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Interview Question for Product Manager at Nationwide:
Aug 11, 2009
Say you are dead- what do you think your eulogy would say about you.
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Sep 14, 2009
Take your time to breath. This question is a trap in order to see how you react emotionally and personally. There are 2 possibilities, all other possibilities are wrong.
- answer something vague and smart for example : "Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion" or "It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.". This will impress them and demonstrate your superior intelligence.
- bring the conversation back in the reality : "It does not matter what will happen when I will die, but what matters to me is what is happening in this room right now" will show that you are pragmatic and focused.
Any other answer will put you down.
- talking about your family or your kids, or how great you are, will give the impression that you are self centered.
- being emotional will show you as a weak person...
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- answer something vague and smart for example : "Death was afraid of him because he had the heart of a lion" or "It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.". This will impress them and demonstrate your superior intelligence.
- bring the conversation back in the reality : "It does not matter what will happen when I will die, but what matters to me is what is happening in this room right now" will show that you are pragmatic and focused.
Any other answer will put you down.
- talking about your family or your kids, or how great you are, will give the impression that you are self centered.
- being emotional will show you as a weak person...
etc...
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Jan 13, 2010
If you are dead, you cannot think about your eulogy.
The first part of the question has established you are dead. Anything after that is irrelevant.
The first part of the question has established you are dead. Anything after that is irrelevant.
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Jan 20, 2010
maybe the recruiter is just thinking about this book. your eulogy will tell them if you prefer work to private life or the other way around. If your friends will tell "he was a great friend and parent" or if your boss will say "he worked his ass off". You can't possibly win with either answers unless you explain the difference between higher and human goal to the ungodly I live for my work ;).
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