I found this interesting - the importance of being intellectually inquisitive as one of those key professional career attributes in general and demonstrating this in an interview in particular.
From the Wall Street Journal yesterday by Kevin Clark, Why the Eagles Aren't Ducks. It highlights the interview process between Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and former Oregon coach and current Eagles coach Chip Kelly. From the article:
"To screen candidates for the head coach job, Lurie said he prepared a list of 100 questions. The questions ranged from "How would you deal with your offensive line after a poor performance?" to "What would you say to your team if you were overmatched because they didn't expect certain plays to happen?" Most candidates offered earnest, predictable answers.
Kelly, however, answered almost all the questions with questions of his own: Why worry about a perfect run-pass balance? Why try possessing the ball for long periods of time when the goal is to score more points? Why should the kicking of an extra point be automatic? Why punt automatically? Why align the tackles in a balanced way? Why practice Wednesday, Thursday, Friday? Where's the science behind that?
"There was obviously a philosophy of being inquisitive," said Lurie, calling Kelly "someone who challenged the obvious.""
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