Do you think we’re in an AI Bubble? Even the experts who’ve predicted past crashes can’t seem to agree.
And if you’re looking for a job right now, your opinion on all this could decide whether you get the job. Dave McCann, IBM’s managing partner for EMEA, says he now throws the curveball question in interviews as a make-or-break test.
There’s no right or wrong answer, but actually knowing where you stand could give you an edge and pique the exec’s interest. McCann doesn’t care which side you pick—he cares whether you’ve thought it through.
“I strongly believe we aren’t, so let’s see what everyone else has to say.”
Fortune asked a handful of execs at the forum to share the curveball questions they use to separate strong candidates from everyone else:
“There’s no wrong answer, but what I’m really looking for are people who dream big, who think about the enormous potential of all of that data and all of those insights and who are really focused on driving impact and delivering change out there.”
“It’s not one that I came up with, but I heard somebody else ask this very interesting question,” Lilika Beck, VP at Sonova Group, said. “They ask, whether they know the game of tennis, and if they do, how would you explain the game of tennis and its rules to a 10 year old, very succinctly? I think what’s cool about that question is it’s a little bit surprising, but it also shows how an individual can, simplify, and communicate well.”
