FUNNY/ODD INTERVIEW QUESTIONS… WHO IS THE WINNER OF THIS?
I saw an intriguing article in Recruitment Grapevine this week on 7 Silly Interview Questions – and it made me think…
In fact, I bet within my recruitment network we could write a book on this subject between us!
I think back to when I started out in recruitment (I was actually 19 when I was hired by Select, now Randstad, so I’m not going to disclose how long ago that was… but it certainly was a while!) and I was asked to do a role play – which was standard at the time – to sell an ash tray!!
Lots of us would have gone through this (literally one pitched an all-singing, all-dancing relevant model of course) but imagine that now… then again, it was even acceptable to smoke in the office (showing my age perhaps?)
One of my colleagues applied for a role as a Driving Consultant with a major corporate, which she got, but she thought they meant a ‘driven/focussed’ attitude – so when they asked her how she would handle all the drivers, she had a shock....
Someone out there has a corker or three to share – what’s yours??