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 applied to do maths at OxfordI breezed through the exam and got to the interview. Two smug toffs vs. me with broad Somerset accent.
Them: So I see you avoided question 4 in the exam...
Me (thinks): Yeah, there's a good reason for that.
Them: ... so could you do that one on the board for us now?
By the end of the interview I'd decided I hated the place and its denizens and there was no way I'd go there even if they begged. So:
Them: Is there anything you'd like to ask us?
Me: Yes. You have quite a separate application system to the other universities: I have to put you top of the list, I can't apply to Cambridge as well, I have to sit an exam. Surely maths is maths. What makes Oxford any different to all the others, apart from its historical reputation?
Them: Umm... [squirm]
They turned me down, but it was worth it.
I got at 1st at Southampton instead.
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teedyay, Tue 25 Jan 2005, 13:19,
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