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DesertRatt
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Trust science? I'm not sure that even makes sense to me.
I certainly have no reason to trust "scientists."
I suppose I've experience gravity enough that I trust that I can't jump off the roof without hurting myself.
OTOH, a guy in a white lab coat with a syringe of goop promising to keep me from getting the cooties, is not going to get that thing into my arm.
Mystic
We're all born mad
Right on!
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
Houses decay over time - they lose value if there are no policy changes. So, they are not really going up due to inflation. The prices are rising because the policies around houses are changing to restrict building new ones, raise cost of new ones, change specs of new ones. If housing was a "free market" I'm pretty sure the average 3 bedroom 2 bath house would be selling for $50,000 at the low end in NOT PRIME markets, and maybe twice that amount in prime markets. Technology would have stripped away 90% of the labor
Mystic
We're all born mad
You could be right, my friend.
SolderIron
Addicted Member
The key is don't use bad models
SolderIron
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And went up about 30%
That is like this old one (which only works when presented verbally)
You are driving a bus
at the first stop 4 people get on.
at the second stop 5 people get on and 3 get off.
at the third stop 2 people get on and 4 get off.
at the fourth stop 1 person gets on and 3 get off
what is the name of the bus driver?
I had one like this in a job interview once. Not a trick question but still interesting.
I had to tell them my thought process as I worked on it. Four people on the other side of
the desk just watching me the entire time.
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Mystic
We're all born mad
My name. I remember this nugget.
Mystic
We're all born mad
Wow, had to work through ~ six steps to get it ... was stuck at 0 _ 2 and finally I got it : 042
This one is a good one, and I reckon it would lead to suicide among the test-taking kiddos @ MIT and probably every other postsecondary educational institution in the USA, probably also the EU. I think it would fare better in Russia and East Asia. (It'd be a breeze for kids in Israel ... trust me on that)
I get 052. The second clue says "645 — one number is correct, but in the wrong place." So it can't be 042. Right?
In my first real job interview, I had two supervisors in the meeting. One asked me what I did the summer after graduating. I said I rebuilt the engine in my BMW. The WHOLE interview (one hour) was spent discussing engine builds.
Afterwards, I asked if I needed to take the written test. They said, " Don't worry about it, you got the job."
The job had nothing to do with cars or rebuilding engines.
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Correct.
But you proved aptitude in a number of areas:
Ability to take on a task of great complexity
Ability to solve complex problems
Fortitude to forge through a complex process
Ability to stick with a task until completion
All admirable traits in the working world.
And I assume your résumé had enough strong points to get you into the interview in the first place. Once in the interview you proved yourself with your story of engine building. And congratulations on getting your first job.
Thanks!But you proved aptitude in a number of areas:
Ability to take on a task of great complexity
Ability to solve complex problems
Fortitude to forge through a complex process
Ability to stick with a task until completion
All admirable traits in the working world.
And I assume your résumé had enough strong points to get you into the interview in the first place. Once in the interview you proved yourself with your story of engine building. And congratulations on getting your first job.
I received a strong recommendation from the guy I interned with. And he knew the company's boss. I'm sure that didn't hurt.
Years later, I talked to him about the interview, and the supervisor said they wanted to see if the applicant was padding his/her resume. As a change of pace, they asked what you did before applying (not related to the job). Then, see if you really did that or were just making it up.
He said that most people did not pass the unwritten part of the interview.
We talked about this at a campfire, as we were both out dirt-biking at the time.
Exactly. I did something similar during interviews, I would pick a bullet point and ask them to tell me about it. If they did, then they were one step closer to getting in the door.
Oh yeah, definitely helped. But then after that you nailed the interview.
I did something similar. We had a co-op program for engineering students. On my last co-op assignment I guess I impressed them enough that they offered me a job after I graduated from college. Of course I immediately accepted, since I liked both the job and the people I was working with.
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
A friend's advice for job interviews.
Look around quickly at the office walls for pictures. You see the one where he's on the back of a fishing boat holding up his catch? That's your starting point. Ask him how much the fish weighed....you are on your way--fish, boats, rods, reels, bait, vacation spots...just keep it going.
