dreaded interview questions that you've been asked

[Craig]

What are some of the interview questions that you've been asked that you didn't have a good answer for ?

[SunWuKong]

i always feel a little inadequate when they ask if i have a skill that i don't have. i always just have to bullshit it and say i want to learn or i'm planning to learn, or in some instances, i've done it on my own but not professionally.

[VV o n g B a]

what's special about you that you are bringing to this company?

[AznYam]

i was once asked to read about the company and then take 1 min to think of a 30 sec. rap about the company and its job.

[ellsworth81]

I was asked one time to roleplay as a WWF wrestler and to do a mock interview before a fight. I think I answered it adequately well. :lol:

[pfc beansprout]

"Why should I hire you"



-well, maybe easy for some, but i hate "tootin my own horn" :blush:

[nudel]

"you look you come from the ORIENT, where are you from"
my response, "i don't think thats a valid or legal question"
i got the job

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by nudel@Jan 9 2003, 03:13 PM
"you look you come from the ORIENT, where are you from"
my response, "i don't think thats a valid or legal question"
i got the job
really? someone asked you that??? hahahahah



yeah interviews are all about selling yourself. you have to know how to bullshit.

[kasia]

1. i was interviewing with munger, tollles & olsen. the interviewer looked at my resume, then looked up at me and said, "you *do* know that we're on the other side, right?" :D

she proceeded to grill me about what i would do / how i would feel if i had to fight a employment discrimination case on the side of a big firm defendant. i think i gave her a surprised look like, "wow. your firm is scummy like that??" (duh. i should've known.) then i answered with how there are always meritorious cases and nonmeritorious cases and big firms deserve a good defense against the nonmeritorious employment discrimination cases.

2. i was interviewing with the las vegas district attorney's office. *great* interview, b/c i'm pretty familiar with criminal law/criminology. at the end, she smiled and said, "well, i'm glad they're are people like you. we need to go out there and get those thugs." i gave her a like that said, "who *are* you?" (i *hate* labeling people as thugs.)

didn't get either job. :) good thing cause i'm happy with where i'm at right now.

[lethal]

I have no idea how to answer the question "so, how were your undergrad grades?"

They were bad and I have no excuse for them and would rather forget them. I'd rather go on my law school record alone.

[deez nuts]

1) Med school interview: "Why do you want to be a MD?"

Response: "I have this unfulfilled desire to serve people"

The truth: I wasn't ready for the real world yet. Daddy and mommy's not gonna let me move back home.


2) Surgical Department Interview for Residency (Current hosiptal, I'm doing my residency): "Why do you want to be a surgeon?"

Response: "The surgical field has always been of keen interest to me. It's on forefront of cutting edge medicine and medical technology that I would like to be a part of. I enjoy working with my hands and I believe after four years of medical school this is the field I can help patients the most and excel at."

The truth: I probably couldn't cut it in the other specialities.

[Rogmok]

i never liked the 'tell me your weaknesses' question..

i mean... who the heck would actually just sit there and bag on themself...

i usually say something like.. 'i have a high level of expectation from co workers.. ' or something like that..

[wylin]

"is that a pencil in your pocket or are u happy to see me?"

[kasia]

Originally posted by wylin@Jan 10 2003, 10:58 AM
"is that a pencil in your pocket or are u happy to see me?"
are you being serious?

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by Rogmok@Jan 10 2003, 12:59 PM
i never liked the 'tell me your weaknesses' question..

i mean... who the heck would actually just sit there and bag on themself...

i usually say something like.. 'i have a high level of expectation from co workers.. ' or something like that..
yeah that's a stupid question. just make some stupid bullshit up and then proceed to tell them how you've rectify this "weakness".

[mrazntre]

"In any of your previous jobs, what types of experiences have you had in pulling a disastrous project together by taking charge of the project and resolving differences with dissenting coworkers."


:unsure:


uhhmm.... I just graduated from college.

[kasia]

Originally posted by mrazntre@Jan 11 2003, 07:54 PM
"In any of your previous jobs, what types of experiences have you had in pulling a disastrous project together by taking charge of the project and resolving differences with dissenting coworkers."


:unsure:


uhhmm.... I just graduated from college.
i got that question in college once! my only experience prior to that was retail so i told a story about how my co-workers were fighting for commission. :blush: felt *so* stupid walking out of that interview.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by kasia@Jan 12 2003, 06:05 AM
Originally posted by mrazntre@Jan 11 2003, 07:54 PM
"In any of your previous jobs, what types of experiences have you had in pulling a disastrous project together by taking charge of the project and resolving differences with dissenting coworkers."


:unsure:


uhhmm.... I just graduated from college.
i got that question in college once! my only experience prior to that was retail so i told a story about how my co-workers were fighting for commission. :blush: felt *so* stupid walking out of that interview.
if you've seen iris' resume then you'd know why people ask college students that question.

she makes the rest of us look like losers. :pissed:

hahaha :lol: :D

[wylin]

Originally posted by kasia@Jan 10 2003, 11:29 AM
are you being serious?
yah i know this one interviewer who asks those questions like that. Funny guy one of my friends actually, and he just ask people who want an internship that to scare them.

[Fireblade]

what makes you so special that I should hire you?

Damnit, I'm applying for a retail job, so I'm NOTHING Special, and you know it, I know it, and I'm gonna leave within the year, so wtf?!

And right after that question, "will you work for a lower wage than what you ask for right now?"

yea..... I walked after that asshole said that.

[kasia]

Originally posted by Fireblade@Jan 14 2003, 06:27 AM
And right after that question, "will you work for a lower wage than what you ask for right now?"

yea..... I walked after that asshole said that.
but don't they always ask that? i remember, in high school, i would put down a ridiculously high amount on my job applications for retail positions b/c i knew they wouldn't give me that amount anyway.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by kasia@Jan 14 2003, 07:55 PM
Originally posted by Fireblade@Jan 14 2003, 06:27 AM
And right after that question, "will you work for a lower wage than what you ask for right now?"

yea..... I walked after that asshole said that.
but don't they always ask that? i remember, in high school, i would put down a ridiculously high amount on my job applications for retail positions b/c i knew they wouldn't give me that amount anyway.
you should always bargain

[AliBabaIncorporated]

Originally posted by Craig@Jan 9 2003, 02:19 PM
What are some of the interview questions that you've been asked that you didn't have a good answer for ?
"If you have a sphere, drill out a cylinder along one axis of the sphere, and remove it, so that the height of the remaining portion of the remaining portion is 10 inches, what is the volume of the remaining portion?"

It could have been a hard question. Too bad for the interviewer, it probably wasn't one he came up with himself. Cuz I asked him one followup question and got him to give away the answer. Hahah dumbass, think you're all smart and powerful cuz you have a position at a big firm and make hiring decisions ...

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by AliBabaIncorporated@Jan 14 2003, 09:30 PM
"If you have a sphere, drill out a cylinder along one axis of the sphere, and remove it, so that the height of the remaining portion of the remaining portion is 10 inches, what is the volume of the remaining portion?"

It could have been a hard question. Too bad for the interviewer, it probably wasn't one he came up with himself. Cuz I asked him one followup question and got him to give away the answer. Hahah dumbass, think you're all smart and powerful cuz you have a position at a big firm and make hiring decisions ...
what follow-up question did you ask? isn't that problem pretty straight-forward?