What is your greatest weakness?

[Gentile]

I take it your weakness is a fondness for cats? Or the inability to process puerile humour?

[oscarose]

I think you've negged the wrong punter.

[doomage]

I think you've negged the wrong punter.

That's a weakness.



Actually I like cats.

[doomage]

Pictures please?

[oscarose]

That's a weakness.



Actually I like cats.

[SimonMac]

This is one of those questions that makes me wonder how stupid the interviewer really is. What the hell do they want me to say? How about something along the lines of; 'stripping off, jumping up and down on my desk and singing 'look at my willy' to the tune of Wagner's RIDE of the Valkyries.'

[Gentile]

I think you've negged the wrong punter.

The Rep System does make me chuckle. I usually only ever +ve people, but on the two occasions I've negged it's proven quite a telling insight into who takes it all the most seriously. One charming FM wrote to me to say "I see the harshness of the board concerns you which is a shame as it is not a cuddly all friends board as you will soon come to see", and then went on a diatribe about how I could leave or "become a valued member" (in his value system, presumably). I think it had escaped his attention that I've been here for five years, which was two years longer than him! Another negged me for using a hyphen in "check-ins" (as in checking into source control) . Overall, though, the system basically works. And I wouldn't be too concerned about upsetting any "wrong punter", since these things have a way of balancing themselves out.

[Mich the Tester]

Inability to remember the precise names of 19th century German opera overtures and confusion as to whether the music starting an act as opposed to the whole opera can really be termed an 'overture'.

I know, it's a good reason to turn anyone down.

[oscarose]

become a valued member

How does one become valued?

[Gentile]

Inability to remember the precise names of 19th century German opera overtures and confusion as to whether the music starting an act as opposed to the whole opera can really be termed an 'overture'.

I know, it's a good reason to turn anyone down.

When I had an interview for the army years back in the early '90s, an old crusty Colonel asked me what I knew about Baroque architecture. Seriously.