Posted: 6/19/2009 8:34:53 AM EDT
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I had another interview yesterday, and they asked me the one question I hate being asked most at an interview:
"What are your three biggest weaknesses?" My reply: "In the words of Michael Scott of Dunder Mifflin, I work too hard, and I care too much" (couldnt think of the third) The interviewee found it hysterical and if i don't get the job, no sweat off my back. |
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I had another interview yesterday, and they asked me the one question I hate being asked most at an interview: "What are your three biggest weaknesses?" My reply: "In the words of Michael Scott of Dunder Mifflin, I work too hard, and I care too much" (couldnt think of the third) The interviewee found it hysterical and if i don't get the job, no sweat off my back. "I'm bad at numbered lists" should have been your 3rd one. |
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I had another interview yesterday, and they asked me the one question I hate being asked most at an interview: "What are your three biggest weaknesses?" My reply: "In the words of Michael Scott of Dunder Mifflin, I work too hard, and I care too much" (couldnt think of the third) The interviewee found it hysterical and if i don't get the job, no sweat off my back. Perfect reply. This is a question designed to determine how well one can think and turn a bad thing into a good thing. You win. |
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Manager: mhoffman, your files say you've served 10 years with this company. Do you feel you're ready to be promoted?
mhoffman: Promoted? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means. Manager: Well, it means that you're ready to climb the next rung on the ladder; an increase of responsibility. mhoffman: I know what *you* think it means. To me it's just a made up word. A politician's word, so managers like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I yearning for a promotion? Manager: Well, are you? mhoffman: There's not a day goes by I don't feel anxious for it. Not because I'm in my current position, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid college graduate who committed his life to the daily ins and outs of a corporate rat race. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this empty shell of a man in a white-collar dress shirt is all that's left. I got to live with that. Promotion? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and sign your form, sir, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit. _MaH |
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I had another interview yesterday, and they asked me the one question I hate being asked most at an interview: "What are your three biggest weaknesses?" My reply: "In the words of Michael Scott of Dunder Mifflin, I work too hard, and I care too much" (couldnt think of the third) The interviewee found it hysterical and if i don't get the job, no sweat off my back. 1. Canned answer - shows no thought was given to the question...thus no insight at all into the candidate. 2. Given #1 above - candidate did not answer the question 3. If you were the candidate - that would make YOU the "interviewee". If you found your own answer "hysterical" - I am at a loss. 0/10 
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Manager: mhoffman, your files say you've served 10 years with this company. Do you feel you're ready to be promoted? mhoffman: Promoted? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means. Manager: Well, it means that you're ready to climb the next rung on the ladder; an increase of responsibility. mhoffman: I know what *you* think it means. To me it's just a made up word. A politician's word, so managers like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I yearning for a promotion? Manager: Well, are you? mhoffman: There's not a day goes by I don't feel anxious for it. Not because I'm in my current position, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid college graduate who committed his life to the daily ins and outs of a corporate rat race. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this empty shell of a man in a white-collar dress shirt is all that's left. I got to live with that. Promotion? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and sign your form, sir, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit. _MaH Nice, Red. Nice. |
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Manager: mhoffman, your files say you've served 10 years with this company. Do you feel you're ready to be promoted? mhoffman: Promoted? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means. Manager: Well, it means that you're ready to climb the next rung on the ladder; an increase of responsibility. mhoffman: I know what *you* think it means. To me it's just a made up word. A politician's word, so managers like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I yearning for a promotion? Manager: Well, are you? mhoffman: There's not a day goes by I don't feel anxious for it. Not because I'm in my current position, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid college graduate who committed his life to the daily ins and outs of a corporate rat race. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this empty shell of a man in a white-collar dress shirt is all that's left. I got to live with that. Promotion? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and sign your form, sir, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit. _MaH Red would be proud. |
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Manager: mhoffman, your files say you've served 10 years with this company. Do you feel you're ready to be promoted? mhoffman: Promoted? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means. Manager: Well, it means that you're ready to climb the next rung on the ladder; an increase of responsibility. mhoffman: I know what *you* think it means. To me it's just a made up word. A politician's word, so managers like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I yearning for a promotion? Manager: Well, are you? mhoffman: There's not a day goes by I don't feel anxious for it. Not because I'm in my current position, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid college graduate who committed his life to the daily ins and outs of a corporate rat race. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this empty shell of a man in a white-collar dress shirt is all that's left. I got to live with that. Promotion? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and sign your form, sir, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit. _MaH Shawshank FTW |
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being asked a question pertaining to some building code, and being told you're wrong for the answer you have given when you are in fact correct. how do you handle that? are they testing you? thats a fun one. They are perhaps testing to see how you fit in? If you were interviewed for a low level position fine, but you are not management material. Managers are right when they are wrong. |
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My three biggest weaknesses are:
1. Being unemployed keeps me from buying hookers and blow 2. I'm addicted to painkillers and online porn. 3. I lack the willpower to fight the urge to kill you with my bare hands if I don't get this stupid job. roy d...works more often than not |
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That question is so ubiquitous in interviews that we both know my actual answer is of very little value. I should have known that it was going to be asked, so it would have been in my best interest to prepare an answer ahead of time. You, knowing this fact, know that you can't trust my answer as anything but a canned response. Yet, you ask the question anyhow, hoping that my honesty will get the better of me and I will give you a unique response. You alo trust your ability to tell the difference. I, being aware of this, must now weigh the benefits of giving you the prepared answer versus the real one.
