Friday, September 22, 2006

Interview question of the day...

Question: Developer A is on Atkins diet. Developer B is a vegetarian. How do you order dinner and keep both happy?

I was given this question as a sample of the questions I can expect from a interviewer this next week. Any ideas out there?

6 comments:

Ken La Salle said...

You're shitting me. This is a real question? Crap!

... okay... here's my answer.

First, kill Developer B. Being a vegetarian, he will be weak and unlikely to carry a gun. Then, chop him up and feed him to Developer A. People on Atkins will eat anything, so long as it's meat, so you don't even need to disquise the fact that it's human flesh.

Make sure you make Developer B's death look like an accident. That said, take plenty of pictures of Developer A feasting on the flesh of Developer B for blackmail/extortion later on.

How's that?

Melissa said...

Order a dinner? If you have a menu, show them a menu and tell them to get back to you on their choice. Or give a choice of three dinners available, fish, steak, and pasta as the mains.

Soy. Boca burgers are good.

Al & Jo said...

I liked Ken's idea!

Nicki said...

I'm with Ken - this is a real question? What the hell?

Jenn from WA said...

Thanks everyone for your "insights". I'll likely avoid discussing murder in any interviews...but know in my heart that I agree with Ken's answer.

Anonymous said...

Order what you want. If they can't accept the fact that you are not an independent person, neither deserves your business.

Mike.