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Well I have until Friday to select my new PA from the three candidates that have been selected for my by the panel of "experts" that consisted of: My Wife, My former PA, My current PA. The interviews I purposely did not watch or examine. There were ten candidates, seven of whom "Self Selected". The Interview panel must have looked very shocking, A 6 month pregnant Goth, A Green haired woman in Jeans Jumper and Hiking boots and A Scots woman dressed in Pierre Cardin -who seemed to have everything in Pink (including laptop, dictaphone, pens, pencils and folders)...
The interview was conducted in English, French and German -that being one of the criteria for the job. In this company everyone speaks their native language and all documentation is in German. So, if the Paris Office rings up or the Frankfurt Office rings up -you have to be on your mettle!!!
One of the sticking points -which five of the candidates thought were "shock tactic questions" was;
"How do you feel about using a laptop in a sauna?"
"What would be your reaction if you walked into the Frankfurt Office at lunchtime and found the entire staff sunbathing naked on the roof?"
"How do you feel about eating strange food?"
"How much does it take to make you drunk?"
I have my own "side bet" on the candidates -based on what cars they drove and I have to say that I got two out of my three "guesses". I got the girl in the Ford Transit, and the woman on the Harley Davidson, but I didn't get the tattooed girl with the Skoda Estelle... The one I didn't get drives a 7 series BMW. They get a day at the office, (paid for in cash at the end of the day), and then I get to sit down and really "meet" the person whom I have chosen on the following Monday -when they start work.
I have this deep dark suspicion that they have slipped a joker into the pack and I think that Wednesday's candidate will be very interesting -that is of course the girl with the 7 series BMW.
regards
ralph
Post Scriptumn: the selection panel drive: an Allegro van den Plas, a one and a half ton Landrover, and Pink Pearl Renault Megane Scenic -(with pink leather upholstery, pink carpets, and pink furry dice hanging off the mirror)...
The interview was conducted in English, French and German -that being one of the criteria for the job. In this company everyone speaks their native language and all documentation is in German. So, if the Paris Office rings up or the Frankfurt Office rings up -you have to be on your mettle!!!
One of the sticking points -which five of the candidates thought were "shock tactic questions" was;
"How do you feel about using a laptop in a sauna?"
"What would be your reaction if you walked into the Frankfurt Office at lunchtime and found the entire staff sunbathing naked on the roof?"
"How do you feel about eating strange food?"
"How much does it take to make you drunk?"
I have my own "side bet" on the candidates -based on what cars they drove and I have to say that I got two out of my three "guesses". I got the girl in the Ford Transit, and the woman on the Harley Davidson, but I didn't get the tattooed girl with the Skoda Estelle... The one I didn't get drives a 7 series BMW. They get a day at the office, (paid for in cash at the end of the day), and then I get to sit down and really "meet" the person whom I have chosen on the following Monday -when they start work.
I have this deep dark suspicion that they have slipped a joker into the pack and I think that Wednesday's candidate will be very interesting -that is of course the girl with the 7 series BMW.
regards
ralph
Post Scriptumn: the selection panel drive: an Allegro van den Plas, a one and a half ton Landrover, and Pink Pearl Renault Megane Scenic -(with pink leather upholstery, pink carpets, and pink furry dice hanging off the mirror)...
