"As an example of how intense Brian Chesky is, he's the Airbnb CEO, he used to ask people if they would take the job if they got a medical diagnosis that they have one year left to life (sic)"
This is essentially asking - are you willing to lie to get this job.
Ideal gamed answer, both true and good enough to satisfy AirBnB: "no I would spend all my savings traveling around the world to exotic and unusual places, and hacking on open source projects as time and net access permitted."
Exactly. And it seems like you would not want to hire the person who says "yes" because you know that person is a liar. But I guess Airbnb worked out anyway.
I've never seen this before, but on the site it is wrapping lines mid-word. Here is how the first paragraph looks for me:
Before I jump into today's lecture, I wanted to answer a few questio
ns people had emailed me about the last lecture that we didn't hav
e time for. So, if you have a question about what we covered last ti
me, I am welcome to answer it now, starting with you.
This is essentially asking - are you willing to lie to get this job.