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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I had to interview someone......for the position of Web Developer the other week. Advert had said that we wanted someone fluent in PHP, with good HTML and CSS skills.
We had a guy reply who seemed pretty good, so we brought him in for an interview.
He seemed like some sort of manic depressive. Worse still, it rubbed off on to me. I felt chronically down after the interview. Even worse, he had pretty much "lied" on his application. He didn't know PHP, he only knew a little bit of HTML, and had no knowledge of CSS. He knew Java though. Which is great. Except we didn't want a Java programmer.
He said he could no doubt pick up PHP, HTML, and CSS within a few weeks. Sorry dude, we need someone now.
I was dying to ask him if he had stairs in his house (I'm sure some of you will know the significance of that) but I thought my boss would most likely wonder what I'd been taking that morning. Next time...
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GazChap, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 19:48,
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