Facebook Follow-Up: Feeding the 5,000

• I like the sentiment "celebrate what unites us instead of what divides us", and am happy to do so and will try to do so. However - On social media, I find I am offended almost daily with posts of hatred and intolerance based on political, social and religious views. I will not refrain from speaking out. The post that prompted the satirical comment regarding Jesus feeding the 5,000 was related to taking food away from people (including children) who need help because they have a problem with drugs. In my book that is not how you help hungry people. Besides this scheme only has one benefit, it puts public money in the pockets of shareholders and executives of companies that provide the testing services.
• If you don't like what I share, please feel free to un-follow me, or un-friend me. I participate twice a week in a group that offers the following advice - "Take what you like and leave the rest." I kind of like that. I try hard to keep people in my news feed who hold different religious and political views from me so that I can be informed of other perspectives. However, I un-follow people regularly once they cross any one the following personal boundaries: (1) a statement of pure bigotry (race, gender, religious, sexual preference based) (2) a demonstration of intolerance (I don't count being intolerant of intolerance as being intolerant.) (3) an unwillingness to do enough research to understand some ridiculous memes they are parroting. (Like the call to drug test welfare recipients. The only people who benefit from these types of programs are the shareholders and executives of companies who preform the testing for the state. Quoting someone out of context. It usually only takes a little research to determine if a quote is accurate and if it is within the context it is being used or ridiculed.) (4) bemoaning the persecution of christians (5) support of anti-vaccination (6) a belief that any religious text is the source of all truth (and/or a science text) (Actually, I usually give people a pass once or twice. But if they continue on a regular basis to cross one of these personal boundaries, I restrict them from my news feed.) Note - I would do the same for a muslim, mormon, hindu or any other religious zealot (or non-religious zealot) who preaches intolerance and a belief that they have the only path to a god or afterlife. I'm unlucky in that I don't get to interact much with people of other belief systems. Across many social media channels, I regularly see: bible quotes, right wing memes, left wing memes, request for prayers, repetitions of Fox stories, Rush quotes, statements in support of republican far right wackos, and statements in support of far left wackos. Generally I don't complain, but when the posts cross one of the lines above, I reserve the right to comment. As noted above, if you have boundaries like me and I've crossed one, please feel free to unfriend or unfollow me. I'll keep speaking out against the zealots, bigots, hypocrites, intolerant and misogynist - and sharing post about LEGOs, bourbon, food and some science. Take what you like. Leave the Rest. If you need to call me something, the following works:
  

  Jerk Asshole Asshat Liberal Progressive Atheist (I've been called much worse. Feel free to add to this list.) Friend Just don't call me a democrat. I prefer "anti-republican".

  
  

  Cheers!
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Internal Job Interview Questions

A friend recently asked me for some advice regarding questions I've used in the past when interviewing someone for an internal job posting.  Here's a running list I've maintained over the years.  

1. What intrigues you about this new role and why do you want to leave your current job?
2. Does your manager know you have applied for this job?
3. Would your manager recommend you for this position?
4. If you had to give a new employee a couple of insights to working at <this company>, what would they be?
5. If the people who work with you are asked why you should be hired, what would they say?
6. What do you like best about your current position at the company?
7. What don't you like about the job you're in now?
8. What other positions have you held with the company?
9. What was your biggest success story in your current position?
10. Can you tell me what you know about the position you are being considered for?
11. What do you know about our department?
12. Why do you want the new position?
13. How has your current position prepared you for this position?
14. Tell us about some of your experiences outside of <this company> that relate to this position.
15. What have you learned from your current position that transfers well to this new position?
16. What existing relationships in the company do you have that will be beneficial in the new role?  Why?
17. How will the new position change things for you? 
18. Tell us about your experience in the travel technology industry?
19. What is a project you are particularly proud of?
20. Based on your experience here at <this company>, when you are given a project to create <user documentation for a new software feature>, how would you proceed with this project?  What steps would you take?
21. Why should we consider you for this position?
22. What in your background makes you an excellent candidate for this position? Why?
23. While I don’t expect you know everything and we know there is a lot of training required for this role, what do you think are the most important training topics will you need to be successful in this position?
24. What recommendations would you make for a successful transition from your current job to the new job?
25. How will you handle it if you don't get the job?

Standard Interview Questions:

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/interviewquest.htm