Seth Godin is looking for interns and he wants you to fill out a very intriguing and fun (albeit slighty ridiculous) application form.
I have some employment related meetings coming up, so I’ve been thinking a lot about philosophical interview questions. You know the ones….
You’re an astronaut. You’re stuck on the moon for 5 days and you can only take 3 items with you. You also have asperger’s. What will you choose to take?
Now, on the one hand I do consider myself to be a creative thinker and typically enjoy these types of brain puzzles. However, I question how effective they are in measuring an applicant’s potential. Certainly, there are lots of positions where this kind of analytical thinking is critical. But sometimes it just seems silly.
Either way, here are my answers to a couple of Seth’s more peculiar questions. Feel free to steal them in order to land the prestigious internship for yourself, you flithy burglarizing dick otter.
1) Which superpower is more highly leveragable: flight or invisibility?
Leveragable isn’t a word, but I’ll play along. The answer is easy: invisibility. With this power, you would become the ultimate master of espionage, capable of literally changing the world. You could spy on terrorists and criminals, reporting your findings back to government and military officials, thus foiling their plans and saving countless lives on a daily basis.
Flight would make transportation easier (and cooler), but it would only aid your mission in a small way. The only time it would really come in useful is during the escape portion, and even fighter jets get shot down sometimes.
Invisibility would also allow you to watch hot lesbians having sex and stuff, so yeah, the choice is clear.
2) Tell me about the books you read; books that have changed the way you think or do your job.
I didn’t finish it, but WWE legend Mick Foley’s autobiography Have a Nice Day – A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks really changed the way I look back on his epic Hell In The Cell battle against The Undertaker in the 1998 King Of The Ring PPV.
Also, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Such a profound story. Helped me get through a fierce battle with anorexia during junior kindergarten.
3) A turtle and a giraffe leave Cleveland, walking in different directions. The turtle walks at 5 meters per second, the giraffe at 12 meters per second. What color is the street sign?
This is about the point where I realize the employer isn’t for me. But again, I’ll bite:
The sign is a fiery, blood-soaked red, as this hypothetical situation could only take place in an Apocalyptical universe where giraffes and turtles roam freely in Midwest America. Satan hath taketh over and Hell now exists on Earth, with Cleveland being the natural choice for an inter-dimensional headquarters. All humans have been confined to the eternal pits of doom and the Lord of Evil has a thing for both very slow and very tall animals (deep-seeded daddy issues….don’t ask), which is why he has allowed them to coexist with the goblins and minions.
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Seth – you can send the job offer to brook@marketingman.ca. I’ll be waiting.
Thnx,
Brook
