Reply to: interview questions

[swamp]

"Have you got any experience with web technologies?"

asks an interviewer after we had been discussing, well, web technologies for 1/2 hour. I reply

"About ten years"

[HairyArsedBloke]

"What type of "Animal" are you".

I tried to avoid answering

tim

Answer: "I am happy and confident with being a human and at the same time have a deep respect of all other species. I wouldn’t dream of aspiring to be another animal as that would mean to one species is more desirable than another and that is just plain wrong as we are all equal."

However, my answer would be "If you are going to ask stupid questions like that then this is definitely not the sort or organisation that I want anything to do with. Goodbye."

[tim123]

I know someone who liked asking "if you were an animal, which animal would you be?" - to this day I don't know what he was trying to ascertain by asking it.

Bugger, I hadn't got this far before I posted.

tim

[tim123]

"What type of "Animal" are you".

I tried to avoid answering

tim

[NickFitz]

Thanks Nick. Was up half the night with worry

HTH

[oracleslave]

Just in case anybody is wondering about the best way to answer the piano tuners thing...

The National Association of Blind Piano Technicians have a mailing list - perhaps try asking there?

Thanks Nick. Was up half the night with worry

[NickFitz]

Just in case anybody is wondering about the best way to answer the piano tuners thing...

The National Association of Blind Piano Technicians have a mailing list - perhaps try asking there?

[BoredBloke]

I once was asked if I smoked and got the job because I did back then - that was the technical question!

[DS23]

If you were a colour what colour would you be. And why (twunts)

If I went for a drink with your best friend what 5 good things would they say about you. And then 5 bad things. Repeat for saying about yourself.

I have, on occasion, called a halt to interviews with questions like that.

not surprised - only the interviewer should be asking those kind of questions.

[Epiphone]

If you were a colour what colour would you be. And why (twunts)

If I went for a drink with your best friend what 5 good things would they say about you. And then 5 bad things. Repeat for saying about yourself.

I have, on occasion, called a halt to interviews with questions like that.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I know someone who liked asking "if you were an animal, which animal would you be?" - to this day I don't know what he was trying to ascertain by asking it.

Oh yes - I know the best answer to that one - Sloth innit?

[Ruprect]

I know someone who liked asking "if you were an animal, which animal would you be?" - to this day I don't know what he was trying to ascertain by asking it.

[Churchill]

Be a dear and go and make the tea Churchill, and leave the thinking to us girls

Piano tuners are *far* more likely than the average person to be blind.

What is the population of NY?

What percentage of them own pianos?

How many other pianos are there in NY schools, clubs, and restaurants etc?

How often does the average piano need tuning?

How many pianos can a tuner do a year?

What percentage of piano tuners are blind?

Yup, you can use that one as well.

Kettle's on but someone else will have to pour, I'm off t'pub.

[snaw]

Not exactly an interview question but I worked in network ops a few years ago at a big bank, and every morning they'd have a health check conference call and each discipline would give an update of major ongoing problems.

Dumb bird to me:

"Networks, any problems this morning"

Me

"None I'm aware of"

Dumb bird on global call:

"Any problems you're not aware of"?

Me

" "?!?!?!

She didn't get it when people started laughing on the call either.

[moorfield]

How many piano tuners eat pot noodle ?