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By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:40:38 +0000

My husband had an interview a few days ago with a guy much younger than him. (Granted, my hubby ISN’T old… 45… but the guy was in his 20’s). This was for a help desk (level 1) job at an insurance company (and well below my husband’s skill set – he was initially told he was going in for a network/tech level 3). Any interview he’s had with young guys seem to see him as a threat or they’re intimidated by him. (A few have admitted it).

Anyway – he had two really strange questions asked…

First: “Do you see yourself as a Pirate or a Ninja?” My husband figured it was a really wierd question (strangest he’s ever had yet), but thought it out loud and said, (in his viewpoint), “well a ninja is methodical and by the book, strict… a pirate is a “tackle it now and deal with the consequences later”… so I’d say I’m a pirate – if a system is down, I’ll do whatever it takes to get it back up and running quickly, then deal with the ‘consequences’ later.

Second question (yes, same interview) – “what’s your theme song”? The guy proceeded to say, “for example, if he hadn’t had his coffee yet, he walks around humming the death march from Star Wars. So what’s yours?”

My hubby replied, “Highway to hell.”

LOL

Needless to say, he didn’t get the job – actually the guy claimed that the interview didn’t go well at all, (to an agency), said he didn’t answer the questions and give enough info. The agency thought it was stupid because an exact replica of his answers on a previous job interview GOT him the job… but it keeps being put off (hence why he went to this one).

Oh the joys of interviews. Thanks for this list – we needed this laugh!

By: LB

LB — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:49:46 +0000

A female friend was once asked “what form of birth control do you use?”…..She answered…”What kind do you recommend??”

By: Garst

Garst — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:05:27 +0000

I have a good one for #1:

If you want to believe my former psychic, I’ll be 6-feet under. He’s saying I’m going to be choked by an octopus on June 13, 2014. That is, unless I find a way to have myself reanimated. Then I see myself gaining knowledge by eating brains. Personally, I doubt he’s right about the date; he also claims that the world is going to be destroyed on December 21, 2012. How can I die after the world is destoyed? A year and a half is a long time to live without food, water, or air. I’m hoping if the world ends in three years, I die with it.

By: AI

AI — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:39:16 +0000

Do you work well under pressure?

Well, I spent 4 years sleeping and working on a submarine hundreds of feet below the surface of the water, never surfacing for months at a time, carrying 16 thermonuclear warhead-tipped missiles. But maybe I don’t know the true meaning of pressure…working 9 – 5, 5 whole days a week in this office.

By: Jim Lyons

Jim Lyons — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:27:49 +0000

I once asked an applicant why he wanted to leave a job he had just started 2 months ago. He Replied “One of the managers is a real a**hole, and the other one is overbearing”. I said “It’s just like that here!”, and he just stared at me dumbfounded. I just smiled and said, “I’m the overbearing One”.

By: KP

KP — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:48:33 +0000

Interestingly, some of these were the questions HR depts used to provide to new managers many years ago as guidance for conducting an interview. I’ve used them because HR suggested they were good questions. It’s good times and opinions have changed.

By: Russell

Russell — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:46:23 +0000

I was hired after an interview and what nailed it down was the “What is your biggest weakness” question. My answer was “I’m lazy”. With that the 2 interviewers started chuckling, and replied “we heard that from the person that recommended you. They said you would rather memorize the book than have to look up something twice.” HIRED!