20 Hardest Job interview questions

Maybe I am old school Alan Sugar style, but all these arty farty sales/marketing type questions just don't do it for me.
I turned down a final interview as Engineering Manager at JLR for the new Midlands engine plant because they wanted to do an interview with their "physco-analytics' department.
I just thought my 'tell it as I see it' answers wouldn't be suitable, when they can get a 'blue sky thinking' 'ducks in a row' candidate that can spout 'b*******s' for England, at age 23 just out of uni with more degrees than a protractor, yet no common sense..

I have no wish to be subject to psychometric tests or trick questions.

by the way an orange is a fruit, its round and orange, but WTF has this to do with this vacancy unless I am going to be a greengrocer..!!
 
They're not getting any better. I made it to the last three for the engineering manager of Terminal 4 and they surprised me with an hours worth of role playing where I had to be a manager controlling an overactive employee. Quite a few times said how ridiculous it was and very nearly walked out.
 
How do I qualify @Andy McDonnell?? Do you cover the cost of transport to the interview?? Sometime around the 23 August would work as it's my 70th BD!! Oh and I'd need that day off also!! JIM
 
gookah said:
Maybe I am old school Alan Sugar style, but all these arty farty sales/marketing type questions just don't do it for me.
I turned down a final interview as Engineering Manager at JLR for the new Midlands engine plant because they wanted to do an interview with their "physco-analytics' department.
I just thought my 'tell it as I see it' answers wouldn't be suitable, when they can get a 'blue sky thinking' 'ducks in a row' candidate that can spout 'b*******s' for England, at age 23 just out of uni with more degrees than a protractor, yet no common sense..

I have no wish to be subject to psychometric tests or trick questions.

by the way an orange is a fruit, its round and orange, but WTF has this to do with this vacancy unless I am going to be a greengrocer..!!
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Agreed, all fair points (no degree's here, just the one "O" Level, grade C). Don't do "blue sky thinking or low hanging fruit" etc. I like random and like to see the body language as it tells you a lot about a person. Can they adapt and step outside the norm quickly and talk b******s convincingly. All firefighters need to be able to talk b******s, I've been doing it for 34 years ;)
 
Lee said:
They're not getting any better. I made it to the last three for the engineering manager of Terminal 4 and they surprised me with an hours worth of role playing where I had to be a manager controlling an overactive employee. Quite a few times said how ridiculous it was and very nearly walked out.
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Yeah, been doing it in the Fire Brigade for years now. Personal Qualities and Attributes. A whole day of roll plays, airport managers, sports centre managers etc.
 
oldcarman said:
How do I qualify @Andy McDonnell?? Do you cover the cost of transport to the interview?? Sometime around the 23 August would work as it's my 70th BD!! Oh and I'd need that day off also!! JIM
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If you can talk b******s JIM, you're in. Leading question ;)
 
Lee said:
Quite a few times said how ridiculous it was and very nearly walked out.
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Yep, its all darn.

This was one of my job interviews......
I was sat having dinner in a Chinese restaurant, mobile goes, was a German chap from Wintershall, Libya.....

"When can you get your ass down here"?

Flew out the next day and did a year down there.
 
I will be interviewing for an engineer soon, part of the process will be giving the candidate some different rating offcut armoured cables, an isolator, 3 phase 32amp socket, a pack of glands and some basic tools.

I will at no stage be asking them what they think about the inner surface of a tennis ball and how that affects the monarchy in Switzerland.
Maybe I should? because if they answered that without saying '.... off' I really don't want them.=))
 
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Andy McDonnell said:
If you can talk b******s JIM, you're in. Leading question ;)
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Have you never read any of my post Andy?? Self explanatory!! Could you please forward the airfare ASAP so I can get the ticket sorted out? I think a couple of grand should get me there first class, JIM
 
oldcarman said:
Have you never read any of my post Andy?? Self explanatory!! Could you please forward the airfare ASAP so I can get the ticket sorted out? I think a couple of grand should get me there first class, JIM
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:wideyed: Sorry JIM, just spent €1050 on Zed stuff, skint ;)
 
My interview for manager of pre- school in 1984 consisted of 2 questions. "You have childcare training don't you?"and "You fancy giving it a go?". I was on the committee and been working a couple of days a week in the setting. That job lasted 29 years and the interviews that I took part in for new staff were so in depth. How things have changed.
 
Sorry Andy, just had another offer come up!! So @gookah i''m your man now f**k off and leave me alone I have work to do such as booking a ticket so I can report for work. I should be there sometime around my BD (see above post to @Andy McDonnell) and if you don't like that then f**k off! Didn't realize how many jobs in the UK I qualify for that only require being a good BSer!! JIM
 
Here's another one, I had only been home a couple of weeks.
Phone goes, bloke from HSC in Lebanon........."Do you know where Slovenia is"?
Me "err".......
Him "well, you had better find out quick because you will be going there this week"

Worked for them for 3 years.
 
gookah said:
I will be interviewing for an engineer soon, part of the process will be giving the candidate some different rating offcut armoured cables, an isolator, 3 phase 32amp socket, a pack of glands and some basic tools.
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I could do that despite not having worked with tools for a good few years. It's what's happening in my head that you really need to worry about =))
 
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