relevance?

i applied for this copy editing (contract) job a couple of weeks ago, and since i didn't hear back from them, it completely left my head. well, i just heard back from them. (a reply close to 7 p.m. on a friday? wtf?) anyway, they asked questions like what's my microsoft word proficiency (oy, there's that word again*) on a scale of 1 to 10, when could i come in for an interview, and what's my favorite breakfast cereal.

huh? what kind of relevance does my favorite cereal have to do with a fucking copy editing job? is this the new "if you were an animal, which one would you be?"

anyway. i responded honestly and said that i'm more of a coffee and donut guy, but if i had to choose, i'd go with rice krispies (it was the first cereal that i could think of).

bah.

*so there was this job i applied for a while back that required "proficiency" in indesign and photoshop. i asked a friend that worked at where i was applying at for what that meant, and she said that basically, it's just putting corrections into docs in those programs. which, you know, you don't need to be proficient in those programs to do that shit. an inbred cat with one leg could do that shit with its tail! grrrrrrrr.