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I have to interview someone for a job: what should I ask her?

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sanjuro

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My boss told me I have to interview someone a job. Best question in the next ten minutes I will guarantee ask her.
 

Zark

Hey little girl, do you want some candy?
Oct 18, 2001
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The end of the world is coming, and you'll survive. What would you bring along in a post-apocalyptic camping trip?
 

bella

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please tell me about a situation in your professional or non professional life when you did everything right, but something still went wrong. what did you do to fix or make the best of the situation?
 

DRB

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Oct 24, 2002
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bella said:
please tell me about a situation in your professional or non professional life when you did everything right, but something still went wrong. what did you do to fix or make the best of the situation?
If you ask this question, you deserve a swift kick to the nuts.
 

Zark

Hey little girl, do you want some candy?
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DRB said:
If you ask this question, you deserve a swift kick to the nuts.
With a screen name like "bella" do you really think there's anything to kick?:rolleyes: :rofl:
 

Velocity Girl

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Sep 12, 2001
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One I throw at folks at the end of an interview "Tell me a joke".

Being able to shift gears quickly, think on your feet, and have a good nature about is important in most of the jobs I've worked at so this serves to find some of that in a way they most likely aren't prepared for. Sure I've had people not be able to come up with one, but how they handled the situation was the important part. If they get defenseive and pissy....sorry, not someone I want working with me!
 

reflux

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Mar 18, 2002
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Joke: Does the carpet match the drapes?

Serious: Tell me about the last time you were embarassed. Similar to Velocity Girl suggestion, it comes from left field and tells volumes about said interviewee's ability to laugh at one's self.
 

sanjuro

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bella said:
please tell me about a situation in your professional or non professional life when you did everything right, but something still went wrong. what did you do to fix or make the best of the situation?
Uh, one of my best friends was tweaking bad, and I had to subdue him without breaking anything....
 

jimmydean

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Sep 10, 2001
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Tell me about a time at band camp...

I like to ask about books read, music interests, what type of work place they like/dislike.

I'm an easy interview, but I focus more on "will I want to kill this person in the first week" type questions.
 

Westy

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Nov 22, 2002
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jimmydean said:
Tell me about a time at band camp...

I like to ask about books read, music interests, what type of work place they like/dislike.

I'm an easy interview, but I focus more on "will I want to kill this person in the first week" type questions.
In reality it is bad to ask people direct personal questions. If they don't get the job they can claim discrimination for one reason or another. We aren't allowed to ask if a person is married, has kids etc. Now you can ask very vague questions and the person tells you that kind of stuff you are off the hook
 

habitatxskate

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Mar 22, 2005
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tell her the CIA is trying to take your penis and ask her for her help..say you need to hide it for long periods of time..
 

habitatxskate

blah blah blah
Mar 22, 2005
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habitatxskate

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Mar 22, 2005
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if you do ask those, you better get ready to be asked those since you will be looking for a new job!!! did you interview her yet?
i know a few things you can't ask and those are
age
orientation- lesbo bi or w.e.
married
in a relationship
nationality
religion
children
or anything personal

just aks past jobs and stuff.
 

sanjuro

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Sep 13, 2004
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No more questions.

She was a nice Beijing woman, some problems with English. She was not perfect on my technical interview, but she got most of it. But I had to give her the tour, and she was very nice, which is extremely important to my company.

I wasn't going to ask her anything that would get me fired, and I hate these "tell me about a problem in your life" questions, so I shot off the "3 CD's on the desert island".

She said she liked Vaseline and piano music. I can't believe she likes the band that Cobain covered. There must be another band called Vaseline.

BTW, it looks like she got the job because my boss invited her to our Friday party:
 

Dirty

i said change it damn it....Janet...Slut!!
Aug 3, 2003
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Where do you work Sanjuro...i need a job...
 

Dirty

i said change it damn it....Janet...Slut!!
Aug 3, 2003
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haha, im really not that desperate...

its only been a month of passive searching...