What you say your hobby is vs what it actually is
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Why do Bree and Clint ask candidates about weekend hobbies in interviews?
I saw this clip today of this person talking about how you answer a question about what you like to get up to on the weekend. And it was particularly relevant to you and I at the moment, Bree, because we're interviewing people for Ella's job.
Yes, we've been interviewing people across the last couple of days and one of the questions that has come up is what do you like to do for fun on the weekends?
Yeah, what do you get up to outside of work?
Yeah, what are you doing? Because we're trying to
get to know these people a bit.
Yeah, to see if they'd be a good fit for the show and the team.
See if they've got any hobbies that we don't want to hear about.
Yeah.
That would get them excluded from the list. There's one guy who I appreciated in these interviews so far who was actually honest with us and we said, oh, what do you like to get up to on the weekend? And he goes, oh, you know, the pub.
No, I think he goes, I like to go to the pub with friends or just go to the pub.
Yeah. And I was like,
you know what? Where he's two hobbies. I think they counted as two hobbies.
That's refreshing. Yeah. Anyway, and then I heard this today.
I hate when someone's like, what do you like to do on the weekends? Like, what do you like to do for fun? Because I feel like I can't tell the truth, which is I like to drink. i like to go to the bar oh do you have any hobbies uh going to the bar dancing on the dance floor do you volunteer well yeah i volunteer to buy a round of shots maybe for me and my friends but that's about as you know as far as it goes so then i feel like i'm forced to like lie i'm like yeah well like i love glass blowing what glass blowing who's glass blowing
Not believable. I like to volunteer. I volunteer to split the Uber on the way to the pub. Which is,
I think, very generous.
So it got me thinking, like if you were in an interview, what's the lie that you tell when people say, what do you get up to on the weekend? And what's the truth? Yeah. Like for me, if I get asked that question
in
a professional setting. What are you saying? I like to say, and this is genuine, I like to say that I enjoy going to live sport. And
I also
enjoy going to live music
as
well. That's the half truth, half lie. The truth is I like drinking on the weekend and I enjoy doing it outside. And that's something you can do at both live sport and live music.
It all plays into each other. Exactly right. It all plays into each other.
Exactly right. You, what's the lie?
The lie these days is I'll be like, I love to go to a farmer's market. Yep. Love to go to a market. Oh, so nice on a Saturday morning. I love organic produce. Yep, I love to go and buy some organic produce and then cook all afternoon. Such a great day.
Meal prep.
What I really like to do is go to houses I can't afford, open homes, and eat the food there.
LAUGHTER
And normally at the really swanky ones, there's champagne.
And fresh cookies. Uh-huh. Are you willing to be honest with us, New Zealand? And are you willing to lie to us too? Yeah. If someone said to you, you're in a job interview and they said to you, what do you like to get up to on the weekend? What's the lie?
Yep. What is your go-to lie that you're telling in that scenario? And what's the truth?
What do you actually like to get up to on the weekend?
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Our question is, what's the truth and what's the lie based off this?
I hate when someone's like, what do you like to do on the weekends? Like, what do you like to do for fun? Because I feel like I can't tell the truth, which is I like to drink.
What are the common lies people tell about their weekend hobbies?
I like to go to the bar. Oh, do you have any hobbies? Going to the bar, dancing on the dance floor. Do you volunteer? Well, yeah, I volunteer to buy a round of shots, maybe for me and my friends, but that's about as, you know, as far as it goes. So then I feel like I'm forced to, like, lie. I'm like, yeah, well, like, I love glassblowing. What? Glassblowing.
It's so rare that someone truly has a hobby.
Yeah.
You know?
That they actually do?
That they actually do on weekends. You could say to me
that your hobby is puzzling, but do you do it every
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