And so I answer thus: 1) I'm a bit suspicious when things don't seem right 2) I tend to overanalyze things more than I probably should 3) I'm a horrible liar |
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hah.
according to a lot of career coaches i've used  it's a classic trap.
they don't want to hear about your current weaknesses. don't fall for it, like saying "i hate stupid people." the best way to answer this question is to describe a situation that hampered you in the past, which you then overcame. an example: "when i first started out in the office, i was trying to satisfy everyone's demands but ended up making everyone unhappy because i couldn't make every deadline. since then i've learned that active time management and prioritization skills are very important to setting the team's expecations of me."or something like that. |
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When told by a interviewer in a scenario to "Go Piss up a rope and suck on the salty end" what is the correct response?
A. Nice one. You're fired. (Gomer Pyle) B. Nice one. That's funny (boss' son) C. Go get the rope and let me see you do it first. (Right Answer) |
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Quoted: I had another interview yesterday, and they asked me the one question I hate being asked most at an interview: "What are your three biggest weaknesses?" My reply: "In the words of Michael Scott of Dunder Mifflin, I work too hard, and I care too much" (couldnt think of the third) The interviewee found it hysterical and if i don't get the job, no sweat off my back. I HATE that question!!!  You answered it well, IMO. |
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Manager: mhoffman, your files say you've served 10 years with this company. Do you feel you're ready to be promoted? mhoffman: Promoted? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means. Manager: Well, it means that you're ready to climb the next rung on the ladder; an increase of responsibility. mhoffman: I know what *you* think it means. To me it's just a made up word. A politician's word, so managers like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I yearning for a promotion? Manager: Well, are you? mhoffman: There's not a day goes by I don't feel anxious for it. Not because I'm in my current position, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid college graduate who committed his life to the daily ins and outs of a corporate rat race. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this empty shell of a man in a white-collar dress shirt is all that's left. I got to live with that. Promotion? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and sign your form, sir, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit. _MaH Haha, genius. Love it. |
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Quoted: I had another interview yesterday, and they asked me the one question I hate being asked most at an interview: "What are your three biggest weaknesses?" My reply: "In the words of Michael Scott of Dunder Mifflin, I work too hard, and I care too much" (couldnt think of the third) The interviewee found it hysterical and if i don't get the job, no sweat off my back. I would have said pussy and narcotics. |
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being asked a question pertaining to some building code, and being told you're wrong for the answer you have given when you are in fact correct. how do you handle that? are they testing you? thats a fun one. They are perhaps testing to see how you fit in? If you were interviewed for a low level position fine, but you are not management material. Managers are right when they are wrong. thats not how it is in my industry. my name goes on a building that i have inspected and approved for the life of that building not my boss's. if something happens and it comes back that it was a code violation that resulted in the failure, my company, and possibly myself are headed to court. i have on more than one occasion told my a supervisor that "its in violation, i'm not signing my name to it, if you dont like it find someone who will." if they choose to fire me, i'll have another job in a few months and my old companys name will be in the headlines for intentionally violating building codes. i have neither the time nor the inclination to deal with a supervisor telling me what to approve because the local politics demand it. thats just how the office hardball game is played. btw, everyone should not only have a CYA file, but a bury someones ass file as well. my job is 75% covering my ass and protecting my certifications because they are what keeps me in business, not the employer, they just reap the benefits of me protecting my certs. thats why finding a good company is soooo important, you avoid this whole "game". the question above might not even be about right or wrong. they might be looking for a dumbass to use and abuse till they get decertified, it could be they are looking to see how confident you are, how you respond, etc. its a very revealing question from an interviewers standpoint, even though i disagree with a question like that. |
