Job InterviewsIf it's not the "where do you see yourself in five years time" question, it's the trick questions they throw at you to make them feel superior. Tell us about your worst job interview and the most unsuited candidates you've seen. BTW: Please don't use the question board to send messages to each other. It makes the whole thing unreadable for everyone else.
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chthonic, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 9:51)
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Political CorrectnessGoing for an interview at a leading volunteer conservation group (and there really is only the one, so you know which I mean), I was asked some of the most bizarre political correctness questions imaginable.
Given that this organisation relies on local government and 'arms length' for much of its funding, I naturally supposed that over exposure to beaurocrats had turned these people into the babbling fools that they clearly were.
Eventually the questions reached a peak where I was forced to ask: "I'm sorry, can you repeat the question but, erm . . . this time in English please?"
I didn't get the job, but only because their selection was overruled and a manager from another area was moved in.
Turned out that they had been writing each others questions and were deliberately trying to stitch each other. My candid response was enough to convince them that I was man enough for the job, which is odd because I know faff all about managing funding for disabled volunteers.
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Lord Manley of Ven www.justgiving.com/manley - please?, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 15:31,
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