 Job Interview, types of question |
| Job Interview, types of question |
 Apr 21 2008, 08:26 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39  |
I've got a big time interview tomorrow that I'm nervous about. I went to the career services center here at tech and found it really helpful but I want to get some more practice and get a better idea of what to expect.
So what questions have you all been presented with in interviews? -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Apr 21 2008, 08:38 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
if you could change one thing about a yo-yo, what would it be?
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Apr 21 2008, 08:41 PM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER  Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
"so, we at _________ industries pride ourselves on our open-leg policy. do you feel you could be a proud member of _________ industries?"
--------------------  QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM)  but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Apr 21 2008, 08:57 PM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
"How would you handle 'x scenario' under no time constraint?"
"How would you handle 'x scenario' under a limited amount of time?" "What do you consider your 3 best qualities?" "What do you consider your 3 worst qualities?" "What past life experience(s) have better prepared to meet the challenges of the professional world?" "What do you value most from your employer?" -------------------- |
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Apr 21 2008, 08:59 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 885 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, Texas Member No.: 12 |
most of my interviews have been behavioral based where they ask you a question like "tell me about a time when _________ and how did you _________"
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Apr 21 2008, 09:21 PM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
the only job interview I've ever done bad in was when I interviewed for Chevron, and they had this gay ass "S T A R" format you were supposed to answer their questions in, which meant "Situation, blah blah blah, Response"
It's just like ... ask me a fucking question, I'll give you a fucking answer, if you like enough of them hire me, if not oh well. It was gay. What type of company are you interviewing with? If it's a regular company they'll ask you regular questions. If you're interviewing for Google, you're going to have to explain how to mathematically solve a Rubix cube verbally. -------------------- I r Ur Gawd!
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Apr 21 2008, 09:52 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 1,591 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 31 |
do you have the skills required to meet this position and perform daily duties?
Yes? You're hired. -------------------- Don't sweat the petty, pet the sweaty.
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Apr 21 2008, 10:03 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
usually they just ask you bullshit questions and if you give them the bullshit answers they want to hear they'll hire you... the more you bullshit the better
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Apr 22 2008, 08:24 AM
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DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
Corporate America is icky, why on earth are you even considering this Cathryn?
-------------------- I r Ur Gawd!
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Apr 22 2008, 08:34 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
QUOTE (Psykopath @ Apr 21 2008, 09:57 PM) "What do you consider your 3 best qualities?" "What do you consider your 3 worst qualities?" hate these questions! --------------------  |
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Apr 22 2008, 08:38 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Watchman @ Apr 21 2008, 11:03 PM) usually they just ask you bullshit questions and if you give them the bullshit answers they want to hear they'll hire you... the more you bullshit the better pretty much this |
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Apr 22 2008, 09:16 AM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
its not exactly corporate america but it is related to the federal government!
thanks all for the questions. im going to be answering these in my head until my interview -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Apr 22 2008, 09:32 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
make sure you show some cleavage
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Apr 22 2008, 12:08 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Apr 22 2008, 09:32 AM) make sure you show some cleavage and don't forget to give the head interviewer the fuck-me eyes -------------------- |
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Apr 22 2008, 12:48 PM
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Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Apr 22 2008, 09:34 AM) hate these questions! Word. Fucking threw me for a loop, but I answered them alright and honestly. ...cruel bastards! -------------------- |
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Apr 22 2008, 01:25 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
it was a phone interview so i dont know how much my cleavage helped the situation but i think overall it went well! i just dont want to wait the 2-3 weeks for them to get through the application process to hear anything about how it went
-------------------- Little monkeys making money
Naked monkey looking funny Mighty males are strong and free Female monkey, not so lucky Rocking monkeys, funky monkeys Monkeys sticking other monkeys Monkeys wrong or monkeys right Mostly flexing monkey might |
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Apr 22 2008, 02:21 PM
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 Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
had a couple group interviews where they did the 'think of two truths and a lie' then share and the rest of the people guess.
then we made friendship bracelets. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Apr 22 2008, 02:36 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Apr 22 2008, 02:25 PM) it was a phone interview so i dont know how much my cleavage helped the situation but i think overall it went well! i just dont want to wait the 2-3 weeks for them to get through the application process to hear anything about how it went yeah government takes forever it seems. i have a government contracter i've been talking to and they supposedly need to do a 10 year background check... seems like it's taking forever. |
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Apr 22 2008, 02:50 PM
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Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Apr 22 2008, 03:36 PM) yeah government takes forever it seems. i have a government contracter i've been talking to and they supposedly need to do a 10 year background check... seems like it's taking forever. Yeah, it freakin' sucks. Have a couple of apps in with state jobs right now and the process is just crawling along it seems. -------------------- |
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Apr 22 2008, 04:20 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
It took me 2 months once I started the interviewing process to get a job with the IRS. I finally got the job, but then never started. I didn't want to work there, and I found something better.
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Apr 22 2008, 09:28 PM
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No day but today... Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 5 |
My favorite (read: least favorite) question is this series:
Where do you see yourself in two years? Where do you see yourself in five years? Where do you see yourself in ten years? This is the type of crap they should let you study beforehand. That's a tough question to answer, especially when they keep asking it again on a longer time frame! You don't want to say still in the same position, because then you seem unmotivated and dead-ended, but heaven forbid you say in a promoted position, because then you're cocky! And if you admit you might not be around in ten years, then why the hell would they ever want to invest their time in you if you already know you'll be leaving? Can anyone tell me what an appropriate response to these types of questions is? -------------------- Forget regret
or life is yours to miss |
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Apr 22 2008, 09:37 PM
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 POTATO OLES Group: Members Posts: 1,602 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Newark, NJ Member No.: 17 |
if you were a food, what would it be and give three reasons why that food describes you
-------------------- death to false dudes
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Apr 22 2008, 09:48 PM
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Corrupting the youth of America Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Alice, TX Member No.: 176 |
I like the question LISD threw me of....What race of students to you prefer to teach?
