When the interviewer asks you about your hobbies or what you do for fun, what kind of answer are they looking for? Because I’m a pretty boring person outside of work and don’t really have any hobbies so I struggle with these types of questions.

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I always say hiking as a subtle way of enforcing I’m not available on the weekend

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This is brilliant

I remember that question from when I was full time. I had to make up an answer because being stuck in the office working every night and half the weekends doesn’t leave time or energy for anything healthy to do.

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Kayaking, reading, working out, playing piano. I'm guessing they're looking for answers that indicate you're a well-rounded, balanced individual, but I don't know that for sure. It feels like a wasted question to me.

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I say “job interviews.”

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I actually had an interview book, this was like 20 years ago, and in that book it said they were checking to see if you do anything super dangerous. If your hobbies are skydiving and street racing, maybe leave that out. Other than that, maybe to make sure you have enough sense to give a normal answer.

Gosh, so seeing how fast I can get my sportbike up to not a good answer? :-)

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