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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Not my own story, but a really good one nonethelessA good friend of mine from graduate school was interviewing for her first professorial position. One of the interviewers... brought her dog. Apparently it sat on the table throughout the entire questioning period.
My friend spent a lot of time wondering whether she should pretend the dog didn't exist, or whether she should acknowledge it (therefore possibly alienating the other interviewers). I forget which she ended up doing -- probably ignoring it, if I know her -- and she got the job. She's still teaching at that university actually. So's the woman with the dog.
(, Sat 22 Jan 2005, 1:07, Reply)
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