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A short extract from the job interview from hell:

Interviewer: "So how well do you know your way around MS Excel?"

Me (expecting to be asked about macros, queries and the like): "I have a full working knowledge of it and use it all the time."

Interviewer: "I hope I don't sound patronizing, but how would you go about to copy the content of one cell into another?"

Me (refraining from standing up and leave): "I'd select the cell - then Ctrl-C and Ctrl-D it into the new location." (inaudible) "Doh"

Interviewer: "OK, we'll let you know"

One Response to “paste”

  1. Luca Says:

    I meant "Ctrl-V" of course! That was just a typo, I swear I said "Ctrl-V" at the interview! I did, didn't I?