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Strangest questions you were asked at job interviews (pg. 3)
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| Ry Diggs |
| quote: | Originally posted by riskytrader
My best friend was interviewing a guy for a position at a mutual fund company. She already decided she wasn't going to hire him so when she asked him if he had any questions he asked her "How do you feel about Paul Oakenfold?!" Out of all questions to ask!
This was freaky because she's so NOT an edm fan and two days before I emailed her about our upcoming trip to NYC asking her the exact same thing. She responded saying he's pretty good and she's going to see him in NYC next week. Totally caught the idiot off guard. She thinks he was making fun of her. |
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| raveed |
| quote: | Originally posted by AC-Milan
What? I should have said that I love house music and I pop pills once a month? |
if you applying to E&Y you might want to cut back on the E and weed for a while ... if they decide to hair test u ur scrwed
No one asks harder interview questions than microsoft does especailly their brain teasers... some examples
how would you weigh a jetplane without using any scales?
why are manholes round and not square?
How would you move mount everest?
How many planes fly out of JFK everyday? |
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| Surreal JRS |
| quote: | Originally posted by raveed
No one asks harder interview questions than microsoft does especailly their brain teasers... some examples
how would you weigh a jetplane without using any scales?
why are manholes round and not square?
How would you move mount everest?
How many planes fly out of JFK everyday? |
So, how did you answer? ;) |
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| Zeidoo |
| quote: | Originally posted by raveed
No one asks harder interview questions than microsoft does especailly their brain teasers... some examples
how would you weigh a jetplane without using any scales?
why are manholes round and not square?
How would you move mount everest?
How many planes fly out of JFK everyday? |
Those are easy!!!
1. Weight jetplane: You don't need to. It's part of the technical specs.
2. Manholes: Most men are s and s are round.
3. move Everest: one full donkey back at a time.
4. planes fly out of JFK: As many as the number of blue screens of death I see in the same period. |
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| Surreal JRS |
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Good stuff! |
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| AC-Milan |
| quote: | Originally posted by raveed
if you applying to E&Y you might want to cut back on the E and weed for a while ... if they decide to hair test u ur scrwed
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yea, you're right the detection time is up to 3 months.......holy that means I have to stay home and read books for another 9 weeks |
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| exstasie |
classical music eh? Well I guess that could work..since their seems to be a strong correlation between classical music and math...
But wouldn't it have been better to say something like you listen to a diverse selection of music and have no preference to a certain kind as you give all kinds of music equal opportunity? or some crap like that...haha
That's awesome though...i'm in my last year at my undergrad and recently decided to get my CA...
Got any connections for a position to article? I listen to 'classical' music as well. |
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| Platipus |
| quote: | Originally posted by raveed
why are manholes round and not square?
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When the covers are round you can't drop them down the hole. Catch basins suck! Manholes FTW! |
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| ChocolateTrance |
| quote: | Originally posted by AC-Milan
no, on a permanent basis...........they can go ... themselves with their trick questions. Instead of looking at my grades in accounting classes and asking specific questions related to this auditing position, they waste time on idiotic questions like that. The other question she asked was: "What was the last book I read and describe it to me?" I should've said Kamasutra and I can show it in practice too, so why don't you pull your skirt up, face the wall, bend down and lean on your desk, bitch :) |
now imagine she's a lurker on ta and is reading all of this!
ooohhhhh burn!! ...hahahahaha :haha:
I have a friend who has completed 2 or 3 co-op terms with deloitte...i highly doubt that she has enough seniority to hook you up or anything but if you have any specific questions about the auditing position, or what kinda things they look for etc, i can ask her for you so incase you make it to the second round of interviews you know how to mold your answers to fit the description of their "ideal" candidate
i actually know a bunch of people who have had summer jobs with the big 4s... some loved it... some hated it... i guess it depends on how much you really like accounting |
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| AC-Milan |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChocolateTrance
now imagine she's a lurker on ta and is reading all of this!
ooohhhhh burn!! ...hahahahaha :haha:
I have a friend who has completed 2 or 3 co-op terms with deloitte...i highly doubt that she has enough seniority to hook you up or anything but if you have any specific questions about the auditing position, or what kinda things they look for etc, i can ask her for you so incase you make it to the second round of interviews you know how to mold your answers to fit the description of their "ideal" candidate
i actually know a bunch of people who have had summer jobs with the big 4s... some loved it... some hated it... i guess it depends on how much you really like accounting |
Thanks for your help my friend but I'm in the "Great" US of A :) The interviewer seemed to like me, I don't know whether it was for my looks;) or the fact that I have passed my CPA Exam on my first try, within the 6-month period. We'll see how it goes. |
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| raveed |
| quote: | Originally posted by Surreal JRS
So, how did you answer? ;) |
il let u know when im in a position to apply to microsoft :p .. i just got a book on microsoft interviews and was studying the questions to improve my way of thinking
| quote: | Originally posted by Zeidoo
Those are easy!!!
1. Weight jetplane: You don't need to. It's part of the technical specs.
2. Manholes: Most men are s and s are round.
3. move Everest: one full donkey back at a time.
4. planes fly out of JFK: As many as the number of blue screens of death I see in the same period.
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that is pretty creative :haha:
its more along the lines of:
1. Weight jetplane: fill up a huge pool with water and put markings of the same measurement one above the other and throw the jet plane inside and see how high the water rises and after that you remove the plane and throw objects of the same weight (that you know) into the water till it reaches the same level
apparently theres no right answer to any of them and they just want to test your creativity which is weird since i dont remember them ever inventing nething since windows |
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| ChocolateTrance |
| quote: | Originally posted by AC-Milan
Thanks for your help my friend but I'm in the "Great" US of A :) The interviewer seemed to like me, I don't know whether it was for my looks;) or the fact that I have passed my CPA Exam on my first try, within the 6-month period. We'll see how it goes. |
:rolleyes: i guess we'll never know... either way, goodluck :) |
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