As a desperately poor college student I've filled out quite a few online job applications. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept of online applications let me fill you in on the details. These applications exist in order for employers to better investigate potential employees in order to create a more efficient working environment; that or they exist so that employers can delete you application with the click of a button instead of taking the time to physically read it before throwing it away, saving them time which they can use to call other employers and talk about how much joy they get from crushing the hopes of scores of starving students.
In addition to the relevant information you provide on an application (things like previous work experience and technical abilities) there is usually a lengthy question and answer section; and by lengthy I mean you will be at your computer for the next four hours. While some of these questions usually pertain to the position being applied for, most of them are completely irreverent and downright strange.
For Example
* When making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich do you spread the peanut butter first, or the jelly?
* Have you or any member of you family ever been to Kermit, Texas? Isn't it a charming little town?
* If a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in an hour and a half, how long would it take a monkey with a wooden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?
* Left handed people are the spawn of satan, do you agree or are you one of them?
* You actually think you are going to get this job, don't you? You silly little fool.
Until next time fearless readers
MW
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