Most hated Interview question....
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It's from The Family Guy. :p Surely no one was offended by the quote.__
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Nick Seng wrote: And I always find myself getting caught offguard when they ask that question, even though I know they will ask that. I never understood why people ask that question. WTH do I need to know where do you want to be in 5 years? I just need a good programmer. I hired around 40 programmers on my life, fired some of them, and never asked myself “Wow! I would not have to fire this guy today if I asked him that stupid interview question!” The interview time is a scarce resource: I have 30 minute, maybe one hour, to assess all of your previous programming and work experience, how smart and bright you are, good and bad habits, how much time you’ll need to adapt your working style, asses if you’ll fit in our team, and so on. Why ask stupid questions? In the same category are the “why are balls round?” questions. I believe some interviewers just want you to fail. They’ll keep asking questions until you fail. If you don’t fail, you’re ‘overqualified’. If you do fail, you fell badly, and they’ll be more comfortable to negotiate a lower salary. Due to technical difficulties my previous signature, "I see dumb people" will be off until further notice. Too many people were thinking I was talking about them... :sigh:
Or the interviewers don't have the first clue about interviewing so they keep asking stupid questions. That happenned at my first interview. Most of the questions were like "What are your weeknesses/strengths" and "Who do you most admire?". If I had a better memory I would remember more.
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I wasn't (I even found it funny), but then again, my sister is 21 years old. ;P
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Ever have watched the Korean TV series: [My elder sister is my mother]? ;P
Maxwell Chen
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Nick Seng wrote: And I always find myself getting caught offguard when they ask that question, even though I know they will ask that. I never understood why people ask that question. WTH do I need to know where do you want to be in 5 years? I just need a good programmer. I hired around 40 programmers on my life, fired some of them, and never asked myself “Wow! I would not have to fire this guy today if I asked him that stupid interview question!” The interview time is a scarce resource: I have 30 minute, maybe one hour, to assess all of your previous programming and work experience, how smart and bright you are, good and bad habits, how much time you’ll need to adapt your working style, asses if you’ll fit in our team, and so on. Why ask stupid questions? In the same category are the “why are balls round?” questions. I believe some interviewers just want you to fail. They’ll keep asking questions until you fail. If you don’t fail, you’re ‘overqualified’. If you do fail, you fell badly, and they’ll be more comfortable to negotiate a lower salary. Due to technical difficulties my previous signature, "I see dumb people" will be off until further notice. Too many people were thinking I was talking about them... :sigh:
Daniel Turini wrote: to assess all of your previous programming and work experience, how smart and bright you are, good and bad habits, how much time you’ll need to adapt your working style, asses if you’ll fit in our team, and so on. Oh, they did that too. They just found time to throw that question in at the last moment, when everything was going well up till then. I'm not sure about Brazil, but I've been asked that question in every interview I've been to. You would've thought I'd know how to answer it by now. :doh:
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Ever have watched the Korean TV series: [My elder sister is my mother]? ;P
Maxwell Chen
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Did you argue your answer to them?
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Nick Seng wrote: Did you argue your answer to them? Nope. After hearing their answer, I didn't think working for them would be any fun, so I just let it go. I would have turned down the job if I'd been given it, but I got my current job before I even heard from them.
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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.....Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years time? I hate that question! And I always find myself getting caught offguard when they ask that question, even though I know they will ask that. It's just that I can't seem to get the right answer for it. I mean, I know where I want to be in 3-5 years time, doing what I like best, coding. But I always get the feeling that it's not going to be a good enough answer so I choke up.:sigh: So, what's the interview questions you hate the most?
