Does anyone recall the series of funny interviews which went viral a few years ago? These guys did for something like a communications assistant position and they recorded the (possibly fake) interviews and posted them up to a site.
The premise of the site was they setup the bit with a paragraph and then had the video. The video was shot from a webcam and had the first part sped up until it got to the punchline. After the funny/stupid comment, at the end of each video there were words which said NAILED IT!
I searched for it and couldn't find it but figured someone here would remember the link.
Oh hell no. It wasn't meant to be serious. Some of the things people did or admitted to were hilarious. One guy admitted to stealing in his last job. A woman admitted her husband searched for Bigfoot and the interviewer couldn't stop laughing....there was a pictures posted on the net of the interviewee one...
From a recent reddit thread (I can no longer find):
Q. What is the correct answer to "what is your greatest weakness" in a job interview?
A. Print a business card that says "Sometimes my overpreparedness comes across as arrogance." Hand it to the interviewer when asked.
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From a recent reddit thread (I can no longer find):
Q. What is the correct answer to "what is your greatest weakness" in a job interview?
A. Print a business card that says "Sometimes my overpreparedness comes across as arrogance." Hand it to the interviewer when asked.
All I know is that the current corporate recruitment processes are just doomed to fail.
In my day (here we go Grandpa's speaking)
You'd apply, get called in for an interview, if they liked you they'd check your references then bring you in for a second and then you'd get an offer. Usually the process happens in the same week.
Now, its phone interviews followed by an HR Interview, then an interview with the person hiring, followed by an interview with his superiors, then a meeting with the "team"
Usually this takes a couple of weeks.
I get that teams want to be careful with their hirees. But first of all, References are pretty much worthless now, most people script their references on how to handle the tough questions.
Second of all, but the time they go through 4 or 5 interviews and all of the other stuff, the candidate that they really want is off of the market and they've wasted time.
If you want to nail an interview, the best piece of advice is to honestly tell them at the end (or be a little dishonest) that you're into the final stages on some other opportunities, and while this one seems like a good fit for my skills and experience and knowledge base, and you want to keep pursuing it, but you have to keep these other opportunities moving because there are no guarantees.
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Wish I would have thought to do that... Was interviewed like 3 weeks ago. They said they would call me either way (and they do) but I haven't heard anything. The position is still vacant, they just took vacation in the middle of the interview process, and now are busy planning there budget this week.
Wish I would have thought to do that... Was interviewed like 3 weeks ago. They said they would call me either way (and they do) but I haven't heard anything. The position is still vacant, they just took vacation in the middle of the interview process, and now are busy planning there budget this week.
Call em, tell them that you are working on some other opportunities and you'd like to know where you stand.
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All I know is that the current corporate recruitment processes are just doomed to fail.
In my day (here we go Grandpa's speaking)
You'd apply, get called in for an interview, if they liked you they'd check your references then bring you in for a second and then you'd get an offer. Usually the process happens in the same week.
Now, its phone interviews followed by an HR Interview, then an interview with the person hiring, followed by an interview with his superiors, then a meeting with the "team"
Usually this takes a couple of weeks.
I get that teams want to be careful with their hirees. But first of all, References are pretty much worthless now, most people script their references on how to handle the tough questions.
Second of all, but the time they go through 4 or 5 interviews and all of the other stuff, the candidate that they really want is off of the market and they've wasted time.
If you want to nail an interview, the best piece of advice is to honestly tell them at the end (or be a little dishonest) that you're into the final stages on some other opportunities, and while this one seems like a good fit for my skills and experience and knowledge base, and you want to keep pursuing it, but you have to keep these other opportunities moving because there are no guarantees.
I think they're doomed for precisely the opposite reasons. Hiring now is done by HR people entering keywords into text databases and navigating both that process and the interview process has become it's own skillset that is not particularly relevant to how you'll actually perform in your position.
If you want a good fit, the key is to bypass those HR people and actually make a connection between the managers and the prospective hires. Things tend to happen a lot faster that way as well. If the managers are actively involved, it means they really want to fill the position promptly.
Interviewer: Okay, this has gone pretty well, but I should let you know that you're the first person I've interviewed and I'm interviewing -drops a stack of resumes on the desk an inch thick- all of these people. Why should I hire you instead of any of them?
Me: -without hesitation, jabbing the stack of resumes with a finger- Because I am cooler than all of these people.
I think they're doomed for precisely the opposite reasons. Hiring now is done by HR people entering keywords into text databases and navigating both that process and the interview process has become it's own skillset that is not particularly relevant to how you'll actually perform in your position.
If you want a good fit, the key is to bypass those HR people and actually make a connection between the managers and the prospective hires. Things tend to happen a lot faster that way as well. If the managers are actively involved, it means they really want to fill the position promptly.
That's not how it works at my company, and we're a pretty large corporation.
I get HR to put together the posting, but I read through all the resumes, I conduct the interviews and I choose who I hire.
I would say, though, that it definitely helps your chances if you manage to build some kind of connection with the hiring manager, somehow. Seriously, there is so much crap with every posting that I've put out that it's hard to figure out who's even worth an interview, let alone who's worth hiring.
That's not how it works at my company, and we're a pretty large corporation.
I get HR to put together the posting, but I read through all the resumes, I conduct the interviews and I choose who I hire.
I would say, though, that it definitely helps your chances if you manage to build some kind of connection with the hiring manager, somehow. Seriously, there is so much crap with every posting that I've put out that it's hard to figure out who's even worth an interview, let alone who's worth hiring.
Oh I agree.
Its funny, I left a long term job to take a chance with a smaller organization and realized after a month that it just wasn't for me, so I left.
In the last 2 weeks I've had 16 interviews, a mix of me applying, using head hunters and people seeking me out. I've now narrowed it down to a couple of roles, and I've gone through the reference checks and all of that stuff and I'm doing what I hope to be final interviews this week so I can nail something down for the weekend.
The best success so far is dealing with organizations that forgo the HR department angle and have the various managers and executives taking a personal interest and responsibilities for their own hires.
The ones that use their HR people with no clue about the actual job requirements are the biggest time wasters.
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Best move I ever made in an Interview:
Interviewer: Okay, this has gone pretty well, but I should let you know that you're the first person I've interviewed and I'm interviewing -drops a stack of resumes on the desk an inch thick- all of these people. Why should I hire you instead of any of them?
Me: -without hesitation, jabbing the stack of resumes with a finger- Because I am cooler than all of these people.
Three days later they offered me the job.
My first job interview.....
Guy down the street: Okay, why do you think I should hire you?
Me - I'll cut your lawn for free for the first 2 weeks and if you don't like my work you can hire someone else.
On the interview subject - does anyone have any tips for an internal interview? I've applied for a new job within the organization (lateral move to a new department) and I'm not sure about whether the interview will be a different process or anything. I know the people interviewing me quite well because I work with them in my current position. I feel a little odd talking up all the projects and such that I've worked on when they are well aware of them.
On the interview subject - does anyone have any tips for an internal interview? I've applied for a new job within the organization (lateral move to a new department) and I'm not sure about whether the interview will be a different process or anything. I know the people interviewing me quite well because I work with them in my current position. I feel a little odd talking up all the projects and such that I've worked on when they are well aware of them.
Been there done that...You really have to treat it like any other interview. Be professional, act like they don't know what projects you've done. Maybe they have forgotten some of the things you have done on the projects, it can't hurt to remind them.
How to nail an interview
