Interview Questions...

[MK Shrimper]

http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/25-tough-interview-questions-uk-edition/

My favourite is: "Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck sized horses?”

Any example from the Zoners?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I had the "What would you like written on your tombstone?" mentioned below when I went for an interview at Barcelona's leading business school back in 83.Can't remember what I answered but I got the job.:smile:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/work-blog/2013/jun/11/hardest-job-interview-questions

Incidentally, the business school announced last week that they'll be laying off about half of their languages staff.Looks like I left when the going was good.

 

[Benfleet A1]

I got asked the 'How Do You Find a Needle In a Haystack' one. I replied two, sit on it or find it with a magnet. Didn't get the job and never found out if my answer was right. Stupid bloody question for someone delivering parcels.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I got asked the 'How Do You Find a Needle In a Haystack' one. I replied two, sit on it or find it with a magnet. Didn't get the job and never found out if my answer was right. Stupid bloody question for someone delivering parcels.

Not if it's the needle that needs delivering :winking:

 

[chapperzUK]

I got asked the 'How Do You Find a Needle In a Haystack' one. I replied two, sit on it or find it with a magnet. Didn't get the job and never found out if my answer was right. Stupid bloody question for someone delivering parcels.

Set fire to the hay, might not be a good answer if you should be delivering parcels :smiles:

 

[londonblue]

I once got asked why I should be given the job given that my academic record wasn't that good.

I got the job.

 

[southend4ever]

My colleague thinks that with a lot of questions like this you should question the employee back as to the relevance and that they will like the fact that you have challenged them!

 

[chapperzUK]

My colleague thinks that with a lot of questions like this you should question the employee back as to the relevance and that they will like the fact that you have challenged them!

Don't get them in a headlock and say "get out of that without moving", apparently they don't like being "challenged" in that way ... :unsure:

 

[Mad Cyril]

I got asked the 'How Do You Find a Needle In a Haystack' one. I replied two, sit on it or find it with a magnet. Didn't get the job and never found out if my answer was right. Stupid bloody question for someone delivering parcels.

Hay floats, needles don't........

 

[Mad Cyril]

Reverse a singly linked list using recursion.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Hay floats, needles don't........

Er, I think they do.

Reverse a singly linked list using recursion.

Urgh, I had that in my Uni exam. Think I blagged it :thumbsup:

 

[Mad Cyril]

You and an opponent play Russian Roulette. The revolver has six chambers and is loaded with bullets in three consecutive chambers. You decide who starts the game. Do you chose to start or let your opponent start?

 

[chapperzUK]

You and an opponent play Russian Roulette. The revolver has six chambers and is loaded with bullets in three consecutive chambers. You decide who starts the game. Do you chose to start or let your opponent start?

You've got me curious with this one, love a good mathematics question.

Surely you would pick second. First person has 50% chance of getting a bullet. If they miss then the outcome of the second person getting a bullet is 33%, so then the real probability of the second person getting a bullet is 16.5%.

 

[BaileytheQuitter]

"How does the current weather make you feel?"

First question faced for my current job.

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

Never ever had a interview for a job but if asked i would fight the duck sized horse.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Do you like to watch gladiator movies?

 

[Mad Cyril]

Do you ever hang around gymnasiums?

 

[Mad Cyril]

Never ever had a interview for a job but if asked i would fight the duck sized horse.

I would tell the interviewer that I would me more than happy to take all of the ****ers on if they were mugging me off and if you don't like my answer we can take this outside now you ****.

Employers respect strength and confidence but most of all they respect honesty.

 

[MK Shrimper]

You've got me curious with this one, love a good mathematics question.

Surely you would pick second. First person has 50% chance of getting a bullet. If they miss then the outcome of the second person getting a bullet is 33%, so then the real probability of the second person getting a bullet is 16.5%.

Isn't it the other way around? Person 1 has 50%, and if the chamber is empty, the probability of blowing your brains out rises to 3 in 5 surely (60%).

 

[Pubey]

Yep. As the rounds continue the risk only ever increases. The lowest probability you'll face is 0.5 in the first round. So go first