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You go to a job interview and they have you seated in a waiting room for over an hour. In this room there’s a watercooler, a coffee machine, some magazines, candies, crackers, 5 other candidates and the receptionist. It’s the end of the day, you’re tired, really hungry and you have a headache.

[taste]:: You’re so hungry you can actually hear your stomach. There are the crackers and the candies, the coffee machine and the watercooler. All this across the room and the place is really silent. You don’t know how longer you’ll have to wait. Do you prefer being very hungry with a headache or go grab some crackers and candies, maybe coffee and water?
I would get the crackers and candies, and some water, because I think my headache will get worse if I don’t. I assume that they put the food and drink there so that people will take it!

[touch]:: Let�s say you decided to go for the crackers and candies, because you were really starving. How many do you grab? How much is just enough in a situation like this?
I would grab two or three crackers, and one candy. Then I’d take a whole lot of water.

[sight]:: After an hour, you have already looked at all magazines from 1995, your eyes have scanned the room a hundred times and you�re having trouble keeping them open, being as tired as you are. All the other candidates are already gone. What do you do to to avoid falling asleep?
I really don’t know what I’d do, I don’t think I’d be able to think of anything to say to the other people in the room. I guess I would stand up from my chair to keep myself awake.

[smell]:: You are finally called in to your interview. The interviewer hasn’t said a word yet and instead is looking at some papers, maybe your resume. You’re just sitting there and a secretary comes in, puts some papers on the desk, says something quick to the interviewer and leaves. The second she’s gone, you smell something funny and, boy, it stinks big time… It wasn’t you, but you’re sure the interviewer can smell it too and if it wasn’t him, he might be thinking it was you or the secretary. What to you do? Do you say anything?
I love this question! It’s so funny. I’d be soooo embarrassed if that happened to me in real life, even if I hadn’t done anything. I don’t think it’d be professional to blame the secretary, so I’d just smile and say nothing. And try not to think of the smell.

[hearing]:: The interviewer finally opens his mouth. This guy looks really scary and intimidating, but the second he starts talking, you feel an uncontrollable urge to laugh: he talks very fast and has a funny voice that contrasts with his physical appearence. You know you shouldn’t laugh, but you can’t help it and a giggle slips out. How do you handle this?
I’d .... try to turn it into a cough. And look down into my lap or something, I wouldn’t want to be looking at the interviewer. *eek*

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You know what? I always tend to do the Saturday Senses on a Sunday. I don’t know why…

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