-------------------- Brandon....you're the reason I'm pro-choice.
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Apr 22 2008, 09:52 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
now i cant really remember what they asked me. first off was "tell me about yourself" which is actually pretty hard to do while trying to keep it as focused and job related as you can! another tough one was "what aspects of the job do you see yourself enjoying and what do you see yourself not enjoying".
what they get you on is asking a question thats a string of smaller questions! they asked me an overall question that was made up of several other ones and by the time i was into answering i forgot what my point was. ALL the questions were like that. kind of what i wasnt prepared for. -------------------- Little monkeys making money
Naked monkey looking funny Mighty males are strong and free Female monkey, not so lucky Rocking monkeys, funky monkeys Monkeys sticking other monkeys Monkeys wrong or monkeys right Mostly flexing monkey might |
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Apr 23 2008, 09:29 AM
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DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
did they ask you about your views on single mothers and how they are all whores who can't keep their legs closed even if they were raped?
-------------------- I r Ur Gawd!
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Apr 23 2008, 10:02 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
QUOTE (RitalinJunkie @ Apr 22 2008, 10:48 PM) I like the question LISD threw me of....What race of students to you prefer to teach? that doesn't sound like a legal question |
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Apr 23 2008, 11:17 AM
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 START THE REACTOR! Group: Members Posts: 874 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 52 |
A job interview is like any other conersation. Turn it around and make the interview about the interviewer.
Those questions are bogus, talk about the company, talk about the job, hell talk about current events. That's all you need to do. -------------------- FUCK YOU
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Apr 23 2008, 11:30 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
lol... ok...
interviewer: "Tell me a little bit about yourself." rabble: "Naw. You tell me a little bit about yourself." |
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Apr 23 2008, 11:43 AM
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Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
its good to ask the interviewer questions.
ask them some detailed questions. what are the company's goals for the next five years? does the company plan to expand? if so, where? another good one to ask about is recent stumbling blocks the company has run into and how they fixed that problem. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Apr 23 2008, 11:47 AM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
its the CDC, they dont stumble!
-------------------- Little monkeys making money
Naked monkey looking funny Mighty males are strong and free Female monkey, not so lucky Rocking monkeys, funky monkeys Monkeys sticking other monkeys Monkeys wrong or monkeys right Mostly flexing monkey might |
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Apr 23 2008, 11:48 AM
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Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Apr 23 2008, 12:47 PM) its the CDC, they dont stumble! yeah they do. when it happens people die. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Apr 23 2008, 01:01 PM
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START THE REACTOR! Group: Members Posts: 874 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 52 |
QUOTE (Divergent Reality @ Apr 23 2008, 12:43 PM) its good to ask the interviewer questions. ask them some detailed questions. what are the company's goals for the next five years? does the company plan to expand? if so, where? another good one to ask about is recent stumbling blocks the company has run into and how they fixed that problem. I see what you did there. btw, still on the job search? -------------------- FUCK YOU
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Apr 23 2008, 01:18 PM
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Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
yes and no.
-------------------- 32-bit whore
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Apr 23 2008, 03:04 PM
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START THE REACTOR! Group: Members Posts: 874 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 52 |
QUOTE (Divergent Reality @ Apr 23 2008, 02:18 PM) yes and no.  Nick, your friends miss you, you should let us help!
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Apr 23 2008, 03:22 PM
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Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
well, ive got a job now, but its not something i want to make a career out of.
simple office filing and organization. its cash in pocket. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Apr 23 2008, 04:34 PM
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START THE REACTOR! Group: Members Posts: 874 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 52 |
QUOTE (Divergent Reality @ Apr 23 2008, 04:22 PM) well, ive got a job now, but its not something i want to make a career out of. simple office filing and organization. its cash in pocket. woot. Welcome to the wonderful world of never making anything useful out of your life! (I'm there too -------------------- FUCK YOU
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Apr 23 2008, 09:57 PM
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 Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
QUOTE (Divergent Reality @ Apr 23 2008, 11:48 AM) yeah they do. when it happens people die. Ask them about grid. They may ask you "what was a conflict and how did you resolve it?" and "What do you do given circumstance where its lose lose" -------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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Apr 24 2008, 08:11 AM
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START THE REACTOR! Group: Members Posts: 874 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 52 |
So I'm applying for a job in Austin. I feel good about it, so I think it'll go well for me.
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Apr 29 2008, 02:31 AM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ Apr 22 2008, 05:20 PM) It took me 2 months once I started the interviewing process to get a job with the IRS. I finally got the job, but then never started. I didn't want to work there, and I found something better. My friend worked at the IRS office in Austin and she said that she really enjoyed it. -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Apr 29 2008, 09:45 AM
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Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
QUOTE (The Fanatic @ Apr 29 2008, 02:31 AM) My friend worked at the IRS office in Austin and she said that she really enjoyed it. My dad got audited for donating too much to charity, makes me want to be greedy and pile the money up. -------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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Apr 29 2008, 04:53 PM
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Corrupting the youth of America Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Alice, TX Member No.: 176 |
so....im applying in Alice Texas (near corpus).....Anything I need to know about the area?
-------------------- Brandon....you're the reason I'm pro-choice.
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Apr 29 2008, 06:10 PM
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Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
QUOTE (RitalinJunkie @ Apr 29 2008, 05:53 PM) so....im applying in Alice Texas (near corpus).....Anything I need to know about the area? avoid georgewest. -------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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