For the past two weeks I've been interviewing at work for my own position (as I'm relocating to our Canadian offices) and need someone to replace me in the UK.

I've just finished the first round of interviews and am now at the point of seeing a handful of candidates for a second Interview.

I need some really good (but not cheesy or clichéd) interview questions for the remaining peeps so that I can make the right decision.

Anyone got any probing questions? :)

I interviewed some sales guys and for a laugh I stuck one of the candidates in an office and walked in with a Rubix cube and tossed it onto the desk and said "You have 10 minutes...OK?" Then walked out and shut the door behind me.

We all then sat outside waiting to see what he would do.

After a few minutes I opened the door and he thought that I was serious and was attempting to do it. He took it well and got the job.

:D

:D:D

Got some old cheesy questions...!

Q. Would you like to tell us about your previous experience.
Q. What skills would you bring to this role ?
Q. What is the most important aspect of this job to you ?

PERSUASIVENESS
Q. What was the best idea you ever sold to your boss ?
Q. What approaches have been most effective for you in persuading others to share your point of view?

DATA ANALYSIS
Q. Have you had to handle lots of data in your present job ?
Q. How was the data handled ? What methods were used ? (spreadsheets etc.)

RISK TAKING
Q. What risks have you taken in your present job and how did that work out ?

TENACITY
Q. What was the biggest obstacle you had to overcome in your present job ?

LISTENING
Q. Have you ever felt that you have had insufficient information with which to make a decision ?
Q. What did you do ?

DELEGATION
Q. What problems and successes have you experienced when delegating tasks or part of your job to colleagues ?

JUDGEMENT
Q. What has been the hardest decision you have ever made ?
Q. What have you learned from this ?

NEED TO ACHIEVE
Q. What motivates you to succeed at work ?

PLANNING AND ORGANISING
Q. In work how do you prioritise your time ?

STRESS TOLERANCE
Q. What parts of your current job do you find most stressful ?

MANAGEMENT CONTROL
Q. What methods do you use for keeping track of what is going on in your job ?

COMPUTER LITERACY
Q. What systems are you proficient in the use of and for what purpose do you use them ?


Ratman

Give me an example of where you messed up in your previous job and how you got out of it

LOL @ the Rubik's cube problem!

For what it's worth, I'd have dismantled the cube and reassembled it - takes less than 10 mins, and given that I'm a hardware engineer I figure that's exactly what anyone would expect :)

Thanks guys :)

The Rubiks one is particularly useful :rolleyes: ;) ;D

I know someone who was asked to tell a joke...

I also used to ask them to tell me something about themselves that might surprise me.

Q:Tell me something about yourself that might surprise me?

A: I'm sleeping with your wife and your daughter....:D

[Edited by Badger Stuffer - 2/27/2003 5:26:45 PM]

well, seeing as I will have to work with this person:

Do they make good coffee?

Do they react well to arsy natured individuals?

Do they enjoy play fighting during office hours?

Do they like role play? ;)

Will you do everything nixs did for me? ;) :D:D lol!

Markus :rolleyes:

I have never made your coffee and nor shall my replacement, that is your job as office coffee biatch :D

Fear not, I will warn my replacement about your girlie mood swings and general mincing about the office ;) :D :D

<bitch slaps nicky across the room>

That's something my new slave... sorry, the new staff memeber, will have to get used to as well!

Nixs - what are the salaries in Canada like in comparison to the UK? I'm looking at a position in British Columbia, but don't know the salary yet. The houses are certainly a helluva lot cheaper so wonder if the salaries are also lower too!

Kevin, salaries aren't great if you're still thinking in terms of UK pounds, but the cost of living is low so it's all relative I guess. Canada's situation is apparently similar to Australia (similar exchange rate atm).

It's not something that really concerns me as I'm simply converting my UK salary to CAD $ with a nice relocation fee which is NICE :cool: :D

Property is rediculously cheap though from what I can see in the Toronto area, not sure about BC. Have a look at the URL link below (sorry not a clicky one):rolleyes:

http://www.mls.ca/mls/home.asp