To be given something requires that you accept it first. I will not be accepting any elephants! Right after I slam the door in your face, I will be calling up the po po, who will be there before you're able to go "give" someone else an elephant.
I would love him and kiss him and squeeze him and call him George. He would sleep with me and we would go for walks. I would be honored to spend my life with a Paccy!!
Questions like this, "if you were a tree, what tree and why" & "if you were a kitchen appliance, what and why" are red flags to me. Once interviewed for a job when I first moved to the USA. It was going well until they focused on me being English. 10 minutes asking about cars and Top Gear. I left.
Find a way to get it home and release it back into the wild. Who is giving out elephants at interviews ?! 😆 seems a costly way to judge someone’s empathy and ability to think on their feet.
Easy. Murder it. Take the edible meat and dry it/cold store it.
If it has tusks, make them into figurenes/jewerly and give as gifts. Dump the bones on a bike lane/ park in New York. Done.
Thank you for posting this. I enourage my students to practice interviewing in class, and this led me to a deep dive on "Behavioral Interview" questions. If you understand why they ask you for an example from your past instead or a hypothetical scenario, you'll be one step closer to getting the job!
The elephant wasn't property in the first place, so it isn't mine to give away or sell. I would arrange for transportation back to where it came from, where doubtless it still has friends and family.
Then, I would gather all the shit and fill the car of the person who thought of this.
My answer: train it to blend into urban environments by getting it to carry a clipboard like a pollster or census taker (those people are invisible), or get it to skulk around in alleyways whilst wearing a trenchcoat and sunglasses.
Oh, I've seen this question. I said take them on a tour to schools so kids can see an elephant up close for free. I didn't get the job because I said 'free.'
The first and most obvious question is, “Is it white? Because if it’s a white elephant, well, that’s just a whole different story. So, I guess you need to write better questions and communicate more clearly what it is you’re looking for in new hires; is it sarcasm, empathy, journalistic skills…?”
I once filled out one of these stupid things for a company. Spent a lot of time and thought on my answers only to get an AI ding a few hours later. I will never work for or utilize that company's offering ever again given it's obvious disrespect the people's time and effort.
There is also a large body of psych research that shows that outside of testing for specific job-related skills, these sorts of interviews and questionnaires not not predict employee success or effectiveness, so essentially they are a waste of time.
Oh, I was agreeing. I actually enjoyed answering the question insofar as there was no right answer and the point could have been to show flexible thinking (relevant in my field), but the fact that noone actually read, much less engaged with my response was proof that I was wrong about the point.
I liked the person who said they'd flip the question to ask about the company's pet policy. A good sense of humor can go a long way in a stressful workplace.
I’d use it to get back and forth to work in the event my car breaks down because if I have to spend 8 hours of my day at this circus I may as well look like a clown on my way there.
Research & evaluate the context of the elephant (alive or inanimate), the needs of the elephant, the purpose of the elephant, etc. Use that relevant information to determine the best action to take. Making any decision without that information is a waste of time & resources, like this question.
Use Plutarch, that's what I'd name him, to go to and from work every day, and let him come to meetings with customers where he would marvel them with his grace, or act shy and hide behind some furniture.
While I have asked this in interviews, putting this on an application is wild. The point is supposed to be to observe the person working through an abstract problem with no real answer to learn about their thought process. It doesn't work when not in person.
Introduce it to my wife, daughter and grand-daughter. That'll keep everyone occupied for a while whilst I come up with a proper solution. I'll have time as I'd actually have binned this application rather than overthink this question.
My ex wife used to ask a similar question when co ducting job interviews. It just helps interviewers understand the way you process information and your creativity
Release it back into its natural habitat. It’s not being given away or sold. If it’s too domesticated for that, I would loan it (again not giving it away or selling it) to a responsible nature preserve or zoo.
Third option- have it trample the person who made that question.
I would Teach the Elephant to do CPR And the Heimlich Maneuver w/its Trunk, so it could roam the earth like Kwai Chang Caine saving Lives & bringing happiness to people around the world.
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Yes and no. He actually did succeed in smashing Roman army after Roman army. But in the end they won as they just stubbornly kept mustering armies to chuck at him.
Lack of enough of a siege train and the numbers to take Rome didn’t do him any favours either though.
I refuse to accept that there isn’t a solution for any problem even if a solution fails. If I can’t give it away or sell it then I will trade it. I hate these types of questions.
