Posted: 5/7/2009 6:52:28 AM EDT
| I have a job interview today. Do you have any questions that have tripped you up or caused you not to get the job? |
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How structured a job interview is it? What kind of job is it for?
1. What would you say is your worst professional failure? I personally LOOOOVE question #1 as it weeds out the morons too stupid to realize they are incompetent. 2. Can you describe a leadership challenge some time in your past, and how you dealt with it? |
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How structured a job interview is it? What kind of job is it for? 1. What would you say is your worst professional failure? I personally LOOOOVE question #1 as it weeds out the morons too stupid to realize they are incompetent. 2. Can you describe a leadership challenge some time in your past, and how you dealt with it? The job is for a distribution company in the warehouse. I am feeling a little stressed and I was just looking for some comic relief before my interview. I really need this job. Everybody in my town is out of work. |
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1. What would you say is your worst professional failure?
I personally LOOOOVE question #1 as it weeds out the morons too stupid to realize they are incompetent. A pal of mine is a mgr and was interviewing a guy and asked him this question. The guy answered that he never makes a mistake. My pal told me that this answer told him two things about the guy, 1) That he would never admit that he had made a mistake. 2) It would always be someone's else's fault. Everyone makes mistakes, take responsibility, learn from them, move on. He was not hired. |
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I have a job interview today. Do you have any questions that have tripped you up or caused you not to get the job? "Is your receptionist single?" That is a good one. I almost asked who is fucking the receptionist one time and it was the guys wife. 
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Ok. alot of companies' HR are using the following model in interviewing. SHARE. The question may be like, "Give me a situation where you dissagreed with a policy or proceedure" for example
Situation - Here is the situation Hinderance - This is what the problem was Action - This is what I did to correct Response - This was the outcome Evaluate - This was the pro's and con's of my decision Maybe keep this in mind durring the interview. They are looking for specific examples as a way of cutting through the typical BS responses. GOOD LUCK! (eta - spent about 16 years hiring/firing in the distribution/logistics field) |
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How structured a job interview is it? What kind of job is it for? 1. What would you say is your worst professional failure? I personally LOOOOVE question #1 as it weeds out the morons too stupid to realize they are incompetent. 2. Can you describe a leadership challenge some time in your past, and how you dealt with it? The job is for a distribution company in the warehouse. I am feeling a little stressed and I was just looking for some comic relief before my interview. I really need this job. Everybody in my town is out of work. aaaah I had no idea it was so critical. What you need is instant devastation... something that screams "I AM ALL THAT IS MAN AND IF YOU DON'T HIRE ME YOU WILL LOSE SLEEP OVER IT". With this as your criteria, the obvious.... the ONLY answer is of course WAR DONKEY 
Trust me, you ride in on one of these bad boys and you WILL get hired. It worked for Jesus when he was running for God and he got the job! |
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Ok. alot of companies' HR are using the following model in interviewing. SHARE. The question may be like, "Give me a situation where you dissagreed with a policy or proceedure" for example Situation - Here is the situation Hinderance - This is what the problem was Action - This is what I did to correct Response - This was the outcome Evaluate - This was the pro's and con's of my decision Maybe keep this in mind durring the interview. They are looking for specific examples as a way of cutting through the typical BS responses. GOOD LUCK! (eta - spent about 16 years hiring/firing in the distribution/logistics field) Thanks, I will think on that. |
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And above all else, without being cocky, go in there and own that interview. firm handshake, smile, direct eye contact.... be confident that you are the right man for the job and they will see that. Plus the War Donkey. Can't go wrong with that  Do you think I should open carry my .45? I could say I want to work in loss prevention.
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Make sure you know a little something about the company and maybe have a couple questions for them.
I know some people who say they just flip the interview and ask so many questions that they hardly have to answer any. I can see how that works if you're asking the right questions, but if you don't know what you're talking about to begin with then you'll probably just look like an idiot. |
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Ok. alot of companies' HR are using the following model in interviewing. SHARE. The question may be like, "Give me a situation where you dissagreed with a policy or proceedure" for example Situation - Here is the situation Hinderance - This is what the problem was Action - This is what I did to correct Response - This was the outcome Evaluate - This was the pro's and con's of my decision Maybe keep this in mind durring the interview. They are looking for specific examples as a way of cutting through the typical BS responses. GOOD LUCK! (eta - spent about 16 years hiring/firing in the distribution/logistics field) Or STAR Situation Task Action Result They are sure to ask a situational question using this technique. |
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How structured a job interview is it? What kind of job is it for? 1. What would you say is your worst professional failure? I personally LOOOOVE question #1 as it weeds out the morons too stupid to realize they are incompetent. 2. Can you describe a leadership challenge some time in your past, and how you dealt with it? The job is for a distribution company in the warehouse. I am feeling a little stressed and I was just looking for some comic relief before my interview. I really need this job. Everybody in my town is out of work. aaaah I had no idea it was so critical. What you need is instant devastation... something that screams "I AM ALL THAT IS MAN AND IF YOU DON'T HIRE ME YOU WILL LOSE SLEEP OVER IT". With this as your criteria, the obvious.... the ONLY answer is of course WAR DONKEY http://www.theamazingcarl.com/images/Mesopotamia/2005_09_29_Carl_and_the_Donkey.jpg Trust me, you ride in on one of these bad boys and you WILL get hired. It worked for Jesus when he was running for God and he got the job! It had to be done: 
_MaH |
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