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You're at a job interview and you get asked the following question:

>"What have you done that is extraordinary?"

What would you say?

>> No.7412914

Ur mum

>> No.7412916

>>7412900
Led a platoon of over 50 troubled youth into gold phase.

>> No.7412917

>>7412914
quality answer right here

>> No.7412918

>>7412900
Just lie and say I ran a marathon, or reference my veteran status and say successfully completing my first deployment.

Ideally you want to pick something that's not unrealistic but requires lots of work and dedication that shows you are a resilient person and don't turn yellow in the face of adversity. It's a meme interview question on par with "what is your greatest achievement?"

They don't care about what it is, they just want to know if you can take something and roll with it without quitting.

>> No.7412922

I'd look at him with the most somber and genuine expression on my face and say:

"I made it out the hood"

>> No.7412923

>>7412918
good answer, thank you

>> No.7412962

>>7412900
I licked my elbow once

>> No.7413279

>>7412900
Wrote a quality research thesis on a topic I loved.
(Lying)

>> No.7413284

>>7412900
"When I was 9 I independently derived Maxwell's equations."

>> No.7413286

>>7412900
I got this once. Told her, "I fought a bear". Eyes go wide.... then I tell her my bear story where a full grown californian brown bear stood up and roared in my face in the middle of the night after I yelled at it for eating my food.

Got the job.

>> No.7413292

>>7412918
>that's great anon there's a marathon in two weeks, how about you join me and a few collegues to run it together ? You can start right after.

>> No.7413294

I drew the original pepe.

>> No.7413297

>>7413292

Most of the people who run marathons couldn't do one with a weeks's notice, though. It's generally months of training, and a lot of people only do it once.

>> No.7413311

>>7413292
>that's great anon there's a marathon in two weeks, how about you join me and a few collegues to run it together ? You can start right after.

So I'm hired? Brilliant, let's get the paperwork in order.

>The evening before the run

I just twisted my ankle walking down the stairs so I won't be joining you tomorrow.

>> No.7413387

Do you think I will get a job when I answer nothing?

>> No.7413395

>>7413311
a contract made on false premises can be broken anytime. You don't need to lie to find something extraordinary you did,

>> No.7413411

>>7412900

I have solved a triple integral.

>> No.7413879

>>7412900

has this actually happened to you or is it just a thought experiment ?

>> No.7413889
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7413889

Taught myself to read and write English

>> No.7413908

>>7412900
>I independently rediscovered calculus (derivatives and integrals) at age 14 without having heard of them before.
Don't even know if it's that impressive, since tangents and riemann-sums are pretty easy to grasp.

>> No.7413914

>>7413908
Calc 1 stuff is extremely easy to grasp, but actually discovering those ideas for yourself with no help is a significant success. If that's true that pretty fuckin neato anon.

>> No.7413918
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7413918

>>7412900
> "What have you done that is extraordinary?"
I recognized that this company is the one to work for, and was able to impress you with my resume in order to have this conversation.

>> No.7413928

>>7413918
>"So did all the other applicants"

>> No.7414688

I came up with the idea of fractional derivatives and residues during calc 2 and I've expressed sec(x) as an infinite series through partial fractions and recently extended the domain of the Dirichlet Eta function to -∞. Am I gud yet?

>> No.7414706

>>7412922
underrated post (dubs confirm)

>> No.7414709

>>7412900
Proved the Fary-Milnor theorem on my own as a sophomore in college without knowing what it was, using just some Calc 3 knowledge.

>> No.7414714

>>7413908
Algebra is extraordinarily easy to grasp, how come it wasn't discovered by cavemen?

>>7413395
>Voiding a written contract because of a spoken premise
Enjoy your 4th world country

>> No.7414718

>>7413918
>Ok, thanks for the interview, don't call us, we'll call you

>> No.7414726

>>7412916
AIT PSG?

>> No.7414731

>>7414714
>Algebra is extraordinarily easy to grasp, how come it wasn't discovered by cavemen?
They had no form of notation, and whatever notation they could come up with could be counterintuitive to algebra.

>> No.7415028

>>7412900
100% super meat boy

>> No.7415032

>>7413908
>me at 14 "hurr durr you can approximate area with rectangles"
>me on /sci/: "I independently rediscovered calculus"

>> No.7415037

>>7414714
>Algebra is extraordinarily easy to grasp, how come it wasn't discovered by cavemen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_of_Columbus

>> No.7415038

I was the first sperm to get inside the egg?

>> No.7415050

I worked on the space shuttle program, designed an autonomous robot, and got a PhD

>> No.7415053

>>7415028
>not 106%
Thanks for coming in, we'll call you.

>> No.7415129

Convinced a stranger to not commit suicide.

>> No.7415169 [DELETED] 

I got dubs.

