Re: Straw lighthearted poll ...

This reminds me of that well-know proverb:

If at first you don't succeeed - destroy all indications that you ever tried.

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"Connor McDonald" <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> True story:

>

> I was the technical rep at an interview for a new sys admin.  My HR

> partner in the interview was asking those "behavioural assessment"

> questions, even though before the candidate had arrived I had been

> heaping sarcasm on the HR guy along the lines of "any idiot can see

> through those questions and respond appropriately".  Anyway:

>

> HR to candidate: "Tell me about a time you have overcome personal

> adversity"  (I stifle a groan)

>

> Candidate:  "Well, there was this one time when I was not allowed

access


> to the computer room where the passwords were kept, and I needed

admin


> rights to..." (can't remember what) "...So I waited until someone

else


> went in, noted down the combination, and after everyone had gone

home, I


> snuck in and gave myself all the admin rights I needed"

(self-satisfied


> grin)

>

> Me:  (stunned silence, mouth wide open)

>

> After the interview, I had to eat humble pie as the HR guy raved

about


> how his technique had rooted out an undesirable...

>

> :-)

>

> --

> =========================

> Connor McDonald

> http://www.oracledba.co.uk

>

> "Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue"