In 1985, I applied for a job at Copper Mountain Ski Resort in Colorado because I wanted to be a ski bum - and to ski for free, you had to have a job on the mountain. I applied to be a waiter because I just wanted to wait tables, ski, and drink beer (not necessarily in that order). But, Copper Mountain was owned by Mobile Oil at the time, and they were trying to bring “real hiring and management science” to those crazy ski resorts. This “science” consisted of giving every job applicant an aptitude test with insanely easy questions, e.g. "If it is sunny outside, is it day or night?"Read More