Good Job Interview Questions to ask?

[Locke]

How many drunk & disorderly infractions/felonies can you commit before the company becomes concerned and considers firing you?

Thats an important question, you have to show restraint and control of your behaviour in the workplace. You wouldnt want to step over the D&D limit, its there for a reason.

[CaptainCrunch]

Them - "Have you ever been convicted for a criminal felony"


You - "That's convicted right?"

[Locke]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Them - "Have you ever been convicted for a criminal felony"


You - "That's convicted right?"

You - How many times? Theres a grace period right?

Them - No, just in general.

You - Whoah, whoah, whoah, lets back up a second here. Who said anything about misdemeanors? I thought we were talking felonies.

Them - We were.

You - I'll just go now. Hey, you wanna buy a house? I'll give you a great deal, only 18 people murdered in it last winter.

Them - Keep walkin'

[DementedReality]

Originally Posted by OracleOfCalgary

Here are some good questions:

What do you think are the company's greatest weaknesses?

How do you think your competitors would describe your company?

Give me an example of how your company has handled a major conflict between employees?

Describe some of your companies recent successes and failures.

What qualities does your company value in its managers?

Why should I work here?

thats awesome, turn the standard interviewer cliche questions around on them.remember, its a two way street, if you are anyone of significant ability, you should be interviewing as sharply as they interview you.sure you can always quit if it doesnt work out, but no one wants to go through this process over and over again, it will definitly affect the integrity of your profile within the industry.

[Kjesse]

The Mottle in the Bottle incident was pure comedy. I have a friend that worked at Cedarglen at the time, I got a lot of good info. I won't repeat what I've been told.

Before deciding if you'd like to work there, consider the news story and how they reacted to Mottle passing the emails along: "When CFCN called Cedarglen's president to ask about the Mottle e-mail, the senior vice president said he wasn't available and their lawyers were reviewing Mottle's actions."

In other words, having been caught red-handed being a ######bag company, they continue to be ######s by suggesting they'd like to find a way to sue their customer who lives in a Cedarglen-built leaky house.

Do yourself a favour, don't accept a position there.

If you have talent for sales, there are lots of great jobs out there.

It can be tough to get your foot in the door in any new career, but if you start with great people around you, you'll accomplish much more in the long term.

[Locke]

I think the real question you should ask is whether they know/are any of us. 'Cuz we are bad people.....

[Julio]

Is this the location I will be working at? Where are the nearest sources of hookers and/or blow?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Julio

Is this the location I will be working at? Where are the nearest sources of hookers and/or blow?

Is there a cedarglen discount if one of our homes is being used as a crackhouse/brothel?

[burn_baby_burn]

If an applicant ever asked me about vacation time during the interview. It would infuriate me to the point that I would lose interest in the interview and probably scratch him off the list immediately. Questions like that should be asked when an offer is given for the position. If you don't like the terms you can decline and wait for another position.

Personally I have found that asking questions in an interview is very important. If you have a good attitude and a great personality you will be fine. Thinking of questions to ask before hand is a good strategy. In my experience I find that questions come to mind during the interview. Don't be scared to ask.

Allways try to answer questions to the best of your ability and don't be scared to elaborate on your answers. When I do interviews, and the applicant can't answer a question. Or doesn't even attempt to. I won't hire them. Even if you don't know the answer stay positive and explain why you don't know. When I asked questions I was looking for a response to see the individuals thought process or how they reacted to certain questions. Be honest, be yourself.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn

If an applicant ever asked me about vacation time during the interview. It would infuriate me to the point that I would lose interest in the interview and probably scratch him off the list immediately. Questions like that should be asked when an offer is given for the position. If you don't like the terms you can decline and wait for another position.

Personally I have found that asking questions in an interview is very important. If you have a good attitude and a great personality you will be fine. Thinking of questions to ask before hand is a good strategy. In my experience I find that questions come to mind during the interview. Don't be scared to ask.

