Fact-based questions not allowed
Ping! The following invitation arrives in Dr Mumbo’s inbox (details removed to protect the junior)…
Hello,
I hope this email finds you well,
I am writing to you in regards to a business interview opportunity with XXX, the senior vice president of Ecommerce for XXX.
The XXX website launched shipping to Australia last year, and we’d love to set up a time for you to sit down with XXX and discuss the success XXX have had in the Australian market, as well as how the company has grown as a whole.
Please see below a short Bio on XXX, and attached we have up to date back ground information on XXX and the team.
Please note that no questions on numbers will be permitted and we require a direction of the interview to be supplied beforehand, e.g. samples questions.
Please let me know if this is of interest to you and we can book in a time, looking forward to your reply.
Kindest, xxx
While Dr Mumbo isn’t entirely sure what “samples questions” are, he thinks he’ll decline, thanks.
I received this email and I wondered, what would the interview subject if I asked them there thoughts on various numbers. Is 23 mysterious? Is 7 lucky? Is 69 funny? What’s pi to the 15th decimal place?
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In regards to? Presumably they meant with regard to. Oh I forgot . . . Grammar doesn’t matter these days
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Or ‘regarding’ or even ‘about’.
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Agree. Tony J.
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Brilliant – so the company has achieved magical success in Australia and elsewhere on what basis? Number of rabbits pulled out of hats? Oops, sorry, can’t mention numbers..
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I presume the company in question was the Dharma Initiative and the numbers referred to were 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42?
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The usual illiterate nonsense from the p.r. company where you’re only hired if you fail the IQ and literacy tests? Actually there’s more than one but we can’t mention numbers.
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Anyone wonder why?
When Moribund CEO is copping big bucks for hazy afternoons at the Club and Digital Managers, Digital Producers are hired as they pass their 18th birthday and go into the market at a whopping $25k per annum to wrangle the businesses’ digital presence.
“Hey Courtney, can you do up a web page showing how cool we are?”
Black and white photos, video with grunge edges and that cool plugin that makes it look like 8mm home movies. What could be kewler than that?
OMG. YOLO.
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