Job Interviews

Sounds good for you in the end, but really unforgivable sort of question. What else did they want to know about your private life that had nothing to do with the job? Do you intend to get pregnant again?

Interviews = can you dance like a chicken? Sorry, no, then you can't have the job as a gardener.

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Originally Posted by Neely

Have you ever consumed too much alcohol? What a ridiculous, pointless and intrusive question. I could think of a few replies to that, mind your own ....... business comes to mind. Or what the .... does that have to do with sitting behind a desk?

What about those questions some interviewers ask, like 'If you were an animal what...' at this point I get up and walk out of the room, kicking over a chair. Granted, this has never been asked to me but it has my brother. What a sack of crap. I'm not degrading myself by sitting around listening to that. 'If you were a colour, what ...' kiss my arse...

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I agree that many interviewers ask absurd questions, but in most cases that is the result of either of two problems:

1 A lack of confidence and/or experience on the part of the interviewer.
2 The interviewer has been trained by an idiot.

Worst of all are the type of interviews, characterised by the "Give me an example of how you reacted when ................ happened."

I only interview people to make sure they have two eyes, legs and arms and can turn up on time. I don't ask questions so much as talk about the company and job, because interviews are meaningless. The only part of the recruitment process that actually matters is checking references from past employers.

when it comes to jobs that are highly protected, they do a full background check and delve into your life and assess you based on your responses. Transparency is an important factor. One doesn't necessarily have to have a clean slate but if you're going to cover up and lie about your past then it speaks for itself. As far as a regular job goes, I wouldn't entertain answering questions of that nature for a moment and would have no qualms in telling the interviewer that they have crossed the boundaries of propriety.

Remember to always ask what the company's Psychological Benefits are. And if they are low (say $1,000) always insist on needing the full package even if it means you contributing to the premium.

This shows initiative and tells them a bit of 'what you're made of'.:cool:

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Originally Posted by Neely

Sounds good for you in the end, but really unforgivable sort of question. What else did they want to know about your private life that had nothing to do with the job? Do you intend to get pregnant again?

Interviews = can you dance like a chicken? Sorry, no, then you can't have the job as a gardener.

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LOL
jobs stupidities never cease to amase. one might as well asks whether one goes to bed on time or early.

I had a panel interview with about 10 people and one of them fell asleep.

My last interview one of the interviewers knew my current boss. That was weird.

That person who fell asleep wasn't your boss by any chance, was it?

I guess they wanted to see how easily you get intimidated. Nope with you, I expect :D.

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Originally Posted by papayahed

I had a panel interview with about 10 people and one of them fell asleep.

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Haha, that's great. I had one interviewer rant to me for ten minutes about the people she doesn't like around the office. I was like "Uh huh... wow, she sounds really mean... and you say she has kids? They're mean too? No kidding. So, I have a lot of experience... oh really, he never brews the coffee?"

I've had some terrible interviews. I once had a good interview with the production manager at a clothing factory, and got to the second interview with the boss. He was a seventies throwback - (this was the early 80s) - with tinted shades, white flared trousers, streaked hair and a tank top. (He probably drove a TR7). He didn't like me from the off, and I didn't help myself by laughing at something he said when he was being serious. I didn't regret not getting that job.He was a complete *** ****.

I once had an interview with a Head of a school for a summer school. The Head didn't like me from the off either, and I didn't like him. I remember feeling pretty bolshy for some reason, and I knew that came across. The other interviewer was someone I got on with as well.

I also went for a job just to see what the job was. It was some wishy washy job with one of our now defunct education quangos. By the end of the whole process, I still didn't know what the job was about. I should have got up and said -" look, I'm sorry, but I don't know what this job is about and so let's just end the interview here and we can all get on". I wish I had. It's a good job I didn't get it because they scrapped it a few years later.

I did once get a job because I'd been arrested in my past. It was a school job where you have to declare any convictions. One of the governors - a nice old marm - asked me about when I'd got caught throwing a shrub my mate had first pulled out of a council flower bed and thrown at me. (honest!) I told them I was fined for malicious shrubbing.

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Originally Posted by papayahed

I had a panel interview with about 10 people and one of them fell asleep.

My last interview one of the interviewers knew my current boss. That was weird.

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falling asleep is just too crazy lol

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

I've had some terrible interviews. I once had a good interview with the production manager at a clothing factory, and got to the second interview with the boss. He was a seventies throwback - (this was the early 80s) - with tinted shades, white flared trousers, streaked hair and a tank top. (He probably drove a TR7). He didn't like me from the off, and I didn't help myself by laughing at something he said when he was being serious. I didn't regret not getting that job.He was a complete *** ****.

I once had an interview with a Head of a school for a summer school. The Head didn't like me from the off either, and I didn't like him. I remember feeling pretty bolshy for some reason, and I knew that came across. The other interviewer was someone I got on with as well.

I also went for a job just to see what the job was. It was some wishy washy job with one of our now defunct education quangos. By the end of the whole process, I still didn't know what the job was about. I should have got up and said -" look, I'm sorry, but I don't know what this job is about and so let's just end the interview here and we can all get on". I wish I had. It's a good job I didn't get it because they scrapped it a few years later.

I did once get a job because I'd been arrested in my past. It was a school job where you have to declare any convictions. One of the governors - a nice old marm - asked me about when I'd got caught throwing a shrub my mate had first pulled out of a council flower bed and thrown at me. (honest!) I told them I was fined for malicious shrubbing.

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Ha, ha, some good stories. Those education jobs that no one knows what they do are still around, good if you can get one. There's plenty of jobs in the private sector like that though. I recall a conversation a bit back regarding such a person.

Me: Who's that?
Fred: It's Bob, he's the new..Data Intervention Project Manager.
Me: What's he do then?
Fred: Don't know.

Three weeks later you see him stick a pie chart on the wall in the staff room and then he hides away in the background never to be seen again. 30K a year, good holidays and no stress.

I'm positive that the only thing important in interviews and getting along in the job world generally comes down to A) who you know and B) whether you can talk the talk. Everything else can take a firm back seat.