That said, according to this questionnaire, here are a few of the questions that an older worker might have to answer:
1. Where were you when J.F.K. died?
2. What kind of phone did you have as a teenager?
(a) Cell
(b) Trimline push button
(c) Rotary
If you answered (c), stop filling out this questionnaire immediately. We’ll be in touch.
3. If you decide to relive your high-school-athletics glory days by fielding for the company softball team without stretching first, will you need:
(a) Possible medical attention
(b) A Motrin day off
(c) A resulting surgery that pushes the limits of our company’s feeble health care plan
4. Is “Slack” your preferred business-communication platform or an abridged way to describe the Zeitgeist attitude of your twenties?
5. When paying for business lunches, are you willing to use your A.A.R.P. discount?
6. Describe a significant challenge you’ve had to overcome and how an episode of “Oprah” helped you resolve it. (essay)
I would add the following four questions:
7. Which do you use more in your writing at work: “cursive” or “cursor?”
8. Does “duck and cover” have any relationship to a “nuclear family?”
9. Was John-Boy Walton gay? (Extra points: what were the names of the actors of Grandma and Grandpa Walton who were, in fact, gay in real life?)
10. Which Martha do you most relate to and why: Martha Graham, Martha Stewart, Martha Quinn, or Martha Washington?
What humorous questions might you ask to ferret out someone’s age in a job interview?