>> No.7415197

>>7412900
That I haven't missed a day of work in six years that I wasn't forced into taking off.

>> No.7415198

>>7413879
HR people meme it up pretty bad, you'll see

>> No.7415203

>>7414709
bshit

>> No.7415248

>>7412900
Getting gladiator on wow? Maybe they're into PvP too

>> No.7415257

I've put up with your stupid questions

>> No.7415352

5000 mmr in dota playing chen only

fight me faggot

>> No.7415356

>>7415038
I would give you the job/10

>> No.7415367

>>7415032
>"hurr durr you can approximate area with rectangles"
I first approximated the area under a curve from a to b, generalized the method for n rectangles and took the limit to infinity. Is that not an integral?

>> No.7415383

>>7415367
Yes, but it's not calculus

>> No.7415385

>>7415383
>integrals are not calculus
wat
Integration is one of the two main operations in calculus.

>> No.7415396

>>7414714
main problem probably would be something to write on. paper wasn't discovered very early.

>> No.7415401

>>7412900
Built an own very generic engineering framework with lots of proven applications. Some of which perform comparably with state of the art of very mature fields.

>> No.7415403

>>7414714
>>7415396
Not to mention the impression it would make on other tribe members. That guy would have to be berrypicker as fuck.

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7415460

>>7412900
I conquered the British mainlands and USSR with Nazi Germany after the 1944 Götterdämmerung starting point in HOI3.

I would say the key to my early success was due to several key defensive strategies on all fronts. Firstly the early abandonment of the the Dniester line in favour of reorganization of army group south by placing soft troop corps along the Prut river with mechanized waffen SS divisions acting as "fire brigade" battalions. This allowed placement of heavy armour divisions on the plain fields terrain protecting the Northern flank of the vital Romanian oil fields. While this may seem odd considering it's technically a wider front, it prevents Soviets from pushing the front against the vulnerable soft divisions in Poland/Hungary since this would expose them to a salient with heavy armour pinchers from army group North while the harsh fighting destroyed infrastructure and supply routes, which indeed led to the encirclement and capture of over 300k Soviet troops in autumn '45.

On the Western front the Allied forces were allowed to penetrate into France against soft infantry while organized AH, SS and Fallschirmjagers were kept in reserve to the North which allowed for an eventual pincer (building up fuel reserves for a month allowed me to either push 100-300 km with two heavy armour corps or keep the luftwaffe flying for 3 weeks) to cut off supply ports leading to utter destruction of all expeditionary forces.

On the home front I shifted most production capabilities and research towards conventional air superiority fighters while moving the remaining luftflottes from the coast to German airbases to prevent Allied strategic bombers penetrating deep into Germany while sacrificing industrial zones in France. All CAS was grounded to save fuel.


>I also have some academic awards+publications.

Luckily I don't get any of these interviews because ChemE positions care more about technical experience and there's usually only like 1-2 applicants.

>> No.7415480 [DELETED] 

>>7413395
I doubt your contract will mention "must run marathons with co-workers.

>> No.7415493

>>7415401
>very mature fields
such as yo mom

Sorry couldn't help it. You sounded so damn important and self confident.

>> No.7415508

>>7415460
Nice grossgermaniums, bro.

>> No.7415529

>>7415352
Is that you Snith? FUCK OFF MY GAMES I'LL DODGE YOU WHENEVER I CAN

>> No.7415536

>>7415385
Your method probably only worked for one curve. I find it hard to believe that a 14 year old worked out all by himself what the whole of the 16th century European academic establishment took 50 years to figure out.

>> No.7415548

>>7412900

I've never pissed in my shower.

>> No.7415555

>>7415548
you're hired!

>> No.7415558
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7415558

>>7415536
I had knowledge about precalculus (limits, geometry etc.) though.
Plus pic related isn't that hard to figure out. It's just adding rectangles and applying a limit.

>> No.7415562

>>7414714
>Enjoy your 4th world country
wait until you get a divorce.
You've clearly know nothing about contract law.

>> No.7415611

>>7415460
try black ice mod you will get fucked hard but it has a lot more units, all units for SS and red guard

>> No.7415626

>>7415558
calculus is such bullshit. How does this nonsense even work

>> No.7415657

>>7415626
yes, calc is a sham.

you heard it here first guys.

>> No.7415720

>>7414714
In any Western nation, a verbal contract is just as binding as a written one.

>> No.7415722 [DELETED] 

>>7415611
I don't like black ice, too arcade for my tastes.

>> No.7415726

>>7415548
Liar

>> No.7415727

>>7415720
Tell that to my latin teacher who said I'd get my latinum if I get a 3 or better on my midterms regardless of my final grade.

