Government Fun!

I was at my old job in NO yesterday and was reminded of some of the fun reasons I don't work there anymore.
For starters, the Center Director aka Mr. Burns has finally decided to retire....effective in January.
The Agency has decided to allow the Chemistry group to replace a few people, my favorite being replacing someone who has not been fired but will be fired maybe although he has been on paid leave for 18 months at $129,000 per year and he can not be replaced until he is maybe possibly eventually fired. Confused yet?

Anyway, I was down there to interview candidates for a job. Neither candidate was an ideal fit for the job, but c'est la vie. The best part of all of this may be the list of questions my old boss wrote up for us to go through with the candidates, including:
1) Tell us about yourself?
2) What are your short-term and long-term goals?
3) Give an example of a real situation or activity where you had to overcome obstacles, barriers, or differences of opinion in order to resolve a conflict or difference in a satisfactory manner.
4) What is/was the biggest accomplishment in your life?

Oh yeah, for those who are wondering my old boss admitted to reading through HR manuals to make up his list of questions.