“If I was asked this in an interview, I’d walk away.”
I saw a post recently where someone seemed genuinely offended about a hiring manager (in another post) boasting about a question they ask all their candidates.
“…what are your five favorite daily ChatGPT prompts?”
The fellow whose post I’m referencing commented that had 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 been asked that question in an interview, they’d walk away.
𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲?
I get it. The question feels reductive. Like society boiled down creativity and ingenuity to a set of ‘bot-prompts.
My take: It feels like there’d be a missed opportunity by walking away from an interview because of that question. I said as much in their comments thread.
Regardless of the HM’s intent, it seems there’d be room to reframe the answer beyond cheat sheets and productivity hacks.
It could be a chance to differentiate about:
𝘩𝘰𝘸 we work,
𝘩𝘰𝘸 we learn,
𝘩𝘰𝘸 we navigate ambiguity.
𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬.
Instead of reacting to AI encroaching on our space, it could be that we show how we use tools to…
spark curiosity
enhance creativity
test assumptions
surface blind spots
act as collaborative partners (btw, see the comments about an interesting study about this)
𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬…
“Play the role of a collaborative thought partner and help me test the assumptions in the following idea…[idea]”
“Compare [idea 1] to [idea 2] in the context of [some scenario]…”
𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭…
Really. Who 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 have the same 5 prompts. Every day?
So, yeah, I agree, the HM’s question could’ve been phrased more thoughtfully.
We’re all human (and that’s to our benefit!).
Sometimes HMs screw up the question…
…But it could still open a door for you to own the answer.
