What did you say at a job interview that automatically landed you the job?

I was interviewing for a financial analyst job. The interviewer mentioned, "This is an intense job that will require nine months to get you fully trained and ready." I casually, and without an…

Top stories for Long   What did you say at a job interview that automatically landed you the job? Sean Kernan, Writer at seanjkernan.substack.com • Answered June 3 I was interviewing for a financial analyst job. The interviewer mentioned, "This is an intense job that will require nine months to get you fully trained and ready." I casual... Read more » 1.8K 26   Your response is private Was this worth your time? This helps us show content you find valuable. Absolutely not Definitely yes   No One Knew the Tragedy This Family Suffered Kathy Pennell, Author: 4 Adult and 12 kids' Mysteries, 1 Memoir at Lancaster County, PA (2000-p... • Posted Feb 14, 2022 A family of four, a mother, a father, and their two twin daughters, were having dinner at a Red Lobster in Arizona celebrating Father's Day. They resembled a perfect family, but no one at the resta... Read more » 1.2K 7   How does time travel in movies work if Earth is moving through space? Tomaž Vargazon, Practicing atheist • Answered May 29 It's usually not thought about at all. But there's a workaround that kind of fixes it. The movement of our solar system through space does present certain … issues Any moveme... Read more » 299 34   Is it grammatically correct to say, "Sam and I have the same age"? Mike Mendis, former Editor • Updated November 28, 2024 Is it grammatically correct to say, "Sam and I have the same age"? It is grammatically correct, but we do not use it in English in a sentence like this one. When we are talk... Read more » 404 47   Our neighbor's 8-year-old drops by our house almost every afternoon and chats away about anything and everything until we ask him to leave. He's a sweet kid, but it's becoming a pain; what should we do? Pamela Lea, lives in Jacksonville, Florida, USA (1958-present) • Answered October 20, 2018 As I read this, I was reminded of a situation my mother had with a little boy in our neighborhood. He would came to our door and ask first if I was home (no), and if my sis... Read more » 6K 241   My landlord is saying we flushed a baby diaper and paper towel down the toilet causing clog and has proof pictures. Can he try to evict me due to his word against mine? Eileen Wood, Real Estate Transaction Coordinator • Answered June 2 It's not his word against yours - it's PICTURES against your word. Since no one with two functional brain cells flushes diapers and paper towels, that would be considered de... Read more » 1.7K 123   There is an anecdote that tells of the time Bertrand Russell was explaining to his students that an argument that starts from false premises can have any conclusion. Alessandro13 • Posted Nov 27, 2024 One of his students stood up and said to him, "Starting from 0=1, prove to me that you are the pope." Russell replied, "If 0=1, then, adding 1 to both sides, we have that 1=2. I am one person, and t... Read more » 953 82   How would Steve Jobs react if he saw the iPhone X? Sergey Ilin • Updated April 14, 2019 He wouldn't have let the iPhone X be released in the form it is. There's a good story happened while development a first iPod. It was written in Jobs' biography. Group of en... Read more » 65 7   What are some disadvantages of old age? Jim Whittington, Masters Structural Engineering & Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology (1976) • Answered August 11, 2024 Thank you for the question. I am JIM and I'm 70 years old and I am a retired structural engineer and general contractor. I operated a nonprofit organization in Kenya for 18... Read more » 85 24   Why is the left having a meltdown over Trump's birthday? Sterling Archer, 25 year lawyer extraordinaire, dog rescue advocate , foodie • Answered June 14 We're not. I was at Lowe's yesterday and some guy ahead of me in line was buying little American flags and he said to the cashier "you know this is for Donald Trump's birth... Read more » 8.9K 1.3K   Have all the chemical elements in the universe been discovered? How can we ever know for sure? Frank Heile, Ph.D. Physics, Stanford University • Updated August 20, 2013 Yes. We pretty well know all stable or long lived isotopes of all elements and they are all found in our solar system. The abundances of the isotopes may differ in differe... Read more » 85 27   How do you spend your monthly salary? Raaj Patel, Senior Data Engineer ➡️ AI Engineer • Updated May 12 Hey, my name is Raj Patel. I am 24 years old from UP, India. I graduated from NIT Trichy in 2021. After graduation, I didn't sit for college placements and came home becaus... Read more » 95 10 Read more in your feed

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