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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I know the contexts are different, but isn't the question a bit more like the old interview q: "what's your biggest weakness as an employee"?
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I had that exact thought as I hit "send." I've never been able to handle that question well. Last time I was asked that, I looked at the person, and said that I had no idea how to answer in a way that wasn't going to seem contrived or pre-planned, and so maybe that ought to be my answer by itself.
(I got the job, so maybe I didn't totally fuck it up.)
But the most workable answer (your "c" option) really is a contrived, pre-planned yellback, that gives us no substantive information and merely shows that the answerer knows how to dance the dance. What good is that, for anyone? What does it say about people who criticize that he didn't do that? I think it's entirely form over substance, and it just makes a fun point of critique for people who would be criticizing his breathing patterns if that's all they had to work with.