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#16 |
Live free or die hard
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Durango, CO
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"So, when do I start?".
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#17 | |
On Hiatus
Join Date: Aug 2000
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There are just too many things that I have had occur that made it annoying that there is not enough space here to discuss. Overconfident/overselling yourself us a major one....asking about the culture at the company 2 minutes into the interview....interrupting someone while they are asking a question... Those are just a couple of them... |
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#18 |
MVP
Join Date: Jan 2012
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I was in the fire department and when I was part of interviews, the person I liked was the kid that was so excited to be a FF it even amped me up. I didnt like the guys that did the monotone blah blah blah answers. I liked the guys that looked excited to work with you.
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#19 |
Threepeat!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Milk/Honey/Gazland
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Don’t want to hear (esp. from a man), “You make me feel like a little girl.” (As he rubs his nipples between his thumbs & forefingers.) That happened. (Originally part of a SNL skit.)
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#20 |
Mod Team
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Valley of the hot as ****
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I will be brutally honest.
I don't want to hear them bring up being a single parent. A person who uses that in an interview, without being questioned about their personal life, is telling you they are going to have problems getting to work. Again, I don't care if you are a single parent. But it's a red flag in an interview if you throw that out there unprovoked. I've seen it too many times. If you're leading with that, it means you're struggling as a single parent and this will have a huge impact on the business I'm trying to run. |
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#21 |
[b]Supporter[/b]
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: A Hypnagogic Landscape
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I enjoy when an interview is like a conversation. I like when the questions come from both parties (and when the HR rep is quiet). I like seeing genuine passion from candidates.
I fully realize that I play as big a part in these things happening as the candidate. If I treat people like a number, it sets the bar low - no matter the interviewee. |
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#22 |
Starter
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Easiest way to guarantee you aren't getting the job is at any point saying "so I'm not sure I even want this job but..."
I've seen and know a handful of people who did this thinking it's some sort of power move. |
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#23 |
New and Improved
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Springfield, Mo.
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What I'm wanting to hear?
'Hooters is just my part time job' |
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#24 |
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2021
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For technical accounting positions I ask "what is your favorite FASB pronouncement and why?" A decent accountant should know plenty of those and have opinions on them. If they can't even name one, that's such an easy way to weed out shitty applicants.
Generally I like "describe a time you had a disagreement with a coworker and how you resolved it". All kinds of tells come out of that. Then of course "do you have any questions for me?". If they say no, that's not a good answer. That's someone that hasn't even really contemplated the job. If they ask about pay/vacation/benefits/etc, that's even worse. |
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#25 |
Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2021
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Very early on I was asked in an interview "what's your philosophy" I was probably 21 at the time. Closest thing I had to one was maybe "not to work for someone who asks me what my philosophy is".
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#26 |
The Maintenance Guy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Renovated Bugeater Estate
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#27 |
On Hiatus
Join Date: Aug 2000
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#28 |
SNAP THE ****ING BALL!!!
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: KCMO
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#29 | |
It’s Thriller night
Join Date: Sep 2007
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A candidate shouldn’t be interviewing for a position without having a good idea about the salary range anyway. And benefits are important to workers as well. It makes perfect sense to ask about them. |
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#30 |
Stroking to the SB Champs!
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Flatlands of Kansas
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“You want to see a dead body?”
That could be a deal killer… |
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