Reply to: Can I be honest in interview..??..

[tim123]

Self assessment on technical skills:

6 = never heard of it
7 = someone in the same building was using it once
8 = read an article about it on Wikipedia a while ago
9 or 10 if you've actually had occasion to use it on a real project

Yep, that is the problem with asking people to assess themself.

Some people think that having a passing knowledge counts as an 8 and some people think that it counts as a 2.

tim

[Scary]

Self assessment on technical skills:

6 = never heard of it
7 = someone in the same building was using it once
8 = read an article about it on Wikipedia a while ago
9 or 10 if you've actually had occasion to use it on a real project

[swamp]

RE: Can I be honest in interview..??..

Wobble wobble.

No. Next.




(HTH)

[AlfredJPruffock]

He probably honestly believes it as well. The delusional don't have to be dishonest because they actually believe it

Of course he will advocate telling the truth duriing interviews - then he will have a great advantage as he is going to brag and lie during interviews - tough cheddar .

[nomadd]

I was browsing his linkedin profile recently. He claims 20 years experience. He is 38 so is counting his uni years as experience.

I have got 20 years (and then some) experience, but it doesn't seem to be doing me much good at the moment!

Nomadd

[DieScum]

I've got an old boss who took me on as a junior consultant, paid me peanuts, and billed me out at top rates.

Once he sent through my consulting CV to a client which he had added several fictitious projects to. He warned me just not to mention that and that he was just sweetening things.

Always worked out fine.

I was browsing his linkedin profile recently. He claims 20 years experience. He is 38 so is counting his uni years as experience.

He also had a link to his blog. It contains a series of articles by him on "How to prepare for an interview". He recommends complete honesty and never exaggerating anything ever.

He probably honestly believes it as well. The delusional don't have to be dishonest because they actually believe it.

[BlasterBates]

I agree read a book. "I read a book" counts as experience, if you can answer some questions. I've got interviews on the strength of "I read a book", and then I answer lot of gruelling questions. If you can answer them better than the other candidate you get the job.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Theres an old saying in Spain :

'Honesty and Money do not belong in the same purse ....'

[chewie171]

hi Darren,

Heres some advice on a couple of answers to those questions:

Q: In a scale of 1-10 where you stand on ---??
your answer A: 6 (I was just average on that skill)
sounds like you dont have confidence in that skill

my solution: hit the books before interview tell em 9 , hit books after interview so can deliver.


Q: Do you have any experience in ------??
A: No (I didn't had any experience through I could have related some of my experience with that technology)

my solution: do a some research and tell them YES

Q: Weakness..?
A: Did not give ant typical answer, saying that no weakness that could
affect carrying out a role like this..!!

my answer : my weakness is im a perfectionist and have to get things right,
often I end up spending hrs at home working on work stuff.


The fact of the matter is the other interviewees are going to be giving those answers. Who would you offer the postition to ?

[explorer]

next time let me try to bull***t as much as I can...

hey mate, i don't think you still get the point...what everyone here has been trying to tell you is that you need not necessarily be dishonest to put across yr situation in an interview...where you essentially failed was tulipe-sounding one word answers, which could have been expressed better, and i think you know that, for instance, you yourself admitted that you could have related yr exp with what the interviewer was looking for, in answer to one of his ques..

[Darren_Test]

thanks guys..

But no price to guess outcome of my interview..!!
It was as expected a flop...any way good lessons..next time let me try to bull***t as much as I can...

[Ardesco]

Don't try to blag loads of experience in something you know nothing about. You'll look like a right twat when they hire you and you go in knowing nothing.

IMHO best is to say you have done a bit of work in that area, then throw in some small scale blag and finish off with a little sales pitch saying how you can pick things up quickly and if they let you know which areas they are interested in you can do some background research to get yourself up to speed. You then leave yourself the option of saying, I haven't done anything in that area of said technology when the interviewer starts firing awkward questions at you, and you'll get a heads up for some home time cramming assuming you get the gig.

[BolshieBastard]

Guys,

After long bench period last week I attended couple of interviews. Unfortunately nothing positive yet..I think I might have lost it being honest during interview...Can we honest during interview..?

Fortunately or unfortunately I answered honestly for client queries like..

Q: Are you being interviewed any where else..??
A: I am talking to couple of people for suitable roles.

Q: In a scale of 1-10 where you stand on ---??
A: 6 (I was just average on that skill)

Q: Do you have any experience in ------??
A: No (I didn't had any experience through I could have related some of my experience with that technology)

Q: Weakness..?
A: Did not give ant typical answer, saying that no weakness that could affect carrying out a role like this..!!

Did I answer very badly.. by being honest..???

If you expanded your answers unlike the tulip one sentence replies above, there's no reason not to be truthful but be careful how you answer stuff.

[CarterUK]

If those were the actual answers you gave, it's good being honest but you might have come across a little negative? Give an honest answer but if it's not going to get you the contract, you could try following up your answers with more positive-ness [sic].

Q: Are you being interviewed any where else..??
A: I am talking to couple of people for suitable roles.

"....but I'm really interested to hear more about this role."

Yep, roll out the cheese but if it bags you the contract....

[PinkPoshRat]

I sometimes wish I had the balls to ask the interviewer the following:



Is this role real, and has it been signed off by your procurement dept.?

Am I just sat here to make up the numbers so that the interview process appears to be fair, but in reality someone else has already been offered the job?

Is my agency on your PSL, and if so when does their contract with you expire?

Will you reimburse me for my expenses for travelling here today?


Alas I have no balls