And if you think the reponse is an indication that they have a bad attitude are you going to hire them?
If you ask "Are you willing to work long hours" and they answer "I'm a Presbyterian" are you going to accept that as a yes?
Excellent point.
Perhaps the man FULLY understood their perspective. Perhaps they'd had the conversation many times. Perhaps this was simply a bitter old soul
Dear P-Marlowe,
"And if you think the reponse is an indication that they have a bad attitude are you going to hire them?"
What is presented here as what occurred in the interview, or in the encounter post-interview, isn't any indication of a bad attitude.
If he wasn't hired because he gave the answer, "I'm a Catholic," then that is anti-Catholic bigotry. Under no circumstances would I have marked the answer, "no" to the question, "Are you a practicing Christian?" after having received that answer. Under all circumstances, I'd have inquired further.
"If you ask 'Are you willing to work long hours' and they answer 'I'm a Presbyterian' are you going to accept that as a yes?"
I'd inquire further, because I wouldn't presume to think I understood the answer.
However, my initial guess would be that the fellow is saying, "Look, I'm a dreary, all-work-no-play Calvinist. I don't have a life outside my work. What do think?"
;-)
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