Re:What was the most intriguing question you were asked duri...
by karmakaze on Saturday August 31, 2024 @10:00AM
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Why do I want this job?
Which isn't unusual, but was in context where I was applying at a retail sports clothing store with a degree in engineering, because I had too much free time on a few weekdays. Ironically I outlasted many generations of turnovers for most of the fall/winter, and finally quit from rushing to get there on time after my day job and excessive parking tickets.
Re:What was the most intriguing question you were asked duri...
by palata on Monday September 02, 2024 @06:24PM
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"When did you last fail your colleagues really badly and what did you do to fix it?"
Saying "I don't think I ever fucked up really badly" was not an option, and the interviewer clearly told me "listen, I have to fill this form and it asks this". So I started making up bullshit answers, but of course I didn't want to make up something so bad I would fail the interview. And every time, the interviewer would say "hmm, but that is not really a big fuck up. What else do you have?".
Interviews are weird. Makes me think that when a company behaves like this, I should just tell them that I am not really interested anymore. But usually when you apply somewhere you want the job, right?
Re:What was the most intriguing question you were asked duri...
by cranberryturkey on Monday September 02, 2024 @08:46PM
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I accidentally did DROP DATABASE; on the development database everyone used at PayPal back in 2004. I was in ok with the sysadmin and he restored a backup in like 10 seconds when I told him -- "I think I fucked up pretty good and need your help to fix it...I dropped the dev database and I'm hoping you can restore it.". I guess I wasn't the first and probably wasn't the last either.
Which isn't unusual, but was in context where I was applying at a retail sports clothing store with a degree in engineering, because I had too much free time on a few weekdays. Ironically I outlasted many generations of turnovers for most of the fall/winter, and finally quit from rushing to get there on time after my day job and excessive parking tickets.
Saying "I don't think I ever fucked up really badly" was not an option, and the interviewer clearly told me "listen, I have to fill this form and it asks this". So I started making up bullshit answers, but of course I didn't want to make up something so bad I would fail the interview. And every time, the interviewer would say "hmm, but that is not really a big fuck up. What else do you have?".
Interviews are weird. Makes me think that when a company behaves like this, I should just tell them that I am not really interested anymore. But usually when you apply somewhere you want the job, right?