An object that sums you up

I would show my full rucksack to demonstrate that I am prepared for anything!

What a load of nonsense for a company to ask an adult to bring an object in with them,as others say, so much psychbabble at interviews now.
my DSIL was once asked where he would sit in the cinema, if it was empty, and which animal he would like to be. All you need to be able to do is answer the way you know they like ie,in the middle of the cinema ( good team player) at the front (go-getter) a social animal like a dog,or a even better, a lion. what they don't want to hear, is at the back of the cinema or a rabbit.
I can't think of an object for myself, although I Liked the cake tin and credit card that Jingl suggested for herself.
Perhaps the key thing is what would you save in a house fire ( apart from any living things) and mine would be all the photo albumns, as would be most peoples choice probably.

My iPad! ?

Sums me up completely. My music choices, photos of family and special places, emails with contacts, Google with things I have looked up, social media I like to take part in, kindle app with books read and waiting to be, BBC iPlayer with my favourite programmes. Let's not forget games apps, mine and the grandchildrens'. A big mix of interests and activities that is the complicated person that is me.

I do go out and socially interact sometimes too

Are you a Scorpio, Galen?

A dictaphone ( now my mobile phone) so if I get an idea I can record it and not forget it.

metres of beautiful fabrics - represents thrift, luxury, colour, texture, design, practicability - life's rich tapestry.

A dustbin because I'm a depository for all kinds of useless knowledge

I'm the opposite of obeione; hard on the outside, but melting in the middle, so perhaps I'd be a Cadburys Creme egg?

A chunky hand-knitted South American zipped hoody in rainbow colours. I'm wearing it now. DD pointed it out in a shop in Glossop, saying: "That's very you". She was right. I tried it on and bought it.

I can't think of a single thing I could take to sum myself up for interview purposes. I don't think I identify myself through 'things'. Very tricky...

hidden agenda Of course.

I am glad that I am not entirely alone in thinking this another naff gimmick. Like the "Tell us your strengths and weaknesses, Mrs P."
"Oh my weakness is that I am a workaholic, but my strength is that I am entirely modest and always look to credit others with my achievements."



Do they think we haven't spotted the hidden ag had dumb questions??

How about a miniature patchwork quilt I made.... meticulous, creative, thrifty.......

I'd take an encyclopaedia
Full of useful information but takes ages to find what you're looking for !
Doubt I'd get the job though hehe

I've been through the usual interview strategies as they've come and gone. The one I remember best is the book or paper lying on the floor as you walk in to the interview room. I'd read about that one before the interview and picked the sheet of paper up and placed it on the table. I got that job. I would have picked it up though, interview or not, and I suspect the other candidates did too so it was probably a waste of time for the interview panel.

My object would be a small, round pebble. Worn down to smoothness by the harsh elements, but still very much here. Comfortable to hold, but still painful if deployed in defence of loved ones.
Also illustrative of being stony broke, but that's another subject!

I can't see how this exercise can prove suitability for a teaching post. But what do I know?

I'd take a large wooden spoon to stir up the cauldron pot.

Good luck though imp.

I'd take a shovel and a plastic bag to put their bullsh1t question in!

I have always loved reading, but it's difficult to choose one book. Maybe a library card?
I like the idea of a tuning fork to convey love of music? I have always sung in choirs and play in an amateur orchestra but would not like to take my violin to an interview in case they asked me to play it!
Probably and family photo album would sum me up best as the family are central to my life

The biscuit tin -no hesitation

A paintbrush

I would take a copy of "You will never walk alone" - never mind who is singing it. It will always remind me of all the young adults I mixed with when running a Gateway Club for people with learning disabilities. I was involved with that for thirty years, and this was the song we always sang after a party/disco/show; I can still see them after 15 years, joining hands and raising their arms swaying to the music. I learned so much from them over the years, and music is a great communicator.

What a great discussion starter this is! Books for me without a doubt. I might be a bit cheeky and take a copy of the one novel I had published as it's borne out of my life long love of books.
But I could just as happily take my food mixer (although it's bl***y heavy! ) as I love making cakes for friends and family. Or maybe a duster and bottle of Stardrops as it's hardly a hobby but cleaning is something I find myself doing far too often!
Good luck with the job. Sounds as though you're doing well as you're through to the second round!

After a thirty eight year career in public and academic libraries, it's probably obvious! Although which book, I have no idea!

Like Imperfect, a book, probably one on history or archaeology. Wherever I am my eyes automatically move to the printed material in my environment, posters, papers, magazines, books anything. I can remember when I was quite small, one of my aunts saying, in exasperation, 'that girl would read the back of a bus ticket' (she was right).

That is why my career was spent providing people with the information they needed to do their job, in the form that was most useful to them.