[Doriana] Double Dutch

[Doriana]

How did an annoying feature help me land a job?

[GalFisk]

Me=you, Doriana? Software feature? Feature of a device? Machine? Vehicle? Person? Personality? You yourself? WAG: do you talk to loud, which made a good impression on the hard-of-hearing interviewer? Job: relevant in what field? Did the feature help during the interview? When sending a resume? When writing it? Did it help you meet/get to know the person who'd hire you?

[Doriana]

Me=you, Doriana? Software feature? Yes Feature of a device? Machine? Vehicle? Person? Personality? You yourself? No to rest WAG: do you talk to loud, which made a good impression on the hard-of-hearing interviewer? No Job: relevant in what field? Exact field is irrel, but something about it is relevant Did the feature help during the interview? This, but... When sending a resume? When writing it? No to these Did it help you meet/get to know the person who'd hire you? No

[hominid]

Was the job at the company that makes the software? Does the job involve the software in some way? Is that software commonly used at that workplace?

Did you point out the annoying feature in the interview? Did you know about the annoying feature during the interview? Did the interviewer know about the annoying feature? Did they believe that the feature was annoying?

[Doriana]

Was the job at the company that makes the software? No Does the job involve the software in some way? Yes Is that software commonly used at that workplace? Yes

Did you point out the annoying feature in the interview? No Did you know about the annoying feature during the interview? Yes Did the interviewer know about the annoying feature? Irrel Did they believe that the feature was annoying? Irrel

[hominid]

Did you know about the annoying feature when you applied for the job? Did it affect your decision to apply for the job?

[Doriana]

Did you know about the annoying feature when you applied for the job? Yes Did it affect your decision to apply for the job? No

There might be an FA lurking, not sure

[GalFisk]

Did knowing about the feature help you? Did the existence of the feature help you? Did you exploit the feature? Help someone deal with it?

[Doriana]

Did knowing about the feature help you? No Did the existence of the feature help you? Yes Did you exploit the feature? Yes Help someone deal with it? No

[GalFisk]

Did you exploit it during the interview? Before? After? Is email invovled? Did you exploit it in order to appear first in a list?

[Doriana]

Did you exploit it during the interview? Noish Before? Yes After? No Is email invovled? No Did you exploit it in order to appear first in a list? No

[GalFisk]

Is the software used for communication? Documents? Audio/video? Documentation? Programming? Images? Gaming? Printing?

[Doriana]

Is the software used for communication? Yope Documents? Yes Audio/video? Not as in making or editing them, but... Documentation? No Programming? No Images? Same as for audio/video Gaming? Printing? No to rest

[irishelk]

Did you use the software on your phone? Home computer? A device at the interview site? Relevant?

Is the interview relevantly in person? Or online? If the latter, is the software being used to conduct the interview?

Did your relevant interaction with the software occur: minutes before the interview? Hours before? Days before? Weeks? Longer?

Would the feature have still helped you if it was less annoying? Would you say it is annoying because it doesn't do what it is intended to? it does something extra and unnecessary? It makes you do extra work? it makes a task harder?

[Doriana]

Did you use the software on your phone? No Home computer? Yes A device at the interview site? Yes for DOYD of "interview site", see below Relevant? Yes

Is the interview relevantly in person? Or online? This If the latter, is the software being used to conduct the interview? No, but it is used during the interview

Did your relevant interaction with the software occur: minutes before the interview? Hours before? Days before? Weeks? Days to weeks Longer?

Would the feature have still helped you if it was less annoying? Yes Would you say it is annoying because it doesn't do what it is intended to? No it does something extra and unnecessary? Usually, this It makes you do extra work? it makes a task harder? No to rest

Great round of questions!

[hominid]

Did the software developers intentionally create the feature?

Did the annoying feature make you look better to the interviewers? Sound better? Was it a software you were using at home (or wherever you were while interviewing)? Did it provide an excuse for something?

[Doriana]

Did the software developers intentionally create the feature? Yes

Did the annoying feature make you look better to the interviewers? Sound better? No to both Was it a software you were using at home (or wherever you were while interviewing)? Yes Did it provide an excuse for something? No

[hominid]

Were you intentionally using the software because you were interviewing for a job? Or was it running in the background? Did the software give you a notification, even though you weren't using it?