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I had another interview yesterday, and they asked me the one question I hate being asked most at an interview: "What are your three biggest weaknesses?" My reply: "In the words of Michael Scott of Dunder Mifflin, I work too hard, and I care too much" (couldnt think of the third) The interviewee found it hysterical and if i don't get the job, no sweat off my back. 1. Canned answer - shows no thought was given to the question...thus no insight at all into the candidate. 2. Given #1 above - candidate did not answer the question 3. If you were the candidate - that would make YOU the "interviewee". If you found your own answer "hysterical" - I am at a loss. 0/10 I agree. I don't think you got the job. |
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Worst interview question ever; Give us three reasons why we shouldn't hire you. Harsh nope. 1. if you want it done wrong dont hire me. 2. if you dont want someone who knows their shit, you dont want me. 3. if you have a problem with me making high $$$ calls, save us both the time. havent had that one before though 
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Quoted: hah. according to a lot of career coaches i've used it's a classic trap.they don't want to hear about your current weaknesses. don't fall for it, like saying "i hate stupid people." the best way to answer this question is to describe a situation that hampered you in the past, which you then overcame. an example: "when i first started out in the office, i was trying to satisfy everyone's demands but ended up making everyone unhappy because i couldn't make every deadline. since then i've learned that active time management and prioritization skills are very important to setting the team's expecations of me."or something like that. I always pause for a few seconds and say "computer technology". Pause again and comment "just when you learn one program, the IT folks come along with another newer program and we start the learning process over again. But that is part of business, true? Everyone in the room instantly connects to this comment. Works every time. |
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That question is so ubiquitous in interviews that we both know my actual answer is of very little value. I should have known that it was going to be asked, so it would have been in my best interest to prepare an answer ahead of time. You, knowing this fact, know that you can't trust my answer as anything but a canned response. Yet, you ask the question anyhow, hoping that my honesty will get the better of me and I will give you a unique response. You alo trust your ability to tell the difference. I, being aware of this, must now weigh the benefits of giving you the prepared answer versus the real one. And so I answer thus: 1) I'm a bit suspicious when things don't seem right 2) I tend to overanalyze things more than I probably should 3) I'm a horrible liar Inconceivable! ByteTheBullet (-: |
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This. (sorry, I don't know how to embed the video )
"Postal" interview scene |
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My three biggest weaknesses are: 1. Being unemployed keeps me from buying hookers and blow 2. I'm addicted to painkillers and online porn. 3. I lack the willpower to fight the urge to kill you with my bare hands if I don't get this stupid job. roy d...works more often than not Sums up my life lately,
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That question is so ubiquitous in interviews that we both know my actual answer is of very little value. I should have known that it was going to be asked, so it would have been in my best interest to prepare an answer ahead of time. You, knowing this fact, know that you can't trust my answer as anything but a canned response. Yet, you ask the question anyhow, hoping that my honesty will get the better of me and I will give you a unique response. You alo trust your ability to tell the difference. I, being aware of this, must now weigh the benefits of giving you the prepared answer versus the real one. And so I answer thus: 1) I'm a bit suspicious when things don't seem right 2) I tend to overanalyze things more than I probably should 3) I'm a horrible liar Inconceivable! ByteTheBullet (-: You've just fallen victim to one of the classic blunders!
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The one I hate is the ol' "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" (Don't say "doing your wife". Don't say "doing your wife". Don't say "doing your wife". Don't say "doing your wife".) _MaH Doin' yer...............  ................. son?
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The one I hate the most is, "Tell me something that you have failed at?" I got this question at NorthWestern Mutual. I said, "Failed at? If I tell you something that is small and trivial, you will think I am either hiding something or lying. If I tell you something that is really big, it will reflect poorly upon me and I won't get the job. I haven't failed at anything ever in my life. Failure isn't about trying to accomplish something and not being able to do it, failure is setting out to accomplish something and giving up, or not doing it right and never learning anything from it. Sure I have failed in your sense, but because I learned from those instances, how can that really be a failure?" I thought I tanked the interview, but I went back a few times after that, found a better job in the mean time though.
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