Gerne wäre ich Wurm
Mit bescheuerten Fragen bei Einstellungsinterviews hat sich schon vor einiger Zeit das „MadMan's Weblog“ beschäftigt. Es geht unter anderem um die überraschende Frage nach den Stärken und Schwächen des Kandidaten, oder darum, welches Tier er gerne wäre.
These types of questions make me laugh. Some people actually believe that questions like those can realistically measure how "creative" the person is or how well he can "think out of the box" (how I despise that term). Yeah, right! If you think that if a person wanting to be a lion tells you that he'd make an excellent leader, you need to go back to school and learn something useful. What does being an animal have to do with the job they're being interviewed for anyway? Are you looking for cats for your company? Horses? Elephants? Gorillas? Besides, why on earth would any "creative" person want to be an animal? They'd be bored out of their skulls. All animals do all day is wander around, find food, eat and sleep. Even sex is usually restricted to the mating season.
These types of questions make me laugh. Some people actually believe that questions like those can realistically measure how "creative" the person is or how well he can "think out of the box" (how I despise that term). Yeah, right! If you think that if a person wanting to be a lion tells you that he'd make an excellent leader, you need to go back to school and learn something useful. What does being an animal have to do with the job they're being interviewed for anyway? Are you looking for cats for your company? Horses? Elephants? Gorillas? Besides, why on earth would any "creative" person want to be an animal? They'd be bored out of their skulls. All animals do all day is wander around, find food, eat and sleep. Even sex is usually restricted to the mating season.