interview thought

[redbird]

I wrote this as a comment to quility, who is thinking about job interviews and the weird questions interviewers ask:

My biggest flaw is that I can't come up with clever answers to questions rather than telling the truth: I want to provide people with useful information.

Hmm. Risky, but I may have to try it.

Comments

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

When I was a co-op student, I once had an interview for a phantom job (they had lost the funding after scheduling the interviews, but were going through with them in case they got the funding back). I was annoyed about the waste of time (I had several other interviews and it was a busy week).

When that interviewer asked me "what are your weaknesses?" I blurted out "I don't do well in interviews." He said "But you're doing great!" I said "That's because this doesn't count!" I later thought that it was quite a good answer, but never had the nerve to use it premeditatedly.

[supergee.livejournal.com]

Nasty business. Malcolm Gladwell says that "Tell me your biggest flaw" means "describe a strength and call it a flaw."

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

I too always answer interview questions honestly. One supervisor told me I turned out to be more like my interview persona than anyone else he'd ever hired. I really feel they ought to know what they're getting.

MKK