tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post5126167123683851223..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: No job candidates today! No driving today!undinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-4442941071915396962007-02-08T21:08:00.000-08:002007-02-08T21:08:00.000-08:00Professor Z, that was an interesting post about yo...Professor Z, that was an interesting post about your contract.<BR/><BR/>Those examples from the interviews are amazing; the comment about taking a shirt off at Mardi Gras deserves to be in a hall of fame.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-26133128433010745972007-02-07T16:28:00.000-08:002007-02-07T16:28:00.000-08:00Back, on the interviews, although less eloquently ...Back, on the interviews, although less eloquently than originally (the comment I lost):<br /><br />- I am always amazed at how much candidates spontaneously reveal about family, I was trained to hide *all* such information because, I was told, women with families would not be trusted (a) to move and (b) if they moved, to actually work<br /><br />- famous bloopers from colleagues at dinners: (a) OK, let's ask him about his politics now, we want someone with good politics; and (b) <br />[to a woman] so, are you planning to take your shirt off at Mardi Gras?<br /><br />- uncomfortable: the time it turned out the candidate kept kosher, and/ but the only qualifying food in town was a militantly Palestinian restaurant ... we ate there four times in a row, it was good ... but we were convinced the candidate would not consider our offer. The candidate was the only unworried person in the bunch, as it turned out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-56733247219298922572007-02-04T11:22:00.000-08:002007-02-04T11:22:00.000-08:00Oh merde, Blogger blinked and I lost the long and ...Oh merde, Blogger blinked and I lost the long and if I say so myself, rather interesting comment I was trying to post. Now I am hungry and do not want to try to reconstruct it.<br /><br />It was on interviews, and also to say I finally answered your question re my infamous book contract.<br /><br />Cheers! It is still gray and cold here, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com