Allways try to answer questions to the best of your ability and don't be scared to elaborate on your answers. When I do interviews, and the applicant can't answer a question. Or doesn't even attempt to. I won't hire them. Even if you don't know the answer stay positive and explain why you don't know. When I asked questions I was looking for a response to see the individuals thought process or how they reacted to certain questions. Be honest, be yourself.

Sounds like a behavior interview to me. You try to catch them in their answers.

[OracleOfCalgary]

Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn

If an applicant ever asked me about vacation time during the interview. It would infuriate me to the point that I would lose interest in the interview and probably scratch him off the list immediately. Questions like that should be asked when an offer is given for the position. If you don't like the terms you can decline and wait for another position.

Personally I have found that asking questions in an interview is very important. If you have a good attitude and a great personality you will be fine. Thinking of questions to ask before hand is a good strategy. In my experience I find that questions come to mind during the interview. Don't be scared to ask.

Allways try to answer questions to the best of your ability and don't be scared to elaborate on your answers. When I do interviews, and the applicant can't answer a question. Or doesn't even attempt to. I won't hire them. Even if you don't know the answer stay positive and explain why you don't know. When I asked questions I was looking for a response to see the individuals thought process or how they reacted to certain questions. Be honest, be yourself.

Except people who do best at interiews are those who have spent a lot of time rehearsing their answers, in which case they are being neither honest nor themselves. On the other hand, someone who takes a long time answering questions and does not always have a ready answer is likely the one who isn't giving you a canned response and actually is being honest, yet you have said that you would not hire someone like this. The"What Colour Is Your Parachute" book had some interesting stats about interviews. Candidates picked without interviews were more likely to be successful than those picked based on interviews.

[burn_baby_burn]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Sounds like a behavior interview to me. You try to catch them in their answers.

Maybe your right. I just want to see how smart they really are. I don't ask any off the wall questions. I'll give an example.

I was working for a multinational crop science company interviewing for a field position. Applicant would be working in the field and assisting in the production of geniticly modified canola seed. I had an applicant who had a great resume with all the experience and back ground I was looking for. The interview went very well. At the end of the interview I asked a question that I asked every applicant that I interviewed. "Explain the steps in producing (growing) a commercial canola crop from start to finish in Western Canada?". This guy had a degree in agriculture, farmed with his dad and he coudn't answer the question. He stumbled on and on about choosing the proper genetics. Simple question that somebody with his back ground should have easily been able to answer.

The person I ended up hiring explained that even though she had a degree in Agriculture. She had grown up in BC and had never really been around canola. I said thats ok, just tell me how you think you go about it. Even though she hadn't had experience with canola. She was able to give a lenghty well worded desciption of how she though you go about growing canola.

For most of my questions I'm not really trying to get a wrong or right answer. Just looking for intelligence, and personality. Lets face it. Most positions, especially entry level positions, require on the job training. Trying to find the best individual who has a strong work ethic and a great attitude was the main goal.

[burn_baby_burn]

Originally Posted by OracleOfCalgary

Except people who do best at interiews are those who have spent a lot of time rehearsing their answers, in which case they are being neither honest nor themselves. On the other hand, someone who takes a long time answering questions and does not always have a ready answer is likely the one who isn't giving you a canned response and actually is being honest, yet you have said that you would not hire someone like this. The"What Colour Is Your Parachute" book had some interesting stats about interviews. Candidates picked without interviews were more likely to be successful than those picked based on interviews.

How can you rehearse your answers? You can educate yourself about the company, about the position, about the industry. How can you rehearse character related questions or hypothetical questions? Eventually your going to be exposed. I do know that some people talk a good game. Usually they stick out like a sore thumb when they are on the job.

[burn_baby_burn]

Originally Posted by OracleOfCalgary

someone who takes a long time answering questions and does not always have a ready answer is likely the one who isn't giving you a canned response and actually is being honest, yet you have said that you would not hire someone like this.

I didn't say that. I said if they had no answer, that I wouldn't hire them. That also depended on the situation. Somebody who did take their time to answer the question was perfectly fine. I was looking for a response. If I asked someone a question and they said thay didn't know. Thats fine. Tell me why you don't know or come up with something.