>> No.7415765

I fucked a dog in the ass yesterday

>> No.7415770

>>7415765
>>>/b/

>> No.7416274

>>7413279
kek

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7416292

>>7415727
Did someone say latinum?

>> No.7416298

I came from a supernova.

Which means I can work well under extreme pressure.

>> No.7416393

>>7415727
That's not regulated under contract law you raging imbecile.

>> No.7416593

>>7416393
>he doesn't get an obvious joke
Hallo, Deutschbruder.

>> No.7418330

>>7412900

Received triple anal sex

>> No.7418342

>>7412900
Punched a job interviewer in the face.

>> No.7418353

>>7412900
I was a wide reciever with the New York Dodgers and scored the game winning goal from half court with a slam dunk after doing a triple backflip.

>> No.7418462

I competed against hundreds of millions of sperm and won.

>> No.7418507

I flew the Goodyear Blimp once...

>> No.7418748

>>7415720
If you can prove it, which nobody practically can.

>> No.7418763

>>7412900
Being alive :^)

>> No.7419400

>>7415385
No. Integration is a consequence of calculus.
Calculus will always be about limits and the behavior of things as they approach infinity.

>> No.7419514

>>7412900
Im 10 foot tall and have a solid gold dick, I play a mean six string and I may not have changed the world but Ill fuck your sister.

>> No.7419551

>>7419514
is that true?

>> No.7419557

>>7412900
I managed through panic attacks and hallucinations in early childhood, heat intolerance and full body nerve pain in my early teens, type 2 trigeminal neuralgia starting when I was 16, was a drunk from 17-18, did a lot of amphetamine as well. I also had potent food allergies and lived from that point onwards with an extremely limited diet that you likely cannot imagine sticking to.

In my teens I could run twenty miles per hour. I've walked 55 miles without food through subzero temperatures in a single day while carrying 40 lbs. I starved for a year and lost the little body fat I had, atrophied a good deal of muscle, and could still throw around someone a decent degree bigger than me.

I survived things that should have killed me. I lived recklessly, I'm miserable at best, I don't give a damn about this interview, I've starved before and I'll do it again. Don't fuck me around with questions about banal topics you don't really care about.

>> No.7419559

Fapped while in the ocean. Seriously, go try it. It's not easy.

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7419564

>>7419559
>not having sex in the ocean

oh, 4chan

>> No.7419573

Masturbated on the great wall of china on Christmas day.

True story, for real.

>> No.7419575

>>7419573
No need to get specific, but why?

>> No.7419600

>>7419557
>"Great, we have a janitor position open for you!"

>> No.7419603

>>7412900
Pulled a Jace the Wallet Sculptor.

>> No.7419616

>>7419575

I was backpacking through china and just happened to be on the great wall on Christmas day. I was walking by myself for a while and there was nobody else around and the idea popped into my head. "Why not?" I thought. It seemed like a funny thing to do.

>> No.7421911

Predicting the stockmarket to a degree of more profit than losses.

No more wage slave anymore ;^)

>> No.7421945

>>7421911
Details?

>> No.7421980 [DELETED] 

>>7421945
He's from /biz/ living in their fantasy about stock investments. You can't get rich from stocks at best (assuming you aren't a retard and invest safe) you can get slightly better growth rates than a bank would give you, which still be about barely your IPV meaning the growth is artificial and you aren't making anything, it's just better than stashing your money under a mattress.

The guy is probably NEET, only NEETs use the term "wage slave" usually claiming to be millionaires without ever posting proof.

>> No.7422001

>>7419573
>>7419616
Fucking hired. I'm jelly.

>> No.7422035

>>7412900
What does this question have to do with the job that I applied for?

>> No.7422054

Became high on many different stimulants at once and proceed to masturbate, edging for a total of 12 straight hours and viewing a sizable spectrum of pornographic genres. My orgasm was explosive, however I immediately began to masturbate again, not even losing my existing semi-erect state. I orgasmed another 3 times within the next 30 minutes. I saw a different world and attained another plane of being. The force of my ejaculation caused lasting pain in my groin region, it would not fully subside for another 18 hours.

>> No.7422127

I once got quints on a japanese anime image board

>> No.7422194

>>7412918
>Just lie and say I ran a marathon
>>7413297
>Most of the people who run marathons couldn't do one with a weeks's notice
I'm a generally lazy fuck who doesn't prepare for anything and while I HAVE had whole years to prepare for each of the six marathon's I've done, I've mostly just farted around on 4chan in the interim, so I can honestly say I've done 6 marathons without any notice.

>> No.7422204

>>7416292
It's just gold. Worthless worthless gold!

>> No.7422241

>>7412900
When I was about 11 and didn't have access to decent books, I figured out trigonometry for myself by playing with a calculator and wrote a 3d graphics program in Applesoft BASIC on an Apple ][e, where you could move around a wireframe cube. I had also taught myself Applesoft BASIC without proper reference material, and still didn't know about things like arrays.