[Doriana]

Were you intentionally using the software because you were interviewing for a job? Yes Or was it running in the background? Did the software give you a notification, even though you weren't using it? No to these

[GalFisk]

Is it an online meeting software? Collaboration software? Slack? Teams? Zoom? Skype? Would it help to know which software it was? Did you use the annoying feature to appear skilled in using the software? Did you use the software for work when you got the job? Is the annoying feature pointless? Useless? Superfluous? Automatically putting hats, ears or other decorations on faces in video chat relevant?

[Doriana]

Is it an online meeting software? No Collaboration software? No Slack? Teams? Zoom? The interview was conducted via Zoom, but it's not the relevant software Skype? Would it help to know which software it was? Probably, yes Did you use the annoying feature to appear skilled in using the software? Yope Did you use the software for work when you got the job? Yes Is the annoying feature pointless? Useless? Superfluous? Usually, I'd say all of these, but... Automatically putting hats, ears or other decorations on faces in video chat relevant? No

[GalFisk]

Is it made by Microsoft? Apple? Adobe? Google? Mozilla? Is it open source? Does it come for Windows? MacOS? Linux? Mobile OSes? Is it a web browser?

[Doriana]

Is it made by Microsoft? This Apple? Adobe? Google? Mozilla? Is it open source? No to rest Does it come for Windows? MacOS? Yes to both Linux? Mobile OSes? AFAIK no to these Is it a web browser? No

[GalFisk]

Is it related to Office? Skype? Is it free? Is it part of the Office suite?

[Doriana]

Is it related to Office? Yes Skype? Is it free? Is it part of the Office suite? And yes - it's PowerPoint

[GalFisk]

Is the feature used when making a presentation? Showing a presentation? Is switching from mirrored to extended desktops when presenting relevant? This has tripped up some teachers at my place of work, especially as switching back sometimes fails

[hominid]

Did you show the interviewer a PowerPoint presentation? Did you do this intentionally? During the interview? Before the interview? After the interview? Did you "present" the PowerPoint during the Zoom call?

[Doriana]

Did you show the interviewer a PowerPoint presentation? Yes Did you do this intentionally? Yes During the interview? Yes Before the interview? After the interview? No to these Did you "present" the PowerPoint during the Zoom call? Yes

[GalFisk]

Did you miss my questions? Does this feature have to do with: graphics? Sound? Animations? Slides?

[Doriana]

Is the feature used when making a presentation? This Showing a presentation? Is switching from mirrored to extended desktops when presenting relevant? No This has tripped up some teachers at my place of work, especially as switching back sometimes fails

Did you miss my questions? Apologies! Does this feature have to do with: graphics? This Sound? Animations? Slides? And this

[GalFisk]

Does it add an useless flourish? Word art relevant? Other text embellishments? Graphs? Charts? Pictures? Importing work from files or other programs relevant? Such as inserting an Excel spreadsheet?

[Doriana]

Does it add an useless flourish? Sometimes, yes Word art relevant? No Other text embellishments? Potentially Graphs? Charts? No to these Pictures? Potentially, yes Importing work from files or other programs relevant? Such as inserting an Excel spreadsheet? No to these

[GalFisk]

Did using this feature save time? Make the presentation look good? Show that you knew PowerPoint? Impress someone? Teach someone something they didn't know?

[Doriana]

Did using this feature save time? No Make the presentation look good? Yesish, but there's more to it Show that you knew PowerPoint? No Impress someone? The resulting presentation impressed the interviewers Teach someone something they didn't know? No

[GalFisk]

Make it look technical? Professional? Like something someone else at the company did? Make it work well across Zoom?

[Doriana]

Make it look technical? Professional? Thisish Like something someone else at the company did? Make it work well across Zoom? No or irrel to rest

[GalFisk]

Professionalish: did it make it conform to some standard or guideline? Would it look professionalish to anyone? To anyone familiar with PowerPoint? To people at this company? to the interviewer? Did it make you look professional? Did you copy the style of the company? Does the feature allow you to change the style of the presentation?

[Doriana]

Professionalish: did it make it conform to some standard or guideline? No Would it look professionalish to anyone? To anyone familiar with PowerPoint? To people at this company? to the interviewer? This; irrel/unknown to rest Did it make you look professional? Yesish Did you copy the style of the company? No Does the feature allow you to change the style of the presentation? Not allow, but changing the style of the presentation is relevant

[GalFisk]

Does it make changing the style easy? Do you change the style it when showing the presentation? Change the style form one slide to another? Show a consistent style throughout?

