Interview Questions

[gemz4the1]

Apparently these are the most common interview questions:

Tell me about yourself.

Why did you leave your last job?

What has been your biggest achievement in your career?

What would you say is your greatest weakness?

Why do you want to work in our company?

Have you asked or been asked any other questions? Any completely random questions?

I was once asked: if I was on a desert island and I was allowed 3 people with me (dead or alive), who would I bring with me.

[anticpated]

I was asked once if I knew the way to Amarillio.

[MI5]

I went there with Marie, she was waiting for me....

[gemz4the1]

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@anticpated wrote:
I was asked once if I knew the way to Amarillio.

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I hope that you didn't have to break out into song and dance  

[anticpated]

Luckily there was a treadmill, so the walking bit was a breeze.

[gemz4the1]

Lol

[sheepdog]

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@gemz4the1 wrote:

Apparently these are the most common interview questions:

Tell me about yourself.

Why did you leave your last job?

What has been your biggest achievement in your career?

What would you say is your greatest weakness?

Why do you want to work in our company?

Have you asked or been asked any other questions? Any completely random questions?

I was once asked: if I was on a desert island and I was allowed 3 people with me (dead or alive), who would I bring with me.

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The opening question I had in one interview was and bear in mind, I could see my name and the time they arranged on the paper in front of the person doing the interview: "What can I do you for?" Followed by them saying "oh I didn't realise it was an interview, have to re-arrange this, I'm busy". 

[gemz4the1]

Ah that's not good!

The thing I don't really like about interviews (in my experience) is that you are given a time to be there.  You will always be early (I was an hour early once as I was unsure if the later train would get me there in time).  I got there and I waited and waited and the interviewer didn't come until 30 minutes after the interview time.  I have never had an interview start on time.  Surely interviewers should show a good example to the people that they are interviewing?

[anticpated]

In my experience, i have found the clinical interviews to be the least comfortable. It's all these psychometric and personality interview tests just to operate a till ir stack a shelf for example that bemuse me.

[Cleoriff]

Well to throw a real spanner in the works here, just imagine nowadays how people would react if they were asked some of the questions I was asked at interview....

In the 60's, as a nurse being interviewed for promotion, I was asked by the Consultant on the panel:

* Is your husband happy about the shifts you may have to work?

* Have you got any intentions of getting pregnant?

Even then I was furious about that line of questioning.. but I am afraid it was custom and practice 'back in the day'