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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My Cambridge interviewInterviewer: "So, what periods of history do you like?"
Me: "Well, I like ancient history a lot. And the more modern geopolitical stuff, the great powers and that. Anything after about 1750 really."
Interviewer: "Oh, so you're not a medievalist then?"
Me: "Oh god no, I find all that deeply boring. It all seems to be peasants covered in crap"
Interviewer: "That's interesting. I'm a medieval historian as it happens"
Me: (thinks) "Shit"
Later on...
Interviewer: "So tell me, do you actually know anything relevant? Because so far all you've said is 'it's not my field'. Do you have a field?"
Me: "Ummm..."
Incredibly, I managed to get in- the other interviewer who sat there taking notes apparently thought I was being amusing.
At least I didn't have the experience of a friend, who opened the door and found the interviewer reclining on a chaise-lounge wearing only a dressing gown...
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Shrub Rocketeer is a twisted emotional husk, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 22:04,
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