Rant

Do employers really need to ask if I know how to use Microsoft Word? Is there a high school graduate outside Amish country who doesn't know how to use Word or - more to the point - stupid enough to admit such a ridiculous shortcoming during an interview?   Every time I'm asked about my Word skills in interview, it's all I can do to not just stare silently at the typed resume in the interviewer's hand to see how long it takes him to catch on.