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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Interview questions
Give me some good interview questions. I've got an interview at 4:30 for basically a staff accountant here and I'm really not a good interviewer. I'd love to hear what's typically asked at interviews (I've only actually been on a couple) and what are some good questions that get you thinking!
Thanks!
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Re: Interview questions
monster.com listed these as basic interview questions - I can honestly say I have been asked most if not all of these. Click HERE for the full list of 100 ??'s
Basic Interview Questions:
Other than above I always get:
This was a question I was asked for my 2nd year internship (at the job I'm still at):
- I have a mouse turd in one hand, and a rat turd in the other. You have to eat one. Which one and why?
I'm serious. And it doesn't make a good interview question... just makes the person super red and embarassed.
Well darn, if I knew you were hiring for a staff accountant I would have moved to Maine by now!
The last couple interviews I had were all situational questions like "Explain a time when you had to do the ethical thing in business" or "Explain a time when you had a tight deadline to meet and what did you do to make sure you met that deadline" or "Explain a time that you had multiple things due at the same time and how did you get them all done?"
I always asked something the lines... If I went to your current boss, what would they say about you?
I use to work in a high pressure job, so I would ask:
How do you handle stress? How do you handle change? Describe how you multitask.
I always like to ask specific questions regarding the job rather than generic questions.
LMAO...this is great!
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Magda-That question is insane! I don't know if I'd want to work somewhere that asked me that question!
What are your weaknesses?
How do you handle feedback?
How would you give your boss feedback? If they made a mistake and you needed to correct them?
What is your biggest accomplishment?
Tell me about a time you had to make a difficult decision and what lead you to make that decision.
What was your favorite job, and why?
When times get busy are you willing to do what is necessary to get the work done? (like when you guys are really busy, will they get up at 5 to leave, or recognize that it's all hands on deck)
GL
p.s I'm still available to interview:)
Sam, I'm telling you, you don't want this job!
Thanks everyone for the input, I appreciate it.
Oh and Magda that's gross.
My weirdest question was when someone handed me a pencil and made me sell it to him. Granted it was for a sales job, but it was bizarre and I felt very awkward.
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I agree with this. Mainly because I think the generic questions tend to get generic responses. Honestly, when someone asks me what my weakness is, I'm not going to tell them that it is that I like to post on my internet message board during the day. Even though, that is probably my biggest block at work.
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I usually like to ask people to tell me about their biggest failure and why it was a failure/what they would do differently. I think it is telling to acknowledge when you screw up and it's good to see if they're introspective enough to take responsibility and talk about how they'd fix it. Then I usually follow that up with asking them to describe their biggest success and why it was successful.
It's also a good set of questions to see if people talk about their work with passion, etc and you can really get a feel for how they look at projects/work in terms of ownership, etc.