++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[IndyColtsFan]

Free form is a lot scarier :biggrin:

Had a girl interview for help desk once. Literally, every answer she gave was "call the network admins."

 

[sdifox]

Had a girl interview for help desk once. Literally, every answer she gave was "call the network admins."

ahahahahahaha

 

[sdifox]

I have gotten this as a cover letter before

"dear sir/madam,
I am applying to the following jobs

list of job codes.

"

 

[IndyColtsFan]

ahahahahahaha

She obviously wasn't smart enough to see that if the answer was to always call the network admins, why not have people call them directly and not hire her?

 

[sdifox]

And a Fedex driver applied for DBA position. I looked at the education part to see if it is a dba bring home bacon working at Fedex. Nope, 0 computer experience.

 

[MotF Bane]

I have never been in a position to hire someone.

I've been hired to two jobs. The first required no formal application, and I've been returning there for 5-6 years now. The second had an application, but that was a formality, and really, I was hired because of who I knew.

 

[sdifox]

She obviously wasn't smart enough to see that if the answer was to always call the network admins, why not have people call them directly and not hire her?

at least she knows network admin.

 

[sdifox]

I have never been in a position to hire someone.

I've been hired to two jobs. The first required no formal application, and I've been returning there for 5-6 years now. The second had an application, but that was a formality, and really, I was hired because of who I knew.

95% of jobs are filled by who you know.

 

[sdifox]

as opposed to what you know

 

[sdifox]

oh one of my favourite questions

"what does this organization do and what do you envision your responsibilities are."

 

[sdifox]

if you cannot be bothered to do a bit of research before interview...

 

[sdifox]

and if you just repeat what we wrote down in the job description, you are the wrong person for the job.

 

[sdifox]

I have seen people refer to their on resume when they were answering questions about their past...

 

[sdifox]

wtf, at least read it before you come in to interview.

 

[sdifox]

I also like to have people who the new hire will be working with sit in in the interview.

 

[sdifox]

like I said I pity the people who have to interview with me

 

[alfa147x]

I'm going to ask a question like: How would you react if someone told you that your work looked like shit

oh one of my favourite questions

"what does this organization do and what do you envision your responsibilities are."

That's good. I already have
what does this organization do

The babe thread is suddenly being flooded with chubby chasers.

Yeah... wtf

I usually had long interview questions written down, with diagrams, and let them read them and answer them. Many told me I was brutal.

Brutal is good

If it is someone I consider a potential candidate I will become pushy and see how they handle that.

Possible. I like it though

situation based question. I really don't care about the actual answers, rather I want to understand the person's thought process.

There is always the manhole question

Good idea
Manhole?

 

[sdifox]

why is the manhole cover round?

 

[alfa147x]

why is the manhole cover round?

What type of answer are you looking for?

 

[sdifox]

What type of answer are you looking for?

the cover can't fall through the hole.

or more equal distribution of pressure.

 

[alfa147x]

Because of their aerodynamic design, modern racing cars create enough vacuum to lift a manhole cover off the ground. During races on city streets, manhole covers must therefore be welded down to prevent injury. In 1990, during the Group C World Sportscar Championship race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, located in a public park in Montréal, Quebec, a Brun Motorsport Porsche 962 struck a manhole cover that was lifted by the ground effect of the car he was following, a Courage C24 Porsche, causing the Porsche to catch fire, and with the safety issues, the race ended shortly afterwards.[9]

 

[alfa147x]

“Why would your past coworkers say they didn't like working with you?”

 

[alfa147x]

“Tell me about a time when you failed and were able to come out of the situation better than when you went in?”

 

[sdifox]

ni

 

[sdifox]

tell me about a skill you learned from previous experience that would not be applicable here.