Either Way, It Adds Up To An Asset
Funny Stories, Job Interview, Job Seekers, Math & Science, Retail, South Dakota, USA | Working
| July 8, 2023
I’m doing a job interview for a pretty standard retail working position. There’s a collection of bulls*** questions that we’re required to ask and document the answer to as part of standardizing the hiring process.
I have an applicant in front of me.
Me: “What’s your greatest strength?”
Applicant: “I’m very fast at math. Ask me a math problem.”
Humoring her, I ask:
Me: “What’s seven plus fifteen?”
She responds almost instantly.
Applicant: “Three.”
Me: “That’s… not the answer.”
Applicant: “No, but it was fast, wasn’t it?”
I laughed. I hired her. A sense of humor is a useful skill working retail.