"if you vote me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" - Michael P. Butler. Support Bone It's a weird Life
The question I hate the most is, 'why do you want to work for us?'. Isn't it obvious, idiot? I need a job :) Might just as well ask me why I want to breath. Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++
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The question I hate the most is, 'why do you want to work for us?'. Isn't it obvious, idiot? I need a job :) Might just as well ask me why I want to breath. Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++
I'm beginning to suspect these questions are asked to give us a chance to kiss there a$$. Q: Why do you want to work for us? A: That's because you're company is the leading pioneer in so and so technology, and for the chance to work under so and so great manager and may I polish your shoes now? X|
"if you vote me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" - Michael P. Butler. Support Bone It's a weird Life
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I'm beginning to suspect these questions are asked to give us a chance to kiss there a$$. Q: Why do you want to work for us? A: That's because you're company is the leading pioneer in so and so technology, and for the chance to work under so and so great manager and may I polish your shoes now? X|
"if you vote me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" - Michael P. Butler. Support Bone It's a weird Life
Heh! Actually I don't credit them with that much intelligence. They probably think a job interview needs to take X amount of time and has to look 'professional'. The most 'professional' interview I ever had was way way back when I used to fix radios for a living. I fronted up asking for a job. A few nondescript questions and then up came the question of my technical proficiency. Could I actually do what I claimed I could do? They showed me a pile of dead car radios and said 'fix one'. So I hooked it up, did the usual wet finger probes (diagnostic tests for the uninitiated :) ) and had it completed in about 15 minutes. Hired on the spot! Ok, I know that's a gross oversimplification of the nature of a job interview. For one who fixes car radios there's hardly a question of 'does he have the ability to work in a team'. Likewise, there's hardly a question of 'can he adapt to new technology' in the same way that we have to. But on the other hand, 'where do you want to be in 5 years' isn't exactly cutting edge interviewing either. I usually answer 'above the surface' and leave em to work out what I mean :) Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++
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.....Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years time? I hate that question! And I always find myself getting caught offguard when they ask that question, even though I know they will ask that. It's just that I can't seem to get the right answer for it. I mean, I know where I want to be in 3-5 years time, doing what I like best, coding. But I always get the feeling that it's not going to be a good enough answer so I choke up.:sigh: So, what's the interview questions you hate the most?
"if you vote me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" - Michael P. Butler. Support Bone It's a weird Life
Q: .....Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years time? A: Asking the questions Worked for me in my last interview....but that was about 7 years ago. '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
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.....Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years time? I hate that question! And I always find myself getting caught offguard when they ask that question, even though I know they will ask that. It's just that I can't seem to get the right answer for it. I mean, I know where I want to be in 3-5 years time, doing what I like best, coding. But I always get the feeling that it's not going to be a good enough answer so I choke up.:sigh: So, what's the interview questions you hate the most?
"if you vote me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" - Michael P. Butler. Support Bone It's a weird Life
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I'm beginning to suspect these questions are asked to give us a chance to kiss there a$$. Q: Why do you want to work for us? A: That's because you're company is the leading pioneer in so and so technology, and for the chance to work under so and so great manager and may I polish your shoes now? X|
"if you vote me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" - Michael P. Butler. Support Bone It's a weird Life
Nick Seng wrote: A: That's because you're company is the leading pioneer in so and so technology, and for the chance to work under so and so great manager and may I polish your shoes now? :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: "Courage choose who will follow, Fate choose who will lead" - Lord Gunner, Septerra Core "Press any key to continue, where's the ANY key ?" - Homer Simpsons Drinking gives me amazing powers of insight. I can solve all the worlds problems when drunk, but can never remember the solutions in the morning. - Michael P Butler to Paul Watson on 12/08/03
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win32newb wrote: But seriously the question I hate most is what are your Weeknesses. I mean sure everyone has a weekness. I feel my weekness truefully is asking these questions. Cause to me its like a no win situation. You say your week at doing so in so and if thats what they are looking for your screwed, then if you don't say your week at anything they know your a lier. So say something that could also be perceived as a strength. Something like you don't trust other developers, or you prefer to derive your own solutions to problems rather than blindly taking somebody's results, or you find it a bit difficult to understand a lot of the fancier language constructs so your code is usually pretty simple (read: 'easy to debug and maintain' - managers care more about that than fancy constructs). There's plenty of things you can say :) No, I'm not saying these are brilliant examples - they just came to me at the time ;) Remember, what you perceive as a weakness may not necessarily be perceived as a weakness by other people, and above all, be truthful because honesty can get you a long way in the selection process.
