Dear prospective Kosmix employees:

Hi! We’re excited that you are interested in working at Kosmix. In order to better prepare yourself for the battery of interview questions coming your way, we’ve prepared a sample list of questions that all of us had to answer. If you ace the test below, we might give you a job offer just on the basis of being a great fit (actually, wait until our lawyers sign off on that before you set that in stone).

Enjoy!

· Do you enjoy a competitive game of ping pong?
· Are you able to function effectively while Nerf pellets bounce off your (hopefully rather bulbous) head?
· Do you commit to bringing edible items back for your office mates (at great personal risk from Customs) when on overseas trips?
· Do you enjoy being lectured about wine twice a year?
· Do you use the phrases “upsell”, “a-ha moment”, “algos” and “higher order bit” significantly more than you should?
· Are you willing to spend several nights obsessing over your Halloween costume?
· If your costume ends up sucking – are you willing to take endless ribbing about the same?
· Do you have a MySpace profile with, ahem, entertaining photos (trick question, beware)?
· Can you deal with an expensive espresso machine that can bake lasagna and schedule meetings but not produce a decent espresso?
· Are you a connoisseur of fine ping pong paddles? Better still, are you willing to buy your own in an effort to one-up your office mates?
- Do you have a history of peering suspiciously into canned food drive bins? (Don’t answer that).
· Do you recycle? Or at least pretend to?
· Are you okay with an office that is heavy on iPhones and light on Blackberrys?

Send your answers to jobs@kosmix.com.