Job InterviewsIf it's not the "where do you see yourself in five years time" question, it's the trick questions they throw at you to make them feel superior. Tell us about your worst job interview and the most unsuited candidates you've seen. BTW: Please don't use the question board to send messages to each other. It makes the whole thing unreadable for everyone else.
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chthonic, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 9:51)
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I used to recruit for a telemarketing agency...Without a doubt, my favourite interview was for a small company that liked to think they were on the cusp of the moving goalposts etc.
A group of twelve backpackers were taken into a room and given a handful of straws, a roll of sticky tape and a mars bar. They were then told that they had 15 minutes to build a structure that could hold the mars bar for 30 seconds.
Only two people succeeded, and only 5 people attempted it. We gave jobs to everyone else.
edit: I should also mention one young man, who after 3 weeks of intensive sales coaching asked me for a private meeting and then whispered to me "I told the agency that I wanted to work with my hands", but I won't.
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gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 23:54,
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