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Interview question..

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:03 pm
by Sunset Lady
"If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender how would you get out"?

This was in Readers Digest as one of the 25 toughest interview questions of 2010, asked by an analyst at Goldman Sachs.

How would you have answered?


My answer would have been, hands on one side of jar, feet on the other side crawl up and out.

Re: Interview question..

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:28 pm
by E_
Hmm, depends on the blender. Many I guess you could just jump up and pull yourself out but why not wait until some margarita mix is added and float on out as it is poured in... lol

Re: Interview question..

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:50 pm
by katie
Is the blender on or off? ;)

Re: Interview question..

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:52 pm
by katie
katie wrote:Is the blender on or off? ;)


I have heard some of these "interview" questions they're asking these days.... I hope I don't get fired from my current job, I would never get rehired in corporate, I'm sure. Unless of course, the interviewer uses common sense. =; 8-|

Re: Interview question..

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:22 pm
by re3too
I vote for puttin' E in the blender, turnin' it on and let the sh....oh, nevermind! :D ;;) :-* :-*

Re: Interview question..

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:02 am
by Sunset Lady
I thought it was a weird question to be asking. Not sure what information can be learned from it. But I hope I don't have to answer interview questions like that either. I would probably look at the person like they were just crazy.

E sounds like your having a whirl of a good time in the blender =)) .

Re: Interview question..

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:29 pm
by Jaybird
[quote="Sunset Lady"]"If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender how would you get out"?

This was in Readers Digest as one of the 25 toughest interview questions of 2010, asked by an analyst at Goldman Sachs.

How would you have answered?


My answer would have been, hands on one side of jar, feet on the other side crawl up and out.[/quote

Since it is a stupid question, 8-} 8-} IMO I would give a stupid answer like, I would draw a hole in the side of the blender with a magic marker and crawl out. :-B