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Questions asked of graduates applying for jobs seem to be getting funkier. I applied for a whole load of jobs time time, last year but never did I come across this. I was asked weird ones - the one that I think that I enjoyed answering was "When did I lose my temper last?" and in that same interview, I was asked if "I would accept an assignment to be based in Iraq...". The rest of the panel stopped the slightly sensitive topic; it was a fun panel but they felt they had crossed the line since I was muslim and Iraq. I was unmoved; but I guess I did have said yes, even though the truth is that Iraq is not accessible.
Getting back to the questions:
What is the most funniest or embarrassing thing that has happened to you?
I do not think this is the most embarrassing thing ever but it was when I was in secondary school. I used to buy my food and drinks from the canteen and sit on a ledge to enjoy my snack. Of course, Sri Lanka has crows. And like lots of them. Anyways, an adventurous one flew down and swooped on my snack; caught off-guard and basic gut instincts, I tried to fend it off. In the process, I was scratched. He had just missed my eye; but of course, my immature friends decided to make the best of this opportunity convinced me that the scratch could still have dire consequences. Believing the smhucks, I visited a doctor. He dismissed me thinking I was nuts. To top it off, I was rumoured to have contracted "crowsythis" - do not contest me on the spelling.
What is the biggest risk you have taken?
Risk involves uncertainty. Of course, this one is easy since we always take calculated risks. The easiest was the one that involved starting my degree in NUS, giving up a full-time job and knowing that I did have to settle outside of Sri Lanka for some time to come. The rest is history. In hindsight, it has its ups and downs but given that I spent a year in the States and landed a job in StanChart makes this a definitely positive thing.
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Wow. These questions are hard. Sometimes, I think they are asked to measure how well we can relate; to be fair, if asked face-to-face, this might be easier (I think). Of course, it could also measure how a candidate fares in opening up, ability to actually reveal sometimes sensitive info. and so on.
An incident I froze almost completely was when I was asked to describe the life of a stapler. I was asked to start and not stop until instructed. I started and froze twice. I was not called back for the second interview. No suprise there.
Getting back to the questions:
What is the most funniest or embarrassing thing that has happened to you?
I do not think this is the most embarrassing thing ever but it was when I was in secondary school. I used to buy my food and drinks from the canteen and sit on a ledge to enjoy my snack. Of course, Sri Lanka has crows. And like lots of them. Anyways, an adventurous one flew down and swooped on my snack; caught off-guard and basic gut instincts, I tried to fend it off. In the process, I was scratched. He had just missed my eye; but of course, my immature friends decided to make the best of this opportunity convinced me that the scratch could still have dire consequences. Believing the smhucks, I visited a doctor. He dismissed me thinking I was nuts. To top it off, I was rumoured to have contracted "crowsythis" - do not contest me on the spelling.
What is the biggest risk you have taken?
Risk involves uncertainty. Of course, this one is easy since we always take calculated risks. The easiest was the one that involved starting my degree in NUS, giving up a full-time job and knowing that I did have to settle outside of Sri Lanka for some time to come. The rest is history. In hindsight, it has its ups and downs but given that I spent a year in the States and landed a job in StanChart makes this a definitely positive thing.
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Wow. These questions are hard. Sometimes, I think they are asked to measure how well we can relate; to be fair, if asked face-to-face, this might be easier (I think). Of course, it could also measure how a candidate fares in opening up, ability to actually reveal sometimes sensitive info. and so on.
An incident I froze almost completely was when I was asked to describe the life of a stapler. I was asked to start and not stop until instructed. I started and froze twice. I was not called back for the second interview. No suprise there.
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