It’s definitely an employer’s job market, and some are loonier than the rest. Today I met one of the loons.

About an hour after I sent my cover letter, writing sample and references to be considered for the Web writer/editor at a company for working women, I received a call from the owner. She started by making sure I was in New York and not Atlanta (which makes since as I lived in Atlanta for eight years and a majority of my resume is Atlanta based, but she asked a lot of questions). Then she started asking questions that could have easily been answered by looking at my resume: “What was your last job? What did you do for it? When did you start? What did you do before that?”

She must have been opening the resume while we spoke because she asked if I knew someone who attended the same college I did. No, I did not know her.

Then she said, “What’s your sign?” I was stunned for a second. I thought I had had an auditory hallucination, but she waited for me to respond. “My sign?” I asked. “Yes,” she said.

I told her and she seemed to really like my response. (I’m a Sagittarius, in case you wondered. First Level Sag if you’re really curious.)

“Oh, good!” she said. “So, would you say that you have a good sense of humor?”

Yes. I was asked for my astrological sign and whether I have a good sense of humor.

I don’t know what’s stronger: My sense of humor for staying on the phone with her, or my sense of curiosity for staying on the phone with her. Either way, I stayed on the phone for the next part.

After asking her questions, she said that she wanted me to check out a certain area of her site, then find a “daring woman,” write a 500-word piece about her, write an “awesome” headline and submit it to her. I pointed out that I had already submitted a writing sample (a magazine article). She said, “Yes, I know, but a lot of people are responding to my ad, and I’m not asking everyone to do this.”

So I should be flattered that I’ve been asked to write a profile that might be used on the site, even if I don’t get the gig?

And then she followed up with: “I would turn it in quickly.”

I hope she doesn’t hold her breath.