is this cheating?

[Pepsei]

i'm getting ready to interview for this job as the head of the IS deparment.

someone from the inside send me a copy of all the questions they are going to ask me.

so is this cheating? its not like i'm going to make up all the answers... i'm just better prepared.

there are a lot of stupid questions in there thou. like "who would you consider to be your hero"
(sounds like a tread from a couple of days ago.)

any good sites out there on job interviews?

 

[djs1w]

I would say it's cheating because you are not on even playing field with anyone else who's interviewing. If you have to ask yourself it's cheating, it generally is.

Now, would I take the questions if they were given to me? Hell yeah. Guess I'm a cheater

 

[Nitemare]

All is fair in love and war and work

Is it cheating? technically yes

but technically 99.9% of people would cheat this way

 

[StageLeft]

Of course it is. If I had to choose between that and unemployment guess which one I'd pick?

 

[Electric Amish]

It pays to have friends on the inside.

amish

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Consider it "using all available resources"

 

[LordJezo]

At a job I had the person asking the interview gave me the questions. He just told me not to say anything to anyone.

I don't really see how it is cheating. Being prepared for an interview is the best way to get a job. And interviews don't mean anything anyway. Half the time they are just formalities to get someone hired. Working under a hiring manager for <insert large American drug company here> for a few months I noticed that they always got applicants for positions, but the only people hired were people they knew before hand.

Being a "good boy" in a situation like this wont get you anywhere.

 

[Spook]

Nahh, that's not cheating... I think we've all seen that list, and it helps you prepare your answers a little bit...

 

[yellowvespa]

Cheating can be one term for it. But in business it's called something else. Just make sure the questions came from a good source, don't have the answers come out too fast and as soon as you get the position, change the questions to insure your solidity in the position. Get rid of the old managers right hand person .. they worked for the last guy not you. Put in people who answer to you. That way you'll look good. There is more but I'm still having my coffee......

 

[BDawg]

Networking does give you certain advantages. Just don't sound to prepared. This isn't a test, it's an interview in a cut-throat job market. Think about number one.

 

[jjones]

it's not cheating. it's called having contacts and being prepared. the same goes if a company is hiring and you have someone on the inside to put in a good word for you. it could be considered unfair to the other applicants but that's the way the business world works.

 

[MrBond]

Are they just standard interview questions? (What's your best quality, worst quality, are you a team player, etc) If so, there are books full of those. If you've ever had an interview before, they ask a lot of the same questions. By expecting some of the standard ones, you're certainly ahead, but I wouldn't call it cheating.

 

[Illusio]

naw, its not cheating. I dont even think you can "cheat" on an interview. Espically in this economy, take what you can get. I dont know anyone that would turn down knowing the questions ahead of time...

 

[LuckyTaxi]

screw that. take it dude. good luck

 

[dabuddha]

depends on how you're asking it
morally, it is considered cheating
technically, it is considered cheating. for example, if you get the answers to a test before the its given from the teacher's TA, then it'd be considered cheating
in the business world, it'd be called a competitive advantage
whether to do it or not, thats up to you
as for me, i dunno, i'd have to think long and hard about it. but that might be cause i already have a cushy steady job
good luck to ya

 

[Viper GTS]

When I interviewed for my current job, I was asked a number of "brain teaser" type questions - only catch was I'd heard them all before & could give the answers immediately. I felt a little guilty about that, but two years later I'm still here so I guess it worked out OK.

But having the questions in advance?

I dunno, that just seems really underhanded.

Viper GTS

 

[DAM]

ohh please, its like someone else said, its like having someone in the inside put in a really good word for you, even then, interviews sometimes stray off into other subjects and the questions you get might not even be the ones asked. Consider those questions a general study guide for this and many other interviews to come, its like taking a standardized test, we all have study guides and tips and tricks for them.






dam()

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

You aren't violating any formal or informal rules, but the employer might be. Namely they may be shortcircuiting equal opputunity laws.

Who sent you the questions? Are you sure that only you were sent them? Do you have any reason to suspect that the company is denying equal access to other applicants?

I would suggest you go ahead and make use of the questions and don't be so sure that you have the advantage that you think you do.

 

[Miramonti]

To cheat you have to violate the rules. What rules are you violating?
And to assume this is going to benefit you might not necessarily be true because they still may not like your hero.

Good luck with the interview my friend.

 

[GSOYF]

i'm getting ready to interview for this job as the head of the IS deparment.

someone from the inside send me a copy of all the questions they are going to ask me.

so is this cheating? its not like i'm going to make up all the answers... i'm just better prepared.


I don't think you should worry about it...with today's market you should be looking to get ahead anyway that you can. Besides, anyone would have taken the questions in advance, and I am sure that they will ask you more questions on top of those you already know.

 

[guyver01]

Is it cheating? No.

Many agencies give their clients "potential questions" lists when going for an interview. It helps you better to prepare and not look like an idiot on the interview.

I've given interviews where the only answer i've gotten is "I don't know" for every question. It makes you wonder why the agency sent this person.

I've also given interviews where every answer was "textbook" in its definition, but when asking the person to explain 'in their own words' they couldn't...

My opinion... if you have the answers, it's not cheating, because they can always TELL if you do not know what you're talking about.

I feel its the same thing as if you do active research on a company to find out what the employees do, to prepare yourself.

 

[hoihtah]

i'd call it doing your homework.

 

[StageLeft]

I said I'd do it, and I would, but anybody who doesn't think this is cheating wtf sort of glue are you on? If it was not cheating then they'd always give the interview questions to you before hand. If the interviewer knew you had them you'd either automatically get told to go away or they'd change the questions. You people really think this isn't cheating? Come on, think for a moment. Yes I'd do it, and I'd feel no guilt (It's not a meaningless test, this is for a job to make money and support yourself and family so it's worth it), but it IS cheating.

 

[DAM]

first off we are making the assumption that THESE are the EXACT questions that will come, I think we all need to wait and see, for all we know these are nothing else than those generic aids that you get and someone told him that they were the questions that were going to be asked, so until he comes back from his interview we will know for certain if it was cheating or not.


btw, standardize testing is not meaningless, atleast not for universities and school funding.





dam()

 

[chibchakan]

These days with a sagging economy you need all the advantages you can get. It's a dog eat dog world. Hope you get the job.