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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBest job interview question you've been asked:
Is there anything you WON'T do?
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Best job interview question you've been asked: (Original Post)
undeterred
Aug 2012
OP
Laid my portfolio of work on the desk, he looked at it for a few minutes and said...
Mr.Bill
Aug 2012
#10
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)1. Can you start tomorrow?
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)5. We'll finish filling out all this paperwork tomorrow.
Can you start NOW?
I did.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,325 posts)2. "You wanna get your feet off my desk?"
or
"Have you been drinking?"
Kali
(55,007 posts)3. I don't have many job-seeking experiences (very lucky to be where I am)
but I can tell you the worst, ego-shattering rejection I got. Not qualified. For a position at a transfer station. Yes that is correct - not fit to work at the dump.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)4. What a lot of rubbish!
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)6. "What is the air-speed velocity of an unladened swallow?"
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,338 posts)8. Trick question: African or European swallow?
But it's a way to turn the questioning back on the HR person.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)9. That was my response. I got that job.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)7. You want to grab a beer with the rest of the group?
Seriously - first real job interview I went out for drinks afterwards with the team I was to work with. Sweet
Mr.Bill
(24,282 posts)10. Laid my portfolio of work on the desk, he looked at it for a few minutes and said...
I'm impressed, you're hired. How much do you want?