So, I had a preliminary interview today with Gershoni (woo! fo’ real!) that I felt went really well…

Okay, so really well except for The Hardest Interview Question Ever!. The person who interviewed me deserves the HR gold star of the year award for this one; maybe it’s common but I’ve never heard it before.

“How would your friends describe you?”

It is at this point that I slowly swallow my tongue and freak out. I probably looked like a puddle of something gooey, because despite thinking of plenty of good friends with nice things to say, I felt very awkward suddenly thinking about what other people would say.

I felt I should say something honest, but then I had no idea what that would be! I’m liked, I know, I’m pretty crazy intense when it comes to human rights or bad governmental behavior or work related perfectionism, but I wasn’t really sure what anyone would say, exactly, so I just kinda froze.

Those of you with a dream of working in HR, remember this one. It will stop’m dead in their tracks! :)