Yesterday I decided to apply for a job with HP.

Now their webbified (tm) application process is interesting as they 
not only whisk your details away from the country of application and 
store them in the US (not sure what happens if US law is incompatible 
with the law of where one resides and works) and they reserve the 
right to farm your details out to 3rd parties, but they ask the most 
ridiculous questions - as do many job agencies.

:What makes you different to the other applicants? ".  Now I was asked 
this question by Brisbane Council once, and they were not, and 
probably HP will not be amused by my answer, which is always, " I 
don't know, I've never met or worked with any of the other candidates. 
"

For some reason the truthful and logical answer is not the one they 
want.

It seems to me to be a lazy form of interviewing, but them I'm just 
old fashioned.

Colin
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cdb,  on 8/01/2009



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