Reply to: Stupid Interview questions...

[threaded]

If you have eastern european second name as well, no wonder then.

I am being asked these questions all the time. I even had a feckin agent conclude I am illegal. Never been so angry lately ..

Yeah, I get that, notwithstanding my surname is one of the oldest recorded in England...

[Kess]

HR people are the most pointless people on the planet.

Agreed. I recently read an article in a major business magazine that described most companies' HR departments as "an employee-irritating nuisance." That sums it up nicely.

[2uk]

Had 2 telephone interviews yesterday, both went on fine, except that at the end of first one I got two questions, completely unrelated to the technical / normal stuff questions you get on the phone.
The first one was "Where are you from?" and the second was "For how long have you been in the UK?"
I must admit that I was milliseconds away of a response like "I'm from planet Pluto" and "I count time in Alpha Centauri years, so 10 millenniums for me..." but for the sake of the professional aspect I declined to give to the tw@t what he should have received...
And the interview was for a British blue-chip, not some 10 people company...
So what stupid questions have you got at interviews in general?

Viktor

If you have eastern european second name as well, no wonder then.

I am being asked these questions all the time. I even had a feckin agent conclude I am illegal. Never been so angry lately ..

[threaded]

HR people are the most pointless people on the planet.

They are extraordinarily unaware of this. This is proof of how stupid they are. I don't think people like that should be allowed out on their own. They remind me of religious people.

Absolutely, should see what the HR at one of my clients got me to do.

[shoes]

HR people are the most pointless people on the planet.

They are extraordinarily unaware of this. This is proof of how stupid they are. I don't think people like that should be allowed out on their own. They remind me of religious people.

[Kess]

Towards the end of a recent interview, after all the techie questions, the young HR girl present came in with some of those trendy questions that I always find pretty useless (and in this case I must admit my concentration wasn't helped by her low-cut top and impressive cleavage). The only one I remember was: "Tell me 3 words your colleagues would use to describe you."

I kept a straight face and responded with the kind of words I thought she wanted to hear, but it did seem rather irrelevant to the job.

[Fran]

You've changed from being a jumper.

Yeah, but that was pants!

[TheFaQQer]

First Faq then dba

Should we all be changing our avatars?


(sorry, a bit off topic)

You've changed from being a jumper.

[Fran]

First Faq then dba

Should we all be changing our avatars?


(sorry, a bit off topic)

[DBA_bloke]

I must admit that I was milliseconds away of a response like "I'm from planet Pluto" and "I count time in Alpha Centauri years, so 10 millenniums for me..."
Viktor

millennia

[BOBJ]

I had "Can you do presentations" yesterday. I can't believe they managed to guess the one weak spot in my 20 year IT career

[Gonzo]

My God! You are right.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...cho+hose+beast

Never heard it before today, obviously far too sheltered.

I'd never heard of it either.

And to think, I had a girlfriend like that once. It was a nightmare to extricate myself from that one.

She had to have counselling

Stupid interview questions - actually not had a stupid contracting interview question yet. Guess I've been lucky.

[Keldin]

Had 2 telephone interviews yesterday, both went on fine, except that at the end of first one I got two questions, completely unrelated to the technical / normal stuff questions you get on the phone.
The first one was "Where are you from?" and the second was "For how long have you been in the UK?"
I must admit that I was milliseconds away of a response like "I'm from planet Pluto" and "I count time in Alpha Centauri years, so 10 millenniums for me..." but for the sake of the professional aspect I declined to give to the tw@t what he should have received...
And the interview was for a British blue-chip, not some 10 people company...
So what stupid questions have you got at interviews in general?

Viktor

Maybe they were just being curious or - god forbid - friendly.
I get that all the time whether its an interview or not. Comes with having an accent.

K

[Fran]

My God! You are right.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...cho+hose+beast

Never heard it before today, obviously far too sheltered.

[tay]

Its a common expression. Ofetn with 'from hell' attached to the end.