Worst Job Interview Questions

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I decided to take an interview tonight with a VC-backed startup.

Interviewed with the co-founder and 95% of it went incredibly well. He then launched into a few mathematical brain teasers (for a sales job).

Easy questions if you were expecting them and had them on a piece of paper without someone expecting you to immediately walk through the answer in a pressure filled situation...

ie

What's the probability of 3 head flips in a row...
A nail and hammer cost $1.10. The hammer is $1.00 more than the nail. What's the price of the nail?
Person X says they do 40k per month in May and that's 15% of revenue. What are their yearly sales?

Was just so taken aback that he was asking me these irrelevant questions, I started stumbling. I know that's their purpose, but still don't see the point.

Also hate a lot of the "tell me about a time when..." questions.

Any specifics, HL?

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

I mean 1 and 2 I can do in my head...3 I would prefer a calculator. Its just 40,000/.15 (if I'm understanding correctly)

 

[Llcoolbay]

Why do wanna work here questions?

Maybe cause of my personality but i always wanna say cause i need a job and dont want to be broke. But I don't want to chance it

 

[ill]

I mean 1 and 2 I can do in my head...3 I would prefer a calculator. Its just 40,000/.15 (if I'm understanding correctly)

Still have to multiply by 12 for the yearly (assuming his 40k is 15% of sales just for that month)

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

Still have to multiply by 12 for the yearly (assuming his 40k is 15% of sales just for that month)

I was assuming 40k is the sales for May and that was 15% of the sales for the year.


Like i said i wasn't sure if i understood the question correctly

 

[ill]

Why do wanna work here questions?

Maybe cause of my personality but i always wanna say cause i need a job and dont wanna be broke. But I don't wanna chance it

Yeah my good buddy just applied for a pharmacy position and the only question they asked him was "What can you do for us"

Then they ask "Do you have any questions for us"

I fukking hate that. Its like breh, the interviewer has all the power. They know I'm here to get a job and get paid. My resume should speak for itself or you shouldn't have taken the interview. Ask critical questions not vague open ended rhetorical bullshyt

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

Still have to multiply by 12 for the yearly (assuming his 40k is 15% of sales just for that month)

The way you'd do it is $3.2MM and the way I was saying is $266,667. Still not really a question you could just ask the average person and have someone do it off the top of their head.

 

[ill]

The way you'd do it is $3.2MM and the way I was saying is $266,667. Still not really a question you could just ask the average person and have someone do it off the top of their head.

Yup def agree. My bad when i said the yearly, you obv know all that math. Forgot who I was talking to for a minute

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

Yup def agree. My bad when i said the yearly, you obv know all that math. Forgot who I was talking to for a minute

No didnt mean it like that. Its all good. Either of us could be correct by the way the question is phrased.

My point was this isn't a question you could.just ask most people to do in their head.

 

[gho3st]

so basically, you mad you fukked on such easy questions?




as far as interviews, it is kinda like trial and error. the more interviews you get, the better you'll get at them.

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

Yeah my good buddy just applied for a pharmacy position and the only question they asked him was "What can you do for us"

Then they ask "Do you have any questions for us"

I fukking hate that. Its like breh, the interviewer has all the power. They know I'm here to get a job and get paid. My resume should speak for itself or you shouldn't have taken the interview. Ask critical questions not vague open ended rhetorical bullshyt

They just want to see where you are coming from. I mean everyone wants to have a job there and not be broke if they applied for the job. Some people(with options) have certain companies they want to work for and move up in and think their skills can improve the company. People with a good work history and options don't just apply for ANY company just to not be broke. Unless you taking about s shytty basic job and not a place you are planning on spending multiple years of your life there excelling

Stop being a smart dumb nikka

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

so basically, you mad you fukked on such easy questions?




as far as interviews, it is kinda like trial and error. the more interviews you get, the better you'll get at them.

Yeah I like those easy questions. Gives me a chance to show my personality. If I walk in one and they ask me electrical questions from the 500 page code book that can be easily forgotten in a pressure situation it can make me look bad.

Just basic questions I can bullshyt an answer and look smart. I'm all cool with.

My interview skills are on a hundred thousand trillion

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

I hate being interviewed by people that don't know how to interview. They're not coherent and basically I have to carry the whole fukking thing.

They're also nothing worse than applying for a gig, getting the interview and at the end of it they disrespect you with a shytty ass starting salary

 

[Wink Beaufield]

I fukking hate that. Its like breh, the interviewer has all the power. They know I'm here to get a job and get paid. My resume should speak for itself or you shouldn't have taken the interview. Ask critical questions not vague open ended rhetorical bullshyt

They testing your personality to see if you fit in. Look up shyt like "soft skills" for an example. They know you qualify for the job, they just want to make sure you not some kind of hermit.

 

[Yapdatfool]

What types of technical sites do you go on to keep current?

How the fukk should I know, working keeps me current isn't google.com good enough?
Another shyt, some 20 cert having ass cac from podunk had a 5 page printout worth of IT questions, then had a whole library filled with hands-on shyt afterwards...