Job interviews

[The Dragon Master]

What was your worst, best or most memorable interview?

My most memorable one so far would be the one I had yesterday. It was a group interview and some of the questions were weird Someone got asked if they were a kitchen utensil, what would they be and why.

 

[Jazzy]

Someone got asked if they were a kitchen utensil, what would they be and why.

What did the person answer who got asked?

I would have said I was a knife. Why? Because I'm sharp and can cut through the tough stuff!

 

[The Dragon Master]

Someone got asked if they were a kitchen utensil, what would they be and why.

What did the person answer who got asked?

I would have said I was a knife. Why? Because I'm sharp and can cut through the tough stuff!

She said she would be a fork, so she could pick up things

 

[Jazzy]

Memorable interview:

I was sitting in a conference room waiting for a manager to interview me. A woman came in oblivious that she was trailing toilet paper stuck to the heel of her shoe. She sat down facing me and started asking questions. She wore glasses and at one point pushed the glasses to the top of her head. We kept talking and then at one point, she said: "Oh no! I've lost my glasses again." Between that and the toilet paper, I just started laughing. She asked me what was so funny, so I told her. She liked my honesty so much that I got the job!

 

[Sinon]

Worst: I applied for a cashier position with a local store that was opening in a few months time. I got an interview, turned up early dressed to the nines, and was polite and respectful... apart from one, niggling issue.

The interviewer had something wrong with his left eye. It kept spasming and darting all over the place, and never stayed in one spot for long. I couldn't help but watch it, and I'm pretty sure that cost me the position.

Most memorable: Applied for a cashier/stockroom position at a sort of "one-size-fits-all" store where they sold pretty much everything. I met with the manager on the shop floor and he took me upstairs for the interview. Up four flights of stairs, to be precise. Then down a bunch of corridors, culminating in a small storeroom with no windows, and oddly enough, no chairs. The interview was conducted with myself sitting on a pile of cardboard boxes, and him sitting on a stack of paint cans. That was odd.

Best: When I got my first job, I didn't really have an interview so to speak. I passed in my CV, and the next day I got a phonecall asking for me to come in, so I did. I got 15 minutes of training on the till, and then told my shift starts on Sunday at 9AM. I was just like what

No questions or anything, I just... instantly got it, basically.

 

[DrLeftover]

I just had my 'intake interview' with the temp agency.

The interview started fine, then the lady asked me what I thought my ideal job would be and I answered with a total deadpan: "I think I'd make a good Pope" and she started to write it down.

From there on, the interview didn't go by their script.

 

[Evil Eye]

"I think I'd make a good Pope" and she started to write it down.

So... are you going to be a temp pope, now?