RE: dba interview questions

Ah. Some time ago when running a Youth Group, I discovered that there is only one infallible answer when faced with a 'popular beat music combo, m'lud' that one has never heard of. This consist of nodding ones head sagely and saying ' ah yes, but don't you think that they've gone a bit commercial'. Works every time - even with groups that have only released 1 record that sold 42 copies. Rumour has it even David Bowie fans are fooled by this particular line.

Niall

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> From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com] On
> Behalf Of Tim Gorman
> Sent: 28 October 2003 14:09
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> Subject: Re: dba interview questions
>
>
> You're likely to get the kind of response my kids would give:
>
> "Wasn't he with the Beatles or the Stones or some other *old*
> band like that?"
>
> Hell, my son considers the Offspring to be "over the hill"
> and Linkin Park as starting to lose it...
>
> About 7 years ago, I interviewed someone who listed "Phish"
> as one of his interests. I asked him "What is Phish?" and
> then spelled it for him. The expressions that swept across
> his face in one second ran from frank astonishment, to
> disbelief, to pity, to a carefully-composed poker face as he
> answered, "A musical group that I like".
>
> Food for thought: when I was a kid in the 70s, my father
> would play his "big band" records and my brothers and I would
> roll our eyes and leave the house. Such lame, ancient music!
> At the time, those recordings were 30-35 years old...
>
> Ummmmm...
>
> For a kid today, the Stones, the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Frank
> Zappa, Yes, and Bowie are far more ancient. Not just in
> years, but the years do add up...
>
> ..'scuse me, I think I hear a bottle of Metamucil calling...
>
>
>
> on 10/28/03 4:59 AM, Richard Foote at richard.foote_at_bigpond.com wrote:
>
> > Only two questions are required to ensure you get an appropriate
> > person for the job (any job):
> >
> > 1) What do you think of David Bowie, is he brilliant or what ?
> >
> > and providing they answer the above question positively
> >
> > 2) Are you any good ?
> >
> > Works every time ;)
> >
> > Richard
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> >
> >> I ask things like "tell me the thing you've done that you are most
> >> proud of" and "tell me your nightmare situation and how did you
> >> recover from it"
> >>
> >> Ans: My worst nightmare, my date pick her nose infront of
> me, I call
> >> cab
> > infront of her.
> >>
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