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> It strikes me that this question would be in terribly
> bad taste under any circumstances. After all, you never
> know if the person you are interviewing may have recently
> lost a loved one, or if someone might think you are engaging
> in agism at their expense (especially a more mature candidate).
While I have not recently lost anyone and cannot address from that
perspective, I might fit in the later category. I can't say that I
would be bothered about the question from the perspective of agism.
I think those who would be bothered from that perspective are those
who are looking to be bothered by something and they might latch onto
that.
Why WOULD I be bothered? I hate being interviewed by those without
imagination and without the ability to think on their own.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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