I originally wrote this as a comment to a prior entry, but it’s worthy of an entry of its own.

My friend told me today about her boyfriend who had a job interview with a company, where one of the questions the interviewers asked him was, “Are you an honest person?”

He answered along the lines of, “That’s a pointless question. If I were a dishonest person, do you think I would tell you that? Of course not, I would lie and say I am honest. And on the other hand if I were on honest person, of course I would say the same thing. So your question is irrelevant.” I think they liked that answer. I certainly would, if I were interviewing someone. In fact, I’d ask that question specifically to see if any of the candidates were sharp enough to answer along those lines.