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How Are You Feeling Right Now?
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Oh geeze, those interviews are the worst. Ask me technical questions, no problem, but those stupid behavioral questions are bullshit. I have been on the hiring side of the interview process, and those types of questions favor those with a strong BS game but not useful skills or ability to be a good teammate.
My favorite interview question, was something like, “suppose you have a plastic sandwich bag, a 3 inch length of wire (4.5cm), and a roll of duct tape. Using this, how would you find a company RAROC.
My answer: “What the hell is a RAROC?”
That’s actually the correct answer; they were asking it to see if I would try to make up something, or if I could ask a question when I don’t know. FWIW RAROC is risk adjusted return on capital. Used for financial analysis (this was for a financial analyst position).
My point with the story is that you are better off not going into that job. You are interviewing them as much as the other way around, and the questions they ask are a signal about company leadership. Trick questions or general problem solving questions make sense to pose to a candidate, and you want to look for opportunities where the question is relevant to the job.
My favorite interview question, was something like, “suppose you have a plastic sandwich bag, a 3 inch length of wire (4.5cm), and a roll of duct tape. Using this, how would you find a company RAROC.
My answer: “What the hell is a RAROC?”
That’s actually the correct answer; they were asking it to see if I would try to make up something, or if I could ask a question when I don’t know. FWIW RAROC is risk adjusted return on capital. Used for financial analysis (this was for a financial analyst position).
My point with the story is that you are better off not going into that job. You are interviewing them as much as the other way around, and the questions they ask are a signal about company leadership. Trick questions or general problem solving questions make sense to pose to a candidate, and you want to look for opportunities where the question is relevant to the job.
I'm sorry that you're feeling like that @From_Venus. I luv your Avi. I hope you feel better soon. 
Running is a form of meditation, IMHO. You have to hold your posture, to run with proper form, right? Like ears over shoulders over hips and on down so that you can balance. And of course you have to breathe.
I do both, and it’s fascinating that the same thing my personal trainer taught me about running, is what my meditation instructor said about sitting, lol!
Breathe. Focus on the exhale. The inhale will take care of itself. No judgment, just straighten up when you notice that you have collapsed. Keep going, you will make mistakes and get distracted. When you notice that, you can straighten up and keep returning to the breath. If only we could do that with any given moment. Just a thought.
Running is great for that. Make sure to get your stretches in and save your knees!
I do both, and it’s fascinating that the same thing my personal trainer taught me about running, is what my meditation instructor said about sitting, lol!
Breathe. Focus on the exhale. The inhale will take care of itself. No judgment, just straighten up when you notice that you have collapsed. Keep going, you will make mistakes and get distracted. When you notice that, you can straighten up and keep returning to the breath. If only we could do that with any given moment. Just a thought.
Running is great for that. Make sure to get your stretches in and save your knees!
Yeah. Loneliness is a terrible place to be. I am also isolated.
it’s very challenging to stay sober. Isolation is the fuel of relapse. The antidote is connection. I only know how to connect with certain people. In a way it is good, because it helps me stay away from negative influences, but it keeps me away from positive influences, too. I’m struggling with this question.
Yep yep and yep! I stretch and use a roller after the run, when my muscles are warm still.
The proper form, when I remember to use it, changes the feel of the run. For ex., if I bring negarivity to the run, which usually happens to at least some degree, I soon let it go what with breathing, posture, and being present, so as to not get run over lol. The loneliness goes completely away as well, for a time.
The proper form, when I remember to use it, changes the feel of the run. For ex., if I bring negarivity to the run, which usually happens to at least some degree, I soon let it go what with breathing, posture, and being present, so as to not get run over lol. The loneliness goes completely away as well, for a time.
Hugs @puffymilk I care. Feel free to pm me.
i feel as though i am teetering on the edge of nonstop chaos. The tiniest breeze is blowing me over that edge into the depts of nothingness. i feel out of control and life is relentlessly beating me down to an unusable pulp. The only thing that pulp is good for i fertilizing others to grow and thrive.