Interview

[Afieldofroses]

I had a job interview today and although I experienced the usual nerves/shakiness which is completely typical of me, I was completely put off my stot that we started straight away with a list of questions.

Having had multiple successful interviews in the past and being an interviewer myself, I always open with 'tell us a bit about yourself and your current role/experience'. But they didn't, I factored my relevant experience and my how my skills from my current role are transferable into my answers but I'm wondering if this is the norm?

It caught me off guard.

What list of questions did they ask you?

I try not to open with "tell me about yourself and/or your current role" because some people like me will ramble on due to interview nerves without really helping themselves, so I break it down a bit.

Anyway, I've always got a list of 6-12 questions that every candidate is asked and it is explained at the start that that is how the interview is structured. This is how I have done it for years, at various places, range of sizes (from a couple of dozen to tens of thousands of employees).

Also, good luck for the outcome.