Would letting it live in the Capitol building in DC be the right answer for MAGA employers?
Since MAGA are the 1/6/21 defenders, who plotted fake electors, beat cops, & accepted that elected politicians could handle chaos, surely they can all figure out how to navigate an elephant in their rooms.
Bobby Kennedy team members are using intake forms created by a crazed “psychologist” that asks personal questions of sex and frequency …for his and others own Govt staffers.
Bizarre questions that should never be asked as part of an application
Does anyone know what the point of questions like this are? Is it to test your reading comprehension and writing skills? Creativity? Patience for pointless tasks?
“free it” would me my answer. Then a very hearty f*ck all the way off for being such a dumba$s question. Normal people are so so screwed in this country
It actually says everything about ones character. These seemingly nonsensical random questions are psychology 101. And the answers can be dealbreakers.
I'm either going to file a lawsuit against someone for trying to force me to be a party to animal cruelty, or permanently loan it to an elephant sanctuary.
Then I'm going to leave you a bad review on Glassdoor.
Since my favorite animal is an elephant we would be best friends. But then I would REQUEST that he be allowed to stay at a wildlife preserve and he would still belong to me.
Someone must have read the book by Vaseem Khan, "when the going gets tough, a determined elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs".
The unexpected inheritance of Inspector Chopra.
"I refuse to answer any more asinine questions that have nothing to do with the job description or my ability to show up on time, do the work and go home. You don't give a shit about my answer to this question any more than I do. My time is valuable and so is yours. Let's move on."
If I thought this was a serious question that actually required an answer, I would answer that I would do a GoFundMe to collect airfare to send the elephant to Hwange National Park between Zimbabwe & Botswana and set it free. I didn't give it away or sell it - I just let my pet elephant roam free
This actually seems like a nightmare to me. There is no world where I would have the reasorces to care for such a critter. My only response would have to be "something along the lines of free willy but a bit of elephant stalking to make sure they don't get poached, starve, or too lonely"
Do what they do for old horses. Put the elephant out to pasture. Providing that you have one. Then buy another so they can start a family. Soon you'll have an elephant farm.
African or Asian elephant? Male or female? If it's a male African elephant it's going to be HUGE! There's no way I could keep him and feed him. I would have to say, "I don't need to work for a company that asks such a foolish question"
Huge sign that the employer is going to dump elephant-sized tasks on the employee and not provide the right support or tools to accomplish the task. Run away!
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There are many states where it is unlawful, a code violation or requires a license to own a wild animal.
If it has tusks, make them into figurenes/jewerly and give as gifts. Dump the bones on a bike lane/ park in New York. Done.
a sense of humor
creativity
compassion
loyalty
seeking out adventure
a will to travel
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« Is it an African or Asian elephant? »
And hop, program crash, you get to pass!
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Go you !!
Inside voice, "Are you f'ing kidding me. I just dodged a bullet."
Then, I would gather all the shit and fill the car of the person who thought of this.
There is also a large body of psych research that shows that outside of testing for specific job-related skills, these sorts of interviews and questionnaires not not predict employee success or effectiveness, so essentially they are a waste of time.
Of course the right answer is, “one bite at a time”
(meaning how do you tackle big problems).
That's probably the answer their looking for.
I’d use it to get back and forth to work in the event my car breaks down because if I have to spend 8 hours of my day at this circus I may as well look like a clown on my way there.
If so, eat it.
Obviously one would make friends, ask for a ride, & feed it snacks as we ambled through town.
Companies these days….
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Third option- have it trample the person who made that question.
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“ I would eat it. One bite at a time. “
Love it!
Lack of enough of a siege train and the numbers to take Rome didn’t do him any favours either though.
attrition
Since MAGA are the 1/6/21 defenders, who plotted fake electors, beat cops, & accepted that elected politicians could handle chaos, surely they can all figure out how to navigate an elephant in their rooms.
Bizarre questions that should never be asked as part of an application
https://www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-2670351342/
WTF are we going to do?😢😢😢😢😢
Then I'm going to leave you a bad review on Glassdoor.
Who told you about the elephant? We aren't supposed to talk about the elephant.
The unexpected inheritance of Inspector Chopra.
Why can't it go home to its family?
Why are you giving non-returnable elephants to job applicants?
You sir, deserve that job!
Whatever it was 😅
If I were that elephant, I would want to be reunited with my family.
“Do unto others as you would have done unto you”🩶