and become a woman. Not just any woman, but a tall blonde with a tight ass and a huge rack. When I recover, I'll be sold to a fat, greasy Thai businessman, and forced to turn tricks on the streets of Bangkok. After a while, I will contract AIDS, be allowed to return to the US for medical treatment, only to have my insurance company deny coverage because I did not disclose that I was a woman now instead of a man. So, I hire an attorney and sue the insurance company, but my attorney is Lionel Hutz from "The Simpsons," and he arrives in court wearing no pants. I lose my case, and I'm so upset that I don't pay attention to traffic on the way out of the courthouse, and am hit by a bus and killed. That's my biggest fear, Bob. But I'm sure you hear that from many of the candidates you interview."

Anerlin: I'll have to remember to be more creative with answers! Or is that a bad thing?

lawbones: i had a job interview where the interviewer was eating beef stew from dinty moore tin. he offered me a bite, or a sip, and i was freaking out worrying about how it would affect my chances of getting the job. i declined, saying i just ate. but i never heard back about the job.