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By George Blomgren I was reading a career coaching website the other day, and one "rule" that was tendered was to never volunteer personal information during an interview, even if asked. While there is some truth to this, as blanket advice it's misleading at best. As an employer, I do ask some non-work-related questions during interviews and I'm not impressed by candidates who are evasive or unresponsive. There are many laws about what interviewers can and can't ask, and non-work-related comprise much of the list of forbidden questions. Asking about your living situation or health, for example, are both illegal. A good interviewer won't ask these types of questions. (How to respond if an interviewer does ask these types of questions is a subject outside the scope of this article, but it's covered in most interviewing books.) In contrast, it's not uncommon to face questions about hobbies, for example. Or warm up "chit-chat" like, "Any big plans for the upcoming holiday weekend?" These generally aren't loaded questions, but there are good answers and bad answers. When describing hobbies, for example, share the ones that are relevant to the job or professional skills, or are likely to be viewed positively. Perhaps you belong to Toastmasters or spend your Saturday mornings teaching reading at a local library. In contrast, there is no need to mention that you spend Friday nights playing poker or that you ride with a local bike gang on weekends. During chit-chat, don't volunteer excessively personal information. "I'm going north camping over the holiday weekend" is fine. "I just went through a painful divorce and I'm meeting with my financial planner to try to put my finances in order" is simply too much information. Small talk about golfing or cooking is fine; religion and politics are completely taboo. Your ability to chat may actually be an important part of the interview, and it may be evaluated. After all, in many jobs, the ability to make small talk - comfortably and appropriately - is essential. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Woot awesome job of stretching the browser window!! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Happy Birthday P-Kitty!! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Ya Remi, I think he drugged her. We need to preform an intervention!! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

This from a guy with pink skydiving gear. Remember Bozimbo, Teva's with socks are orders of magnitude cooler than pink gear. Blues, Dave Ya know, I don't know if I agree with that. It takes a real man to wear pink because he wants to. You just have to be an uber dork to wear socks with Tevas. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Remi is far from a winner. ya n00b!! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Cute couple! But you've got to make him stop wearing sox with Tevas. Looks like a major dork. Oh and awesome beer you're drinking. Is that a wine glass in his hand? jeeeez.. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

... "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Sharks? What shark? "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Ok I had to search for it but I found a hot dude wrapped in bacon. Please don't ask where I found the picture. For the ladies only. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Still a hoe! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

hoe! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Cocaine is alot more fun and probably cost alot less in the long run. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

That looks YUMMMMMMMMY!!!! I want more!! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Shark steaks and bacon wrapped shrimp. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Actually peanut butter and bacon is very good. Just put it on a piece of toast and away you go add some sliced banana and you've got an awesome sandwich! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Geochemistry????? yeah? and? You get to throw rocks all day... I wish I got to throw rocks. Oh and man does Geochemistry just sound impotent. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Ya I thought about that too. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Only because you can't postwhore all day. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Enjoy your flight "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Personal Attack! Personal Attack!! Damn, where is a greenie when you need one. STFU you whining pussy! "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

DeN you are.. how do I put this nicely... oh nevermind. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Hmmm we need to somehow help you. You've deprived yourself of one of the decades most quotable films. Just like the 90's had "Office Space" the 00's have "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" I suggest renting it if you can and watching it a few thousand times. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

HAHA I was thinking about that quote when I posted this question. So Kel how much work have you actually gotten done today? "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

Well, I'm not sure where you learned German, but that's news to me. Feel free to contact me for any further German translations you may need so I can save you the correcting replies!!! I think we've got a WINNER WINNER WINNER!! Lemme guess icarusfx99, you've never seen the movie "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" tsk tsk tsk "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."