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tryitout said:
An industry/position specific question is something that most employers love. Even a token "big picture"question is good, anything that shows commitment really.

"work 12 hour days, 7 days a week".

No chance of giving them the job, not giving someone with that much ambition a position and potentially lose out on a promotion myself.
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I knew I didnt get the job the minute the interviewer said ' you could do my job with your qualifications''

I just looked at him and said " I dont want it, I want to work and go home , maybe in 5 years time but right now I just want a job''

Didnt get it
 
Jobe Watson said:
Job interviews are funny.

The interviewer asks you dumb, template questions. You give a half-bullshit answer that you read off some "Top 50 most asked job interview questions and how to answer them" article on a careers advice website. You ask the interviewer a question about the workplace culture. They give you a bullshit answer about how great it is to work here, even though they most likely hate their job and have to down a glass of wine a night to get through the week. The successful candidate is the one who can give the most realistic-sounding bullshit answers and can fake enthusiasm for the potential job the best.
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My favourite answer to the why do you want to leave question- was "I really don't, Im just in here as my wife wants me to be closer to home, so if its all the same to you I'd rather not leave so please make me unsuccessful".

I hated the answer but I respect it.
 

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CakeEater said:
My favourite answer to the why do you want to leave question- was "I really don't, Im just in here as my wife wants me to be closer to home, so if its all the same to you I'd rather not leave so please make me unsuccessful".

I hated the answer but I respect it.
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Haha can’t help but respect the honesty there
In before someone says whipped 🙄
 
MWPP said:
Haha can’t help but respect the honesty there
In before someone says whipped 🙄
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I met his wife in the foyer as his wife was pacing the corridor- I wasnt surprised he said that to me after meeting her.

Tiger wife!!!!!
 
MEB_ said:
I love when people tell me they want me job in an interview. I need to succession plan so make my life easier thanks.
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Can you tell when a candidate is giving you some rehearsed line? Do you hold it against them? Or do you sympathise with the fact that most candidates don't actually want the job and only applied because they desperately need the money?

Like, surely if you ask the question "What are some of your interests outside of the workplace?" and they give you some bullshit line of "Definitely helping the community by donating my time to various charitable causes organised through my football club" - when really all they do in their spare time is play Fortnite and jerk off - you can get a sense that this person is just saying what they think you want to hear.
 
revo333 said:
So they didn't get the job because you were intimidated?
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Was a joke I didn't hire them as there was a more qualified candidate. But they got another interview based on that response when more qualified people didn't.
 
Jobe Watson said:
Can you tell when a candidate is giving you some rehearsed line? Do you hold it against them? Or do you sympathise with the fact that most candidates don't actually want the job and only applied because they desperately need the money?

Like, surely if you ask the question "What are some of your interests outside of the workplace?" and they give you some bullshit line of "Definitely helping the community by donating my time to various charitable causes organised through my football club" - when really all they do in their spare time is play Fortnite and jerk off - you can get a sense that this person is just saying what they think you want to hear.
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Yes I can tell and I do empathise. I try to have a conversation with someone as opposed to a question and answer session. So I start with small talk, ask them to tell me about themselves (and poke and prod with questions about travel, sports etc if they’re too nervous) and then chat about work. I don’t go through every job on their resume cos I don’t care that much. I hire attitude not skills, we can teach the rest later (but that is hospitality for ya).

If they’re a totally fake goobertron I just can’t hire them.
 
MEB_ said:
Yes I can tell and I do empathise. I try to have a conversation with someone as opposed to a question and answer session. So I start with small talk, ask them to tell me about themselves (and poke and prod with questions about travel, sports etc if they’re too nervous) and then chat about work. I don’t go through every job on their resume cos I don’t care that much. I hire attitude not skills, we can teach the rest later (but that is hospitality for ya).

If they’re a totally fake goobertron I just can’t hire them.
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"I just love people, am a real people person, I get along with everyone". Code for psycho.
 
I've had a real job interview before.

'We need someone to XYZ, starting a week from now. Should take a month or two. After that we need someone to do ABC. Can you do those things?'
'Yep I've done both of those things before'
'Great, done'

I've also done my fair share of bullshit ones.

'Tell us about a time where your communication and leadership skills were challenged and...'
'Yeah I think I'm happy where I am'
 

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My interview for my job consisted of being walked the factory. Admittedly it was to be the apprentice. Back then I don't think they put all that much effort into picking the right candidate. For other jobs I think we went through 100 people in the first year I was there.
 
