Okay lets do this. Jeff Bezos walks into your office
and says you can have a million dollars to launch your best entrepreneurial idea. What is it?
Potential Intelligent responses.
1) Was I in at the time?
2) I'm on the f'ing phone Bezos! Sheesh!
3) If you'll just sign here. (non disclosure agreement)
4) This is my bank account number, lets just pause until the money goes in.
5) What sort of idiot do you think I am?
6) Good bye!
7) What will be my cut?
Now I'm talking a wild guess here, but I don't think these are what the questioner had in mind as answers.
So potentially dumb responses
1) Any great idea Mr Bezos might be prepared to invest that much of his hard earned money in. The guy interviewing you will steal it, and won't want you muttering in the corridors about it, so no job.
2) Any great idea that turns out to be really dumb Gives interviewer an immediate no, with option to point out how stupid you are, and No job
3) An idea that has some potential one you can explore with the interviewer and massage towards one with some real value. (See option 1)
4) You offer a really stupid idea, like say HTML, www, texting, mass market production, a computer anyone can use. If it's recognised see 1, if it's not see 2.
About the only response you could give, that SHOULD get you somewhere.
1) You offer an idea that sounds right and then pull it to pieces yourself.
So what exactly was the purpose of this question again?
Was the last answer the one you were aiming at?
If not, why not?
