Interview questions

[HoneyBadger]

I'm not worried about it now. Got my email from the feds the other day..... Everything cleared favorably.

Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.

Good news!

Unfortunately, what OneGuy67 said is very real... Even if you take something down from Facebook, Twitter, your blog, etc, it is perpetually archived in a data-mining server somewhere and it WILL be found if someone is willing to look deep enough.

This means Joe Shmoe may have some explainin' to do when it comes time for a security clearance, a new job, or maybe even that big day to meet your future in-laws (like in Meet the Parents ).

[Jmetz]

Thanks for bumping this. I'm currently looking for new employment and haven't had an interview in 17 years. This definitely gave me some things to consider.

[james_bond_007]

Job interview in a technical field:

Worst Question: If you were a bagel, what flavor or type would you be and why ?

[al_g]

At one interview I got asked one typical logic question which lead to another that I hadn't been asked before. First is can you explain why a circle is the ideal shape for a man-hole cover. Pretty easy since it can't fall into the opening no matter how you turn it. Then the question that was new to me, is you can't use a circle what is the next best shape. I answered a sphere assuming you didn't need traffic passing over the cover The interviewer said no one had ever gone to a 3D object to answer it though what he was looking for was an equilateral triangle.

[Leapfrogger2]

One weird one that I got was, "if a penguin wearing a sombrero walked into the room, what would he say and why?"

Luckily one of my friends had interviewed with the company before me so I had a slight advantage.



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[MarkCO]

-One that you weren't prepared for and really stumped you.

So, is Linda HOT or what? Seriously, that was the first question I got asked at an interview, and Linda was NOT hot.

-One that you are ALWAYS asked in every interview you've ever had.

Do you work better alone or in teams? I always answer: Alone, unless the other team members are also driven and smart, then I can do a team.

-Your favorite one to answer.

NA

-The one you hate the most.

Why do you want to work here? For the money moron!

-The one you've always wondered how to answer.

NA

[GunsRBadMMMMKay]

A question I was asked at an interview that I hated (because it seemed ridiculously stupid to me) was "What do glow plugs do (in a diesel engine application)"? I started laughing till I realized he was serious............and I did end up getting that job, for what it was worth LOL.

[cstone]

Job interview in a technical field:

Worst Question: If you were a bagel, what flavor or type would you be and why ?

Answer: If I was a bagel, why would I care? Do bagels have a conscience? I was not aware that bagels have become sentient and self-aware. Do any of you believe you are bagels?

[hollohas]

I actually had to sit down with a shrink for a few hours for a job a took a couple years ago. Mandatory for anyone short listed. Before we sat down to "chat" he gave me a set of cards to sort. Each had some sort comment or idea. He left the room to give me time to sort and said he'd be back in a few. Took me 10 minutes or so to sort the cards into piles that "described me". He didn't come back for like an hour. I think it was some kind of test to see how I would handle sitting in tiny room without any clue what I was supposed to do.

After our chat he gave me a math test and reading/writing test. A week later he called me up because he had some questions about the results...turns out I got like a 98th percentile on the math test and "only" 80th on the reading. He was confused as to why my math score was so much better than my reading...he asked if I had a reading disability. Since when does a 80th percentile equal a ride on the short bus? I explained once again to the guy that I had an engineering degree with the subsequent 6 semesters of advanced math which explained my good score and that my reading score was way better than average so he shouldn't he concerned.

All of that was followed by 6 interviews with executives, (the one with the president was over 2 hours), a hair drug test, credit check, online history check and background check. The online social media check yielded an off the record question about my "dancing". I said "what!?!?!?" I was worried they found some picture I didn't know about that I was super drunk in and didn't remember or something. Turns out another dude with my name is a ballet dancer and had a bunch of pictures online. I cleared up that confusion right away!

That was one weird interview process but I ended up getting the job. With all that you may be thinking the job was in the white house or something. Nope, it was selling light fixtures.

[DOC]

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?