In a friendly debate with a close friend of mine in 2009, I asked him, "Imagine you are interviewing Obama for a job, any job." I have interviewed a lot of people over the years.
There are a lot of people that can put some pretty creative titles, accolades and accomplishments on a resume. Columbia? Harvard? Not bad. But I never stopped there in an interview.
What did you study? Were you published? What was your final thesis about?
What jobs have you had? How did you pay for college? Have you ever had to fire anyone?
What is the most unethical situation you have found yourself involved in? Was it illegal? What did you do?
What do you think your most important accomplishment is? What accomplishment are you most proud of?
Tell me about your character. What are your values? What are your priorities? What do you think is the difference between values and priorities? I would throw him out of the interview after the 25th Uhm, ahh, hmmm....and I have. I once ended an interview with, "George, what do you really want to do in life? Because from where I am sitting, it doesn't seem to involve work." (graduating college student)
hmmmm....lol.
After being out of the workforce for 10 years to raise a large family, I’m now working on a plan to figure out a)where to work b)how to prepare to work there and c)figure out how to get hired once I’m prepared.
your post terrifies me...but I’m going to cut,copy, and paste it anyway if you don’t mind ;)
That's the kind of guy that interviewers 150 years ago had a trapdoor for, down to a secret chamber where the patsy would be rolled, knocked out, and wake up on a brigantine bound for China -- Shanghaied. Shanghai-ing was invented to fill ships' billets and make guys like Obama go away for about five years.