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A former colleague got asked something like "How many taxi companies are there operating in Nottingham?" when applying for a job as a BA once.Originally posted by moorfield View PostFollowing on from last night's Apprentice, what's the most bizarre question you have faced in an interview for a contract gig ?If you find this post offensive, please insert "Chan" before and "tho" after, then it should be OK.
Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being - Elvis CostelloComment
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Very similar to the "number of blind piano tuners in New York" question.Originally posted by Chantho View PostA former colleague got asked something like "How many taxi companies are there operating in Nottingham?" when applying for a job as a BA once.
It's a good question imho.Comment
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how many admitted to it?Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostOn the other side my favourite question to attractive new girlies is to ask them if they have ever slept with their boss.Eeyore was very glad to be able to stop thinking for a little, in order to say "How do you do" in a gloomy manner to Pooh.
"And how are you?" said Winnie-the-Pooh.
Eeyore shook his head from side to side. "Not very how," he said. "I don't seem to felt at all how for a long time."Comment
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Still interviewingOriginally posted by kali View Posthow many admitted to it?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Eeyore was very glad to be able to stop thinking for a little, in order to say "How do you do" in a gloomy manner to Pooh.
"And how are you?" said Winnie-the-Pooh.
Eeyore shook his head from side to side. "Not very how," he said. "I don't seem to felt at all how for a long time."Comment
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Why should we hire you?
Because I work hard, and I'm a really nice guy...."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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IT manager in a place in Leeds was interviewing a year or so ago for a secretary. According to the CVs, there was only one choice but he had to go through the motions so he interviewed two candidates.Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostStill interviewing
He hired the busty blonde rather than the obvious middle aged experienced bird
'I can teach the new girl how to be a secretary, but I wouldn't have been able to teach the other one how be good-looking'
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"What are your salary expectations?"
and re. my 8080 assembler experience "What brand of computers were you assembling?"
"How would you go about designing a home central heating system?"
- Brilliant timing as I'd designed and installed my own system just a couple of years previously.......
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High, seeing as you pay your ownOriginally posted by RSoles View Post"What are your salary expectations?"
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