[Doriana]

Does it make changing the style easy? Yes Do you change the style it when showing the presentation? Please rephrase Change the style form one slide to another? No Show a consistent style throughout? Yesish

Clarification: Only the style of the title slide is relevant, but it made my whole presentation appear more professional

[hominid]

The style of the title slide: font? Background? Font size? Color? Picture? Slide change animation? Did the words on the slide change? Were words added? Removed? Is it relevant what the title was? What the subtitle was?

[Doriana]

The style of the title slide: font? Background? This Font size? Color? Picture? And this Slide change animation? Did the words on the slide change? Eventually, yes Were words added? Yes Removed? Is it relevant what the title was? No, but something about the title is relevant What the subtitle was? No

[GalFisk]

Templates relevant?

[Doriana]

Templates relevant? Yesish

[GalFisk]

Styles? Is the feature annoying if you invoke it by mistake? Can it cause issues? Overwrite things you'd rather keep?

[Doriana]

Styles? Not sure what exactly you mean by styles. To clarify: The most relevant thing is that the feature changed the background of the title slide, but the title itself is also relevant
Is the feature annoying if you invoke it by mistake? Yes, at least I usually find it annoying Can it cause issues? Overwrite things you'd rather keep? Irrel

[GalFisk]

Did you willingly invoke the feature? Did it make the background match the title? Relevant what the title says? Does it say anything about you? The company? The job? Does it let you pick premade backgrounds? Select your own? Design one?

[Doriana]

Did you willingly invoke the feature? No Did it make the background match the title? No, FA Relevant what the title says? No Does it say anything about you? The company? The job? Does it let you pick premade backgrounds? This Select your own? Design one?

Left to figure out: What's the relation between the premade background and the title, and how did this lead to a more professional presentation overall?

[Doriana]

HINT: I was struggling with preparing the presentation when the annoying feature came to my rescue

[hominid]

Did the background have words as part of it? Did the title come from words that were already on the background?

[Doriana]

Did the background have words as part of it? Did the title come from words that were already on the background? No to both

[GalFisk]

Does the background have relevant: colors? Patterns? Symbols? Text of the title relevant? Font? A logo? Theme? Is the title an image?

[Doriana]

Does the background have relevant: colors? Yesish Patterns? No Symbols? Yes Text of the title relevant? The text itself is not relevant, but something about it is Font? A logo? Theme? Is the title an image? No to these

[GalFisk]

Symbols: symbols in everyday use? Such as road signs? Pictograms? Emojis? Charts/graphs? Would it still work if the title said "Hglmskjdbrb"? "This is the title"?

[Doriana]

Symbols: symbols in everyday use? Thisish, but the actual symbol is not too relevant Such as road signs? Pictograms? Emojis? Charts/graphs? No to these Would it still work if the title said "Hglmskjdbrb"? "This is the title"? No to both and potential FA

[Balin]

Are the "this-ish" symbols present on a keyboard?

[Doriana]

Are the "this-ish" symbols present on a keyboard? No

[hominid]

Symbols: religious symbols? Symbols relevant to the job? To PowerPoint?

Is the FA that there is a title?

[Doriana]

Symbols: religious symbols? Symbols relevant to the job? This - no need to dig deeper here To PowerPoint?

Is the FA that there is a title? Yope - there was a title in the final presentation, but...

[hominid]

Was the title added at some point? Did you add the title because of the annoying feature? Did the annoying feature cause the title to appear?

[Doriana]

Was the title added at some point? Yes Did you add the title because of the annoying feature? YES Did the annoying feature cause the title to appear?

********SPOILER********

For a recent job interview, I had to prepare a five-minute pitch. I had all the content for my slides, but I had the impression that something was missing. That's when PowerPoint's "design ideas" - a feature that suggests, among other things, background images for the title slide - came to my rescue. The feature, which I usually find annoying and superfluous, suggested the attached image. This gave me the idea to title my presentation "Building Bridges" and helped me created a coherent narrative for my slides. The interviewers were impressed wit my pitch and I was offered the position.

Thanks for playing!

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