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7 Stupidest Interview Questions and What They Really Mean
Jeff Hindenach | MonsterCollege
If you’ve been in the workforce long enough, the same inane questions will continue to creep up in interview after interview. What is your greatest weakness? Where do you see yourself in five years? You know, the small-talk questions that fill up just enough time between the really important questions.
But all those meaningless questions actually have a purpose. That’s why everyone uses them. But what are interviewers really trying to find out with these sometimes asinine questions? We’ve put together a guide of the seven “stupidest” interview questions to help decode the underlying meaning.
But all those meaningless questions actually have a purpose. That’s why everyone uses them. But what are interviewers really trying to find out with these sometimes asinine questions? We’ve put together a guide of the seven “stupidest” interview questions to help decode the underlying meaning.
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about 1 year ago
28 comments
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almost 3 years ago
19756 comments
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Nic
almost 3 years ago
2 comments
So long as they don't do that infantile "why did you take the pen from me" thing, I'm willing to put up with a fairly high level of idiocy when it comes to job interview questions.
My sister on the other hand... she got asked which character from Friends she would be. She had never seen it (still hasn't), told the interviewer so and then asked how the question was relevant to the position she was applying for. She didn't get it, obviously, but after being asked that question, she didn't want it. It was jobs.com/">graduate jobs she was applying for. A certain level of intelligence was expected from her and she expected a certain level of intelligence from her interviewer.
I wouldn't necessarily recommend mouthing off to your interviewer the way she did but if you get a question like that, chances are you don't want to work for that company.
Peanut15
about 3 years ago
6 comments
These are some of the tough questions I have stumbled through in interviews and I thank you , I will certainly be comfortable now that I have written down my answers as I read your column.
phani_lakku
about 3 years ago
4 comments
what is the best answer for "why should i hire you? "
joy4life
about 3 years ago
2 comments
These questions can get some strange answers. As an Interviewer I no longer ask, "where do you see yourself in 5 years?" One applicant replied, doing your job, of course. Then there was, "tell me a little about yourself." Well, he started with being born, literally! Even in my own interviews, if I am asked about weaknesses, my response is, "how will that make me look beside someone who is perfect." Anyhow, when these questions come up and I am sure they will again, I use them as an opportunity to inject a moment of levity into an otherwise stressful interaction.
suburban
about 3 years ago
4 comments
I say review my resume, check references and make a damn decision. Don't have me meet with 5 people, spend 2 hours and then send me a letter in the mail saying; we wish you all the best but we've decided to go with someone else.
rmatthews
about 3 years ago
2 comments
I for one thing avoid these idiotic questions when I interview because people are trained for these answers. I like real responses from random laid back questions whether they come out right or not to see how applicants handle themselves.
hooveret
about 3 years ago
2 comments
I wonder what some of the correct/good answers would be?
mrdfleming57
about 3 years ago
2 comments
Interviewers have their right to ask questions, that seem to be important. It closes the great viod, of not anything about someone to knowing something. The real purpose of the interview.
I think a lot of the questions could be answered by just noticing the interviewee and the fact that, " Hey, this guy wants a job "
I think if future employers took us seriously, we would ALL be working !
maejone
about 3 years ago
2 comments
Hmm, interesting article. Thank you! :)
brownlace
about 3 years ago
4 comments
Thank you so, so much Monster College. Not it aaaall makes sense. :)
arocha
about 3 years ago
2 comments
very good article. Interviewers definitely ask these questions and more. Thanks for providing it for us in this day in age it is hard to read the interviewer and sometime the interviewer is not even the person that you are going to work with.
LloydSmith
about 3 years ago
2 comments
This is great! If only I could have read this two months ago...
Sonya437
about 3 years ago
4 comments
Excellent and Insightful! Thank you for the knowledge!