I was asked what my hobbies are during an interview once and it made me believe they were just looking for a personality hire or a pretty face.

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freehorse an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The mirror side of this is when almost all the intern applications/cover letters we used to receive contained a paragraph about the hobbies of the applicant (all domain-irrelevant). I find that weird but I guess it is sort of common nowadays?

	▲	toast0 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I was involved with picking a candidate for an internship in 1999, we had three candidates and they all mentioned basketball on their resumes. I think it's just something to help the resume fill one page. And help provide a direction for a 'validate the resume' interview. Sometimes, if the hobby shows leadership etc, it might be relevant even if the domain isn't.

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bobanrocky 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Umm .. pretty standard & generally lame line of questioning at many companies/countries. Sounds like you were offended or surprised by it?