As I said in another post, it depends.

Was it a childhood prank gone bad, resulting in some property damage? Was it a clever exploitation of some loophole? That might be a demonstration of initiative, motivation, and creativity. OTOH, he got caught. Does that demonstrate a lack of forethought and an inability to plan ahead?

Was it a drive-by shooting with three people injured or killed? That's different.

It has little or nothing to do with "society".

Did you rape and murder my sister while burglarizing her house 15 years ago?

If you did, and you get out of jail, I am going to cut your nuts off, first.

I agree.

Once you've matured you can face yourself, ultimately even laugh at yourself. Is it funny, what that stupid kid did?

Any prospective employer will appreciate the explanation that you gave us.

There is a difference between what that the bigCs claim or predict and what you are predicting.

Yes, I'd bet with you on all of your predictions, but try this:

Will it rain more or less in England this year than last?

Will it be colder in Moscow this Feb than last Feb.?

Will Ca. have more or less fires this summer than last?

We can extend that to more rain in the next 5 years than the last 5? etc.

The problem is, the bigCs can't even get that right, and when they do notice that they haven't got it right, they try to hide it.

Honest, climate change happens. It has been observed in every form of historical record that we can access and interpret. What's missing from the historical record is "why?".

Today, many bigCs have come out and said "Man is why" and Man we have to change it. Let's assume that they do have it right(and are not hiding the fact that they have it wrong) and temps will climb over the next few centuries. Many, including myself have asked "Who says this climate change is bad?" Man is a tropical creature. It is getting warmer, why not welcome it?

Many bigCs and the politicians that back them demand that exorbitant amounts of resources be spent in an effort to try and combat climate change. Why? What exactly is to be gained from all of this expense? At the moment we cannot even combat a tornado(all we can do is try and duck) and they propose that we take on Nature on a planetary scale?!??! It's ridiculous.

Face it, the climate will change whether we want it to or not. It's natural. Live with it.

You are talking about the one lady, his wife, right?

He doesn't have much in the way of 'issues' with the rest of the women, just sex.

You post with such an air of propriety and integrity.

Show me.

1) Go get yourself a copy of the emails. I'm sure you can find out which ones discuss this or if none of them do, post that or at least a summary. Make yourself a web page where you can post details: emails sent, from/to fields, a list of subjects, etc. Then paste in some ads and Profit! The traffic level will be enormous if you can do this.

2) Same here

3) Same here

I could go further, but I think everyone gets the point.

I'll give you a clue, you've got a long row to hoe if you want to convert quotes that say something like "Let's do this/OK, let's do it" into meaning "Let's do this/No, I will not do this" or as you say "No, they did not".

One more clue, if "they" did not, why are "they" resigning?

Good luck.

I haven't thought about "Fuzzy Logic" in a decade.

And crawlspace under the floor.

Go ahead, let it out.

You'll feel better

It doesn't make any sense and if you note some of the other posts here, if a company asks those types of questions upfront, you probably don't want to work there. IOW, just as if you ask, if they ask it is a bad sign.

Fundamentally anyone can ask you any question about any subject at any time. It's up to you to say "No, I won't answer that question" even(especially) in an interview. If they press on, your response, assuming that you still really do want to work there, should be something along the lines of "Are you making an offer? Are you offering carte blanche?"

Two counters to those that want to know previous compensation:

  Ask whoever is asking what the company paid the previous employee in the prospective position.

  Assuming that the person asking is the prospective boss, ask what his current pay is.

  If he asks why you need to know this, say(in both cases) "I need the information in order to properly evaluate any offer you make. That is, minimum acceptable pay is 10% more than the previous or 10% less than the boss, whichever is greater." ;-)

Seriously though, any interviewer that pushes this should probably be interrupted with a polite "I think we're finished with this process" and then you head for the door.

in interviewing or being interviewed.

Your expression "the interview" reveals this.

Most non-entry level positions are filled by a process involving multiple interviews of multiple candidates over a period of days or weeks, often involving a pool or team of interviewers and a set of candidates that have made it past the initial filters. One of those filters being "the interview" that you have experienced.

Those candidates that pass the initial filters get further probing, meet more of the current staff, and eventually this results in offers for some and opportunities for them to counter.

There's no way a company making an offer is putting you "on the spot". When they do make an offer, the opportunity to ask the questions you so value becomes available. They say we offer $$$. They also offer XXX PTO, such and such working hours, etc. All of this is part of their offer package and subject to discussion and negotiation from the moment the offer is made until an agreement is reached, not before.

If such questions are so important to you that you must have the answers upfront, just send an email to the HR department before you send in your resume. Doing so will save both of us a lot of time and trouble.

That you don't know what profit is.

and a lot bulkier than...

a few strands of DNA.

In a secure environment, with no one looking over my shoulder why not leave the chars in the clear?

Give 'em a checkbox: "Echo password []" which defaults to "unchecked" of course.