IT’S A JOB INTERVIEW, STUPID
October 6th 2008 07:35 am
There’s an alarming trend that really has to stop right now. That is, complaining because the questions aren’t given out in advance of the test. I speak specifically about Veep-nominee Sarah Palin. She has been complaining that the interview questions have been too tough. She wants to know the questions BEFORE the interview.
In case you hadn’t noticed, Mrs. Palin, you are being interviewed for a JOB. I don’t get the questions before I go in the door of a company to apply for a job. Readers, do you? Anyone?
Buck up, there, Sarah. Applying to run the country doesn’t come with an open-book exam. Stop whining because the employers (that would be us taxpayers) aren’t giving you a wink and the answers to the quiz.
So if someone asks what you read, that is not a “GOTCHA” question. Neither, by the way, is asking the chief executive of a state to explain how she would handle an economic problem.
I am betting that you’ll need qualifications you’ve never even heard of to perform the job of vice president well. So let me make it clear: You are applying, there’s competition, we are vetting you. Get over it.
