Wanky interview questions

all interviews with questions, personality "assessments", competency ant tech tests are a massive waste of everyone's time.

Why are tech tests a waste of time? I'm going for technical roles - it seems relevant.

I agree most interview questions are wank and have already been answered on your application form/CV - additionally most interviewers lack appropriate skills (in my experience) and don’t know how to test the candidates ability etc.

However, in my experience the broadening out of questions to include ‘life’ experiences is usually to make them fairer for candidates who may not have a lot of work experience/qualifications to draw upon (or for roles that don’t require you to have it).

So your wank question could be somebody else’s lifeline as they have no work/education examples to use.

I had my kids straight after uni and now they are older I wanted to move to full time roles and I was genuinely told on repeat by recruiters to work this into interviews so they knew I wasn't planning more kids and that I was going to full time to focus on my career asy kids were older etc as it's a huge tick for me as they won't 'get in the way'

Definitely. Can talk the (shit) talk but not walk the walk.

He couldn't even take photo ID to vote.

100% agree about him. Hence my username.

We could set up our own exclusive bar. Call it 'Wankers'. Have a very exclusive interview process where we ask all the wanku questions and only the most honest/sarcastic people get to join. They then are sworn to secrecy but allowed to bandy about dishonest wanky answers they get so we could get wanky answers to laugh at.

One of the questions would be, do you mind drinking wine with bits of cork in it. The answer would have to be no or ill use a straw to get in.

Make it up. Simples.

I’d tell them about that missed opportunity to shag Brad Pitt.
I agree, wanky question.

I once got "why should we employ you" and I responded "because I'm bloody good at the job". They decided to employ me. Answer the question with the same energy it was asked.

These questions are about finding out whether and how you'd fit in with the team. They might ask you out-there questions to test your skills in thinking on your feet or see what personality shines through under pressure. The questions are rarely ever about the content (as long as you don't spout complete rubbish). They get that from your CV. Interviews are about seeing how you present.

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I'd go further than that op and say that all the classic 'interview questions' are utter wank and encourage lying or blowing your own trumpet. Thereby discriminating against the humble, the neurodiverse and the honest non twats alike.

Here's an honest interview

Why are you applying for this role?

I need money to live.

What is it about out company that attracted you to the role?
The money you'll pay me for something I'm capable of doing.

What are your strengths?
Disney Karaoke word for word, cats eye eyeliner and doing sambuca shots.

What are your weakness?
Older bad boys with dark eyes and hair, yum yums and laziness.

What do you do in your spare time?
Moan to my family about having to work.

Where do you see yourself in five years time.
I don't like to think about it. It's too depressing, but sometimes I dream a distant relative left me enough money so I could get a job with a decent work/life balance.

Tell me about a time you had to solve a particularly difficult challenge?
At university I lost the communal corkscrew opener and had to open a bottle of wine with a combination of a small knife and my teeth.

Have you any questions for me?
No, I've not been listening for at least five minutes.

I personally think all interviews with questions, personality "assessments", competency ant tech tests are a massive waste of everyone's time. Interviewers ask wanky, out there questions, HR are always ferrying out the latest fad in trying to catch people out and interviewees know how to play the system.

Look at someones experience. Take a personal and professional reference. Set a 3 month probie. As an employer, respect that the interview is as much for the person interested as it is you and drop all the bullshit.

It's not personal, no interview question is ever personal even if it might sound like it. They will want a career/education based answer.

I’ve only ever used these as a sift. If you’ve got dozens of candidates per job and I want the ones who yes, will go along with these kind of questions because they really want the job.

I’m currently recruiting a more technical role and the interview for that is much more me selling the company so we don’t ask this kind of question.

Got to love a Sales interview...

"Sell me this pen"

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It's not a personal question. They will be looking for a career related answer. It would show me that you don't know how to read what's being asked and are getting offended by it. At an interview it's your hour to stand out. You don't need to use that time to show them you potentially get offended at unnecessary things.

Your answers on here come across like you're unsure on how to be creative with your answer, and show you know how to adapt to something they ask, whether it's bullshit or not. So to me, your answer would be very telling if you came in trying to "shut them up" with an answer about not being able to have kids.

@SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter they'll have wanted you to say something that mirrors the organisational values.

For what it’s worth, I think the question is a bit too personal but I quite like questions that make people reflect and think a bit about when things haven’t gone so well. I’d re-word it if I was using it myself especially because it could be indirect discrimination (eg lots of women will have missed out on things because of children).

I got asked what my values are once, and really didn't know how to respond! What does that even mean? I value people being nice to each other and trying to make the world a better place. But then who doesn't?