Posted on 03/11/2014 9:38:46 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Sorry Laz, I have a new hero.
Answer their questions with Obama answers.
“What is your greatest weakness?” - My critics are racist, there is no scandal.
“Where do you see yourself in 5 years?” - Being admired as the best president ever.
Fickle bast’d.
I should have elaborated a bit more - if it came down to just two candidates and they’re meeting with the boss and if one candidate answered “2” and the other one said “whatever you want it to be” guess who’d get the job? Basically the second candidate “knows” who’s the boss and what he says goes.
“Where do you see yourself in five years?”
” sitting in a cell, a quarter of the way through my sentence for wringing your neck “
OK, so has advice for an established professional that is getting slammed with the “less is more” mantra?
I really need to walk away from my current position, otherwise (and seriously) it will kill me.
I am overly competent and enjoy my (job-base) requirements. Since the collapse of the economy, several tasks that should be pushed off to admins and secretaries are required of my productivity.
Subsequently, my performance includes “clerical perfection” to the point that I have my original job to do, an admin’s job that I am evaluated on and a secretary’s performance that impacts my review.
The original concept of my job takes 40-hours a week, including travel (and, yes, that includes “pressing flesh” at the company locations).
Less is more appears to be a way to minimize advancement, and compensation increases.
Can
I was interviewing for one job and they had me look at some electrical schematics to see if I was a complete moron or not.
They asked “where’s the power come from for this device?”
“West Penn Power” I answered, naming the local utility.
There are few things worse within the working world than being under the management of a control freak.
Answer: “Do you want it done right or do you want it done quickly?”
LOL! You probably wouldn’t have liked working there. Good answer.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Ahh another in the bytes and bits world. Interviews tend to get odd in our industry, especially when it gets to the group interview section. I’ve seen rubberband fights, once we went off on a weird tangent making up accusations of sexual and chemical impropriety (HR probably would have had a heart attack, the person we were interviewing nearly fell out of her chair laughing, we hired her), more than a few unplanned interview lunches too. I think next time I interview somebody I’m going to ask them what their least favorite Trek movie is and then have them defend it as the best, should be pretty revealing.
Great story! Your manager should have been working for you.
“As an interviewer, I got tired of asking this question relatively quickly, since most people expect it and have canned responses (”I care too much”, “I’m a workaholic”, etc).”
Funny thing about all of this is, I have been asking these same bad questions for 20 years. And for the last 20 years my first question has always been, “before we begin, what questions do you have for me?”
That tells me whether the candidate is prepared for the interview. If they aren’t, then asking them if they prefer corn or wheat breakfast cereal and why is strictly for my amusement until I conclude the interview.
If the candidate is prepared, I will never ask one of those questions because we are now engaged in dialogue which to me is a more meaningful tool to ascertain a candidates qualifications.
No doubt, but nothing beats the colleaque who was challenged at an interview to an arm-wrestle by a 60 year old interviewer who was proud of his weight-training regime.
“Tell us about a problem you encountered, and what you did to fix it.”
“Well, there was this guy at my last job who was really a problem. He came to work on time. He dressed nice. He was smart. He worked hard. He was really making me look bad. So, one day I went out in the parking lot and cut the brake lines on his car. Our office was on top of a pretty good hill. He always worked late, so mind you, I didn’t actually see him do this. He hit the first corner on the way down doing about sixty and sailed off the road like Evil Knievel jumping cars at Caesar’s Palace. Fortunately, he didn’t use his seat belt. So, if you hire me, you’re not only getting a good little problem solver, you’re getting someone with some mechanical skills. By the way, what kind of car do you drive?”
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I've actually used that one. I knew I didn't have a chance, so by then I figured, WTF and let 'er rip.
bttt
Really, who do you think you're kidding here? ROFL!!!
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