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Kate, this is so funny and brilliant 👏 Hopefully I pass the test.. well, we'll find out later today 😉

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Glad you're still up for it, despite the stringent screening process! 👍😘

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OMG, these questions are HILARE. My side biz is proofreading and copyediting, so I could never work in a co-working space. Additionally, I have a coughing and sniffling pet peeve and, unfortunately, I have two coworkers who do that incessantly. And it's SO. FUCKING. ANNOYING.

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Have a bonus point for excellent use of the word ‘hilare’!

One of my faves! 😂😂

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BWAHA. I use that word a lot. LOL

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That’s funny. One of the coworking place was big wide open space and I thought I was going to lose my mind, with a sales rep person on the phone ALL DAY.

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Ah, that’s so rude, being on the phone all day!

Some people have no sense of their surroundings. 😂😂

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Mar 12Liked by Kate Darracott

I wish employers at companies would use this format - a series of questions - to vet people instead of requiring resume submissions. Answers to questions that directly tied to the position would give employers so much more insight into how suitable a person would be for not just the position, but the team dynamics. You're onto something here.

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Thank you so much for your feedback! 👏👏👏

If any companies out there would like me to compile similar questionnaires for there companies, please don’t hesitate to ask. 🤓😂

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I'm typing this from the safety of my non-co-worker space at home (though my lovely wife seated directly across from me looking at 2023 Bronco listings online). This questionnaire confirms why I could never work 'in public' again! Your thoughtful curation of questions could double as a Rorschach test! Thanks for the reminder!

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Ooh I like the idea of incorporating some Rorschach elements, perhaps with spilt coffee!

😂😂😂

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Yes, it could be the final question of the interview! It could be as simple as asking what they say in the ring of coffee left on their serviette. Aside from indicating emotional functioning and thought patterns, "organizations use the test to measure attributes such as creativity, intelligence, and temperament and to assess suitability for employment, acceptance into organizations, and adoption approval." Please do a coffee spill/ring Rorschach! https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-rorschach-inkblot-test-2795806#:~:text=In%20the%20Rorschach%20inkblot%20test,thoughts%2C%20motives%2C%20or%20desires.

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How interesting, I didn’t realise he developed them from a childhood interest. His mum must have been a wizard at stain removal. 😂😂

Have you read ‘How Do You Fight A Horse-Sized Duck?’, it’s a fascinating look at current interview questions, with unbelievably baffling questions like:

‘How many dogs have the exact number of hairs?’

😳😳😳

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You had me at horse-sized duck, Kate! I just looked the book up. The only interesting interview question I've been on the receiving end of was "what's the punchline to your favourite joke?" It was for a summer gig at a canoe tripping company. I landed the job (not because of the punchline) but the interviewer failed to ask if I had a driver's license (which I didn't) so I was unable to drive the shuttle vehicles with the canoe trailers upriver. Instead, I waited for the canoes to come in at day's end at the conservation area and cut the grass once a week around the company trailer. Joke was on him because, well, I was being paid to suntan and read.

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Nice work! 👏👏

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Mar 11Liked by Kate Darracott

“What time do you think ‘Friday beers’ should officially start?” - I would always try and get things going at 4:30pm.

Then covid happened and more and more e people started coming to work later and later - so they were still trying to get their work done … and we would be lucky if we stayed at 5pm

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You’d probably still hear me chatting away to nobody in particular as I wiped my nose on my sleeve 😆

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😂😂😂

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Oh dear. I have actually been compared to a foghorn (often by my own mother!) And I do sneeze a lot. I fear I would not make a good co-working companion 🤣

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Hee hee, we would need to confiscate your phone on arrival and give you a box of tissues. 😃✔️

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This is hilarious.

Subheading could also be-- Separate the Wheat from the Chat.

After, have you ever been compared to a foghorn... Do you blow your nose like a foghorn?

And a few more pertinent questions to add to your brilliant ones...

Do you feel the need to chat up the server/barista? Even when there's a long line?

Do you need to know all ingredients of every pastry?

Are you content with the first place we sit or do you need to try out the sofa, the bench, the community table?

Can you sit with your back to the door?

Can I elect you to be the one to tell our neighbor to take her zoom call outside?

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Hee hee!

Love your feedback, thank you, it sounds like you have a lot of expertise in this field! 😂😂👏👏

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I actually check off a couple of those items. I have major food intolerances so I'm the one asking for ingredients. I do sound like a foghorn when I blow my nose-- I'm working on that. I like to chat with the barista or grocery store check out person but NOT if there's a line behind me. Would I pass your inspection?

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Of course! I’m sure you’d make us laugh enough to make up for those! 😉😘

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How do you separate the wheat from the chaff?

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I’m guessing with some sort of seive? 😉

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I'm retired, so no interest in co-working here, but I love the questions. Thanks for putting a smile on my face. :)

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Thank you so much for letting me know, this is exactly the kind of encouragement that will egg me on! 👏👏👏

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I met a friend for a wintery walk recently and she produced a hard boiled egg from each pocket and declared them perfect hand warmers before eating them for breakfast!

I think I’m too fidgety to be a ‘good’ co-worker but I’m certainly not a spreader 😄

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That’s too funny re the eggs! 😂😂😂

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She’s a quirky lady but I’m tempted to try it! 🥚🥚🤣

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Mar 10Liked by Kate Darracott

Speaking from bitter experience of super-annoying, verbatim repetitive phone calls - are you in recruitment would be probably be my first question (and only question if the answer is yes). 😁

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Mar 10·edited Mar 10Author

Love it! 😂

Will make that question No.1. 👏👏👏

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I think from 5pm onwards should be the latest, or earlier if it’s been a particularly tough week! 😃🍻🥂

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