Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Happy fun money dance!

So, after much consideration(read 2 minutes), I applied for a job at National Chain Bookstore(genericized for fear of something or other).

The application for said job was routed through an online system that asks you the usual bits about references and work experience, as well as an extra 100 random bonus questions!

These questions include such gems as "do you correct people when it's necessary," and "do people often annoy you?" These aren't terrible, really, except that the answer choices are "Strongly disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly agree," and the questions themselves contain imprecise qualifiers like "always" and "necessary."

These words have multiple meanings. Assuming that "always" was intended to mean generally, your answer might be less of a bad mark against you than if it actually meant at all times, ever. Really, a little clarification. Please.

Also, when your largest hiring block is college students and you expect personal references to have known them for a minimum of five years, you may not be getting the most up to date info from those references. College only lasts 4-26 years, people.

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