interview questions
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- whatthefunk0
Was recently asked "if we gave you $1MM to build a product, what would you build?" Was a great questions and I nailed it, got the offer, and then turned it down...
- shit!ohhhhhsnap
- good 1. i want to ask: would you/do you give your employees a day (free annually) to design whatever it is they want, and present the concept to the teamohhhhhsnap
- and present the concept to the team? would you?ohhhhhsnap
- I think that would work for smaller org but not a fortune 500, idkwhatthefunk
- what did you pitch?Gnash
- a combination of linkedin, glassdoor, freelancer's union, & job boards.whatthefunk
- I belive the work force needs more support from our community when evaluating full time jobs and $whatthefunk
- letters0
google says:
You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night. You pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for the bus:
1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
2. An old friend who once saved your life.
3. The perfect man (or) woman you have been dreaming about. Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car. Think before you continue reading.This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application.
You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first; or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back. However, you may never be able to find your perfect dream lover again. The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no trouble coming up with his answer.
What did he say?
He simply answered: "I would give the car keys to my old friend, and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the woman of my dreams!"
Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations.
Never forget to "Think Outside of the Box."- i hate bullshit like this. The question was clearly who do you offer a ride to, implying you stay in the car.mantrakid
- ohhhhhsnap0
@cannonball1978, I didn't provide context:
My interviews these days are at cafe's (sometimes, but rarely, bars). Often I'm asked out for coffee to discuss a new potential gig or position (but those folks are located in other states, unfortunately) or when I'm networking (locally) I'll grab coffee with a manager or PR person of a company. It's often the first question asked at a cafe. Really, "What are you drinking."
My best interview was at this small pub in Williamsburg (BK), best interview ever. A CEO came up from North Hampton, MA to do business in NY, we had olives and wine, he got the bill.
I got the job but he wanted me to move to Mass., I was not ready for that kind of move. I wanted to freelance for the company from NYC. They wanted someone in-house, I turned them down.
Often the first question asked me: "Tell me about yourself, where've you been?"
I usually ask about the company's mission and make sure that I get a clear answer.
- cannonball19780
Nowadays about 30 minutes of just talking about work seems to be sufficient. Unless I'm hiring a junior production designer, hearing how people talk about design is generally enough for me to gauge if they would be an asset.
Juvenile questions designed to see how someone would react is a waste of everyones time (including myself). When the tables are turned and I have to answer dumb questions like that, I get a sense that either A) the person has no hiring power and they are just in the room to see if they would work with me, B) the place doesn't take itself seriously at all, or C) the place takes itself TOO seriously and expects a floorshow.
Either way, if you can't gauge an designer's fit through a simple conversation, you have no business interviewing.
- Sickman0
i showed up to an interview once and was told that instead of being interviewed i was going to be paired with another applicant and we were to interview each other for 5 minutes alone in a room.
the other applicant had no relivent experiance at all.
no good refrences.
no post secondary eductaion.
nothing.i was over qualified if anything.
she got hired.
- "I'm going to ask yo gone last time. What did you do with the detonators, you meddling bitch."cannonball1978
- sarahfailin0
One really important interview question to me (having done a lot of interviews myself) is "Do you have any questions for us?"
This is your chance to show them that you've been learning and thinking about their organization. Asking a thoughtful question can really demonstrate your readiness to dive into their work. If you don't have any questions at all it says, "oh I haven't really looked into this or thought about this at all."
- <<<ohhhhhsnap
- what is someone asks too many questions ?ohhhhhsnap
- ohhhhhsnap0
These days... the first (for me at least) is either from them or I,
"How do you like your coffee."
Though I usually don't bend over that fast.
- Putting together a list now for interviews coming upohhhhhsnap
- MrT0
- madirish0
while i think this can be good (what dibec said), this was recently done to me and when it was all over, i have never seen someone senior to me apologize so feverishly and so many times.
it was over a stupid thing to do it to me in the first place, but it was still funny nonetheless.
- material-10
was she hot?
stupid question, of course she was!
- bklyndroobeki0
"Tell me about an assignment that was too difficult. How did you handle the situation?"
- studderine0
Are you a douche?
- Sickman0
bingo.
she was a knock out.
- material-10
booya!
- Sickman0
i wanted to go back and demand they treat me like a hot blonde as well
- Rand0
I would totally fail that interview, salisae
- OSFA0
some good questions, but any new ideas or suggestions? I have to start interviewing next week...thanks
- ohhhhhsnap0
Had a founder ask me http://www.qbn.com/topics/681196… thought it was very clever.
- BK0
Put em on the glass!
- OSFA0
what do you think about the Bush administration?
it's a win-win question...