Thursday, May 14, 2009

If you want to make God laugh, then tell him your plans

This happened in a real job interview:

The two founders of a firm were interviewing a candidate.

Interviewer: "What are your career plans?"

Job Applicant: "There is a saying in Turkish that if you want to make God laugh, then tell him your plans."

(both interviewers laugh) 
(interviewee continuing) "While, like the Turks, I agree that it is difficult to predict where one will be in a few years time, nevertheless ... this does not mean that one should not plan ahead for the future. Blah, blah, blah and more blah, blah, blah."

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A little later

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Job Applicant to Interviewer: "So what plans do you have for the firm for the next few years ?"

One of the founders of the firm: "We don't want to make God laugh and therefore we don't make plans."

Checkmate !

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