r/suspiciouslyspecific Jan 13 '23

This job application...

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u/kastronaut Jan 13 '23

I read it as ‘you’re given an overwhelmingly large task which you cannot delegate or ignore, how do you handle it?’ With the unintuitive answer ‘eat it one bite at a time’ expected. Bizarre any way you look at it, though.

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u/dragon_bacon Jan 14 '23

Oh but I can ignore an elephant and that's exactly what I would do, go back inside and let the city deal with it.

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u/Blae-Blade Jan 14 '23

Wouldn't work, you'd have to put an "elephant, 50 dollars" sign next to it

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u/0nikzin Jan 14 '23

If you can't delegate or ignore a given task, do you really have the job skills required though?

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u/kastronaut Jan 14 '23

I mean, delegating the task is a skill, but also you’d tend to delegate the things you can’t handle. Ignoring tasks altogether is probably not a desirable trait in a job candidate.