Strangest thing you've been asked to do in an interview
04 August 2006, 03:39 PM
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Strangest thing you've been asked to do in an interview
I was in stiches today after my mate called to tell me about an interview he had been to for a well known telco.
In a nutshell he turned up at 9am for what he thought would be a 1-2-1 meeting / interview. He was slightly taken aback when he discovered that this would be a group interview of sorts.
Firstly they had to do a series of test - English, maths and I reckon an aptitude test. So far so normal.
Then......They had a group discussion with the intention of routing out the loud mouths
the each candidate was lead into a room by themselves and told to wite a sales script and deliver it to the interviewer. this was filmed and canidates were then given feedback.
Candidates were then asked to tell a joke, sing a song, draw a picture of an animal and do various other outlandish tasks but by then I was in tears.
Suffice to say my mate didn't get the opportunity to come back the 2nd interview stage as he made his feeling strongly known about this often childish power trip.
Thought I'd share this with you all.
Bye
In a nutshell he turned up at 9am for what he thought would be a 1-2-1 meeting / interview. He was slightly taken aback when he discovered that this would be a group interview of sorts.
Firstly they had to do a series of test - English, maths and I reckon an aptitude test. So far so normal.
Then......They had a group discussion with the intention of routing out the loud mouths
the each candidate was lead into a room by themselves and told to wite a sales script and deliver it to the interviewer. this was filmed and canidates were then given feedback.
Candidates were then asked to tell a joke, sing a song, draw a picture of an animal and do various other outlandish tasks but by then I was in tears.
Suffice to say my mate didn't get the opportunity to come back the 2nd interview stage as he made his feeling strongly known about this often childish power trip.
Thought I'd share this with you all.
Bye
04 August 2006, 04:04 PM
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absolutely bloody hilarious
i cant stop laughing
my bate barry laughed so much he p1ssed and shat his pants at the same time
must be bloody good fun going out with you and your mates on a friday night and having bloody good banter
wait till you tell that rib tickler to humphrey....he will laugh so bloody much it will be untrue...
Lord Shrek....damn 'oh lets all put in a fiver for harrys birthday bash' student....it just aint funny son
i cant stop laughing
my bate barry laughed so much he p1ssed and shat his pants at the same time
must be bloody good fun going out with you and your mates on a friday night and having bloody good banter
wait till you tell that rib tickler to humphrey....he will laugh so bloody much it will be untrue...
Lord Shrek....damn 'oh lets all put in a fiver for harrys birthday bash' student....it just aint funny son
04 August 2006, 04:24 PM
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Jesus, I got my current job after a 20 minute chat, virtually no technical questions, was a breeze, left my last place as to get a 800 quid rise I had to do an in tray exercise, marked subjectively by somebody I didnt get on with.
I appreciate the need for companies to get the right candidate but how much of it is relevant and useful and how much is it HR departments giving themselves something to do and to justify their existence ?
I appreciate the need for companies to get the right candidate but how much of it is relevant and useful and how much is it HR departments giving themselves something to do and to justify their existence ?
04 August 2006, 05:12 PM
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Strangest question I can recall from an interview: "If you get the job and could paint your office any colour - what would you choose and why?
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04 August 2006, 11:36 PM
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I was asked to have sex with the female interviewer a few decades ago!!
She was quite a sort so I accepted her offer.
I must have been good as I was offered the job as soon as she recovered enough to breathe and was offered a 30% hike in the starting salary!!
I declined as it would have been sex, sex, sex, sex all day long had I started working there!!
Pete
She was quite a sort so I accepted her offer.
I must have been good as I was offered the job as soon as she recovered enough to breathe and was offered a 30% hike in the starting salary!!
I declined as it would have been sex, sex, sex, sex all day long had I started working there!!
Pete
04 August 2006, 11:54 PM
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We had to give a presentation on a subject of our choosing...
I picked "Pain in the application of Team Management"
Amazing how quiet the room went at that point.
I then went onto explain how activities such as Paintball can be useful Team Building exercises... sigh of relief from room...
I picked "Pain in the application of Team Management"
Amazing how quiet the room went at that point.
I then went onto explain how activities such as Paintball can be useful Team Building exercises... sigh of relief from room...
05 August 2006, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by ESH
I was in stiches today after my mate called to tell me about an interview he had been to for a well known telco.
In a nutshell he turned up at 9am for what he thought would be a 1-2-1 meeting / interview. He was slightly taken aback when he discovered that this would be a group interview of sorts.
Firstly they had to do a series of test - English, maths and I reckon an aptitude test. So far so normal.
Then......They had a group discussion with the intention of routing out the loud mouths
the each candidate was lead into a room by themselves and told to wite a sales script and deliver it to the interviewer. this was filmed and canidates were then given feedback.
Candidates were then asked to tell a joke, sing a song, draw a picture of an animal and do various other outlandish tasks but by then I was in tears.
Suffice to say my mate didn't get the opportunity to come back the 2nd interview stage as he made his feeling strongly known about this often childish power trip.
Thought I'd share this with you all.
Bye
In a nutshell he turned up at 9am for what he thought would be a 1-2-1 meeting / interview. He was slightly taken aback when he discovered that this would be a group interview of sorts.
Firstly they had to do a series of test - English, maths and I reckon an aptitude test. So far so normal.
Then......They had a group discussion with the intention of routing out the loud mouths
the each candidate was lead into a room by themselves and told to wite a sales script and deliver it to the interviewer. this was filmed and canidates were then given feedback.
Candidates were then asked to tell a joke, sing a song, draw a picture of an animal and do various other outlandish tasks but by then I was in tears.
Suffice to say my mate didn't get the opportunity to come back the 2nd interview stage as he made his feeling strongly known about this often childish power trip.
Thought I'd share this with you all.
Bye
and i thought getting into nissan uk to build the cars was hard work
interview with the gestapo
aptitude tests
medical
practical tests (timed pitstop style thing where you fit wheels, fit wireing harness etc etc)
2/3 hours free line trial where you work for free to see if you can cope with the fast pace
(went in smart looking clothes and came out looking like i had been in a wrestling match 
)drawing animals would have thrown me over the edge
05 August 2006, 10:35 AM
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I went to an interview and the interviewer asked me which football team I support. When I told him and mentioned the fact that my old man was a director of said club, we talked about just football for over an hour The woman sat next to him who was supposed to be interviewing me too never said a word and yes, I got the job
The woman sat next to him who was supposed to be interviewing me too never said a word and yes, I got the job
05 August 2006, 11:04 AM
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Applied for a job as a JMC holiday rep,
Had to do a group excersize,
Then do a sales presentation to sell a radio to a deaf person!
Then as a group sing nelly the elephant in the style of a gospel choir!
Best thing is I got offered the job!!
never took it though as the pay was so bad.
Had to do a group excersize,
Then do a sales presentation to sell a radio to a deaf person!
Then as a group sing nelly the elephant in the style of a gospel choir!
Best thing is I got offered the job!!
never took it though as the pay was so bad.
05 August 2006, 11:30 AM
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One of the strangest must have been for the guy that I interviewed on behalf of a foreign embassy in London. They had lost the papers and couldn't tell me what job he had applied for in the country but didn't want to admit it to the candidate! So I sort of had to make it up as I went - questions like "and what do you envisage for your day-to-day working role?" Never did find out what the job was but I am sure he could have done it
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