Run n Spread said:
Were you asked what is your greatest weakness or Are you a team player?
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All of the above. Weaknesses, communication skills, team environment... it's the same shit over and over.

I interviewed once for a graduate position and they did a 3 part interview thing. Basically instead of doing a panel interview you spend 10, 20 minutes or whatever it was with 3 different people you are applying to work with and they compare notes and pick the successful candidate on that basis. Which is all well and good until you get the exact same ****ing questions 3 times. By the end of it you are trying to hold back rage.
 
Testing (formal or informal) seems to be on the rise, at least in my sector.

Last interview I did (for a 2 month contract) was 90 minutes in duration and about half that time was spent on an informal test. We were in a conference room and I pretty much covered every whiteboard by the time we were done.

"Behavioural" questions seem to be in vogue at the moment too. Tell me a story when you were in this kind of situation.

Interviewing/Being interviewed is definitely a skill though. Everyone hates bad hires and I've come across many different hiring theories. Not sure how many times I've interviewed applicants - be well over 100. Made some mistakes though.

When being interviewed I try and maneuver it to being conversational in style. Categorise the interview as soon as I enter the room. Laptops / question sheets / CV printout, etc. More/different people than expecting. Roles/skills of said people. If you know names heading in, I've stalked them on LinkedIn, etc. Same with the company. And I'll have a related line or two that I'll effortlessly drop into an anecdote to sharpen the attention. Storytelling is one of my strengths so I'm absolutely going to be using it. On topic yet funny. Switch levels, targeting a specific person on the panel. Self deprecating yet confident. Emotion and seriousness. Mirroring. Take water if it's offered. Drink my water. The point of all these tricks and techniques is to get the panel to have a single unifying thought when I've left the room: "Hiring this guy will make my job easier".

Good luck on the new job Cruffy and enjoy the gardening leave! That's something I've coveted but not received (Despite that I should've at least twice and maybe 4 times)
 
Jobe Watson said:
Job interviews are funny.

The interviewer asks you dumb, template questions. You give a half-bullshit answer that you read off some "Top 50 most asked job interview questions and how to answer them" article on a careers advice website. You ask the interviewer a question about the workplace culture. They give you a bullshit answer about how great it is to work here, even though they most likely hate their job and have to down a glass of wine a night to get through the week. The successful candidate is the one who can give the most realistic-sounding bullshit answers and can fake enthusiasm for the potential job the best.
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I had a "good" interview last year when i was on the verge of leaving my current job.

Three people throwing ridiculous questions at me for 90 mins. I once had an interview that lasted 60 seconds, so this was an impressive change.

I thought that 90 min interview would equal success. It did not.

I learned that you never schedule a job interview for the first slot, 9:00AM on a Monday morning (only time/day i could go), and that I still haven't successfully had an interview where i got the job. I have weaseled my way into jobs without interviews, because i suck at them so much.
 

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Larry Barnsworth said:
Testing (formal or informal) seems to be on the rise, at least in my sector.

Last interview I did (for a 2 month contract) was 90 minutes in duration and about half that time was spent on an informal test. We were in a conference room and I pretty much covered every whiteboard by the time we were done.

"Behavioural" questions seem to be in vogue at the moment too. Tell me a story when you were in this kind of situation.

Interviewing/Being interviewed is definitely a skill though. Everyone hates bad hires and I've come across many different hiring theories. Not sure how many times I've interviewed applicants - be well over 100. Made some mistakes though.

When being interviewed I try and maneuver it to being conversational in style. Categorise the interview as soon as I enter the room. Laptops / question sheets / CV printout, etc. More/different people than expecting. Roles/skills of said people. If you know names heading in, I've stalked them on LinkedIn, etc. Same with the company. And I'll have a related line or two that I'll effortlessly drop into an anecdote to sharpen the attention. Storytelling is one of my strengths so I'm absolutely going to be using it. On topic yet funny. Switch levels, targeting a specific person on the panel. Self deprecating yet confident. Emotion and seriousness. Mirroring. Take water if it's offered. Drink my water. The point of all these tricks and techniques is to get the panel to have a single unifying thought when I've left the room: "Hiring this guy will make my job easier".

Good luck on the new job Cruffy and enjoy the gardening leave! That's something I've coveted but not received (Despite that I should've at least twice and maybe 4 times)
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Thank you sir!

Day four and I'm already bored out of my mind.
 
Silent Alarm said:
Fair, I just assume everyone from Essendon is like that.

Was this your first serious job then?
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And we all know how accurate your assumptions are.
 

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