Great job post on interviewing

[crispini]

I really enjoyed this article. Hope it will be of use to some of you.

Biz Watch: 5 Job Interview Questions That Mean You’re Not Getting Hired…And One That Means You Are

Over the years I’ve worked for a couple of great companies and a bunch of mediocre to awful ones. Of the skills I developed during this time, one of the few I feel qualified to speak on at length, is the interview process.

I have lost count of the number of interviews I’ve done, both applying to new companies and changing jobs within a company. I can say with confidence that in our capitalist system, job interviews are the most unpleasant, stressful, and awkward part of working, at best a necessary evil.

Many job consultants and guides to the “hidden job market” agree that the best way to find a job is to bypass the interview process altogether by finding someone at a company who can hire you directly. Most people, though, will have to do the interview in order to get in the door.

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http://glipress.blogspot.com/2008/12/5-interview-questions-that-mean-youre.html

[SheilaT]

1. Very interesting.

I, like so many others, am looking for work these days. I've had versions of those questions -- all except the "How many gas stations are there?" tossed to me during job interviews.

Actually, the one that probably killed my chances with the placement firm I was interviewing with (they never did call me with any possible jobs) was "What's your idea of your perfect job?" Unfortunately, I answered honestly (being paid to fly first class all over the world, while I worked on my embroidery and crocheting skills) rather than anything remotely related to the paralegal field, which is what I was trying to get work in.