>> No.7422250

>>7412900

I'm a Mexican and passed Calculus III.

>> No.7422264

I won 6 games of russian roulette while standing on the golden gate bridge.

>> No.7422297

I have successfully sucked off a cat before

>> No.7423543

>>7412900
>sorry, but i will not incriminate myself

>> No.7424067

>>7418462
nah that was only half of you. the other half was a lazy ass egg just sitting around doing nothing just waiting to get lucky.

>> No.7424100

>>7412918
So is meme now a synonym for phony?

>> No.7425428

>>7412900

Great question.
Woke up this morning thinking "what is there to life?"
got on facebook, checked my likes (still 500 dislikes). Found this guide to become popular and decided to try it out.
I post a pic according to the guidelines - 9000000 likes. Girls passing me on the sidewalk can't pronounce "hello" correctly with the cock in her mouth from the desolation I just commited on the server of facebook. Blink of an eye - 9 trillion on the bank from groupies donations. I'm not done yet, walk into bar - manlets suicided, I'm to cool.
At this point my cock grew enough to go over the street and straight into the neighbours kitchen. I decide - alright, time to end this shit, I toss an molotov into the crowd of groupies , -hexakill-, president is saying things in reverse, obama comes over to suck my 50 foot cock, north korea takes suicide by detonation of nuclear weapons, my criminal record gets deleted, god saying: you just life.
I walk over to my living room, turn the TV on, new president of america - it's me.

>> No.7425602

>>7421980
Funny thing is any monkey with an eTrade account could have made money in the past few years. all these new stock bois are going to get hit real hard if the economy suffers. What makes a good investor is not his ability to make money but his ability to survive a regression.

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7425610

>>7412900
ran experiments and fucked around in microgravity courtesy of NASA's parabolic 'vomit comet' flight program for undergraduates tbh

>> No.7425646

>>7415626
Who is this Newton anyways?

>> No.7425670

>>7412900
Not kill myself.

>> No.7425734

>>7412900
I overcame general anxiety disorder and panic attacks. No drugs - took about 2 years of exposure therapy. Also work and studying helps keep my mind off of itself

>> No.7425768

>>7415198

I was asked to describe myself with four adjectives once.

>> No.7425769

>>7412900

Nothing, that's why I'm here.

>> No.7425971

Played in an amateur drumline for 5 years, we managed to win the national championship for drumlines and marching bands twice in a row.
>Implying HR cares about the answer, and just that you have something.

>> No.7425976

I systematically eliminated all the human compassion that I developed during childhood.

>> No.7425999

>>7419557
boss

>> No.7426045

toured europe w my experimental music and visuals and came out in the green. it was pretty much my only life goal tho so now that i did it im all fucked up don't know what to do with myself, that's why im applying for this stupid fucking job.
just give me the fucking job alright? I showed up almost on time and i don't smell like liquor as much as i did last night. my shirt is clean.
you know what? fuck you. i dont want your stupid job. "what have you done that is extraordinary?" what have YOU done fucker? huh? fuck you

>> No.7427407

>>7412900
I memed with the very best of 'em.

>> No.7427441

>>7425976
It is just like you chopped your dick off, because human compassion is a useful and pleasurable response and you don't live in jail or a warzone, where antisocial behavior has any value. Go be a nigger somewhere else, faggot.

>> No.7427983

Well fictional interviewer, do you have time?

Saved a mans life when 14, in country where 350€ is good payed job earned by myself 1500 € for charity when 16, bought myself a motorcycle when 18.
Finished colledge while nursing grandad and mother with cancer.

But, i do still have problem with grammar.

I see you have other applicants so i will stop here. Also you can ask me anything in my field and i will know the answear.

<!-- and thats all legal things, guy gotta went-->

>> No.7428009

>>7412900
I ended the universe on acid one time

Really you people should be paying me a life salary for that but if I've gotta show up to your stupid job to collect it I guess I'll try

>> No.7428019

I went from crippled drug addict to in shape published researcher.

>> No.7428790

>>7415558
>not uing midpoint or tangents

fuck off

>> No.7429099

>>7425768
My answer

>What is an adjective?

I mean I did just google it but still.

>> No.7429101

>>7415197
+1
Never missed a day of work, never missed a day of Uni.

I did miss a shitload of primary/high school but nobody needs to know about that.

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>>7412922
NIGAAAAA SHIIEEEEETTTT

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>>7412900

>> No.7430215

>>7412900
In the last 5 years I've successfully gotten away with 12 murders in the tri-state area.

>> No.7430222

>>7412922

best post

>> No.7430251

>>7412900
My 6 year old grandfather was fed to bear while being gassed in the holocaust. I've had to live with that memory ever since