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Smart arsed interviewers
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostAlso, if the computer is travelling through a wormhole the next statement to run will be the previous one.
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One interview I got asked.... "Welcome John, I see your surname is Smith, that's unusual where did you get that from?"
To which I just replied - my parents...
Another interview for a 6 month gig - Where do you think you will be in 5 years. WTF I thought, to which I responded - "A long way from here". I got the gigComment
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I once got given this long winded scenario by the 'technical' interviewer. He said 'would this work' to which i replied, 'yep'. He then said, 'no it won't because there is an embedded checkbox which is enabled by default so would mean it doesn't work ootb'.
I wouldn't have minded so much but it was for an architects role. Needless to say, I didn't want to work with an anal twat like that.
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Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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Actually once, I walked into one office and noticed that one person had an inflatable excercise ball at the desk instead of a chair. I said to the interviewer afterwards (we had been getting on really well), "Who sits on that thing, bit weird isnt it?".
He said "I do".
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Originally posted by matt99 View PostActually once, I walked into one office and noticed that one person had an inflatable excercise ball at the desk instead of a chair. I said to the interviewer afterwards (we had been getting on really well), "Who sits on that thing, bit weird isnt it?".
He said "I do".
I should keep my mouth shut!Comment
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At my first job interview I was asked by the manager (a great bloke who I ended up working for) whether I wanted to work for him as a contractor. I knew nothing of these things and insisted that I would only take a permanent role! Only years later did I discover that he was doing me a favour (being an ex contractor himself and with other contractors on the team). Instead I took the low paid permie position Still, 5 years later I was to put that right.Comment
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I interviewed for a full week once. 7 or 8 applicants a day
Interviewed this guy , he was ok nothing special but i had a lot of positions going so it looked like he was going to get something. I finished up with the usual "thanks very much for attending and the agency will be in touch in the next few days"
Went back to my desk filled in a few notes for 5 minutes and walked outside to greet the next guy.
"Good morning, sorry to keep you would you like to follow me"
We sat down in the room and I started off my usual opening speel
30 seconds in he pipes up "You do realise that you have just interviewed me?"
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Originally posted by matt99 View PostCan anyone brighten my monday with stories of interview questions that made you want to reach over the table and punch them?
When I was going for a junior-ish role. I was asked
"in C#, will the code in the finally clause always run?"
I said "yes, I believe it does".
he said "WRONG. It will not run if the server has a power failure during the operation "
KNOBHEAD!
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I interviewed once for an MOD role, my standard opening question
Does radar have a useful purpose in defence ?
Silly git starts talking about fence posts and wire netting and stuff, I terminated the interview PDQ. It was only as he was leaving that I noticed he was wearing a lop-sided wig that looked like a scouring pad
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