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
Ryan Binns wrote: Remember, what you perceive as a weakness may not necessarily be perceived as a weakness by other people, and above all, be truthful because honesty can get you a long way in the selection process. I agree, I always tell people "I'm irresistable to women" when I'm asked this question. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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I hate the question they always ask me.. Sir do you know that one of your shoes is white and the other one is black? But seriously the question I hate most is what are your Weeknesses. I mean sure everyone has a weekness. I feel my weekness truefully is asking these questions. Cause to me its like a no win situation. You say your week at doing so in so and if thats what they are looking for your screwed, then if you don't say your week at anything they know your a lier. Win32newb "Programming is like sex, make one mistake and you have to support it for a long time"
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.....Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years time? I hate that question! And I always find myself getting caught offguard when they ask that question, even though I know they will ask that. It's just that I can't seem to get the right answer for it. I mean, I know where I want to be in 3-5 years time, doing what I like best, coding. But I always get the feeling that it's not going to be a good enough answer so I choke up.:sigh: So, what's the interview questions you hate the most?
"if you vote me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" - Michael P. Butler. Support Bone It's a weird Life
"On the beach in [insert the name of a resort of your choice]" Of course, you never tell them that as otherwise they'll get there first and nick all the deckchairs... ;) Make up some waffle about career progression instead to keep them happy instead. :rolleyes: Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In
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I hate the question they always ask me.. Sir do you know that one of your shoes is white and the other one is black? But seriously the question I hate most is what are your Weeknesses. I mean sure everyone has a weekness. I feel my weekness truefully is asking these questions. Cause to me its like a no win situation. You say your week at doing so in so and if thats what they are looking for your screwed, then if you don't say your week at anything they know your a lier. Win32newb "Programming is like sex, make one mistake and you have to support it for a long time"
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.....Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years time? I hate that question! And I always find myself getting caught offguard when they ask that question, even though I know they will ask that. It's just that I can't seem to get the right answer for it. I mean, I know where I want to be in 3-5 years time, doing what I like best, coding. But I always get the feeling that it's not going to be a good enough answer so I choke up.:sigh: So, what's the interview questions you hate the most?
"if you vote me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" - Michael P. Butler. Support Bone It's a weird Life
The one that I hate the most is, "Tell me, what are your weaknesses?" Saying "I have no weaknesses!" is very egotistical, but shows confidence. I guess the merit of that answer depends on who is interviewing you. You also don't want to be too modest and reel off a laundry list of faults, thus talking yourself out of a job. After all these years, I still don't have an answer that I am comfortable with. The question caught me by surprise once and my reply was, "I work too hard sometimes". :~ Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Who you are in Christ
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.....Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years time? I hate that question! And I always find myself getting caught offguard when they ask that question, even though I know they will ask that. It's just that I can't seem to get the right answer for it. I mean, I know where I want to be in 3-5 years time, doing what I like best, coding. But I always get the feeling that it's not going to be a good enough answer so I choke up.:sigh: So, what's the interview questions you hate the most?
"if you vote me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" - Michael P. Butler. Support Bone It's a weird Life
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.....Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years time? I hate that question! And I always find myself getting caught offguard when they ask that question, even though I know they will ask that. It's just that I can't seem to get the right answer for it. I mean, I know where I want to be in 3-5 years time, doing what I like best, coding. But I always get the feeling that it's not going to be a good enough answer so I choke up.:sigh: So, what's the interview questions you hate the most?
"if you vote me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" - Michael P. Butler. Support Bone It's a weird Life
My answers.... Giving you your pink slip ( layoff ). Winning the lottery and telling you to shove it. With your wife under my desk. Question that I don't like is do you work well alone or in a group? Seems that you have to phrase your answer very carefully to make sure you cover that you do both well. Silence is golden, so shut the heck up!
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I hate the question they always ask me.. Sir do you know that one of your shoes is white and the other one is black? But seriously the question I hate most is what are your Weeknesses. I mean sure everyone has a weekness. I feel my weekness truefully is asking these questions. Cause to me its like a no win situation. You say your week at doing so in so and if thats what they are looking for your screwed, then if you don't say your week at anything they know your a lier. Win32newb "Programming is like sex, make one mistake and you have to support it for a long time"
win32newb wrote: Weeknesses. I mean sure everyone has a weekness Do you only have these every 7 days or what? heh ;P Silence is golden, so shut the heck up!