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This is nonsense. HR and management are now stooping to this level. I would have refused.
Not if you wanted the job you wouldn't. Maybe the employees need a sense of humor in that workplace; they may not want someone who has a stick up his or her butt all the time.
Not if you wanted the job you wouldn't. Maybe the employees need a sense of humor in that workplace; they may not want someone who has a stick up his or her butt all the time.
Then they should look at a bar for a job applicant not traditional job searches. Companies can't always be choosers especially if they are not getting the talent they really want because of low-ball salary.
I'm curious. . . the folks who are horrified at the idea of being asked to tell a joke during an interview, and who said you would refuse/walk out of the interview...
What do you consider to be acceptable interview questions?
Then they should look at a bar for a job applicant not traditional job searches. Companies can't always be choosers especially if they are not getting the talent they really want because of low-ball salary.
I'm curious. . . the folks who are horrified at the idea of being asked to tell a joke during an interview, and who said you would refuse/walk out of the interview...
What do you consider to be acceptable interview questions?
It's not "acceptable," it's "professional." A professional interview would be a discussion between adults about your qualifications and the company needs and culture. The end. It's not tough. It's not "what do you do on your days off? I just want to see if you're well-rounded." Unless I'm doing something illegal on my days off, you have no business knowing what I do. The reason people ask these other questions is because a lot of the HR people who are doing the hiring have no idea what the job involves -- they're just HR. So now they just have to fill the time with meaningless B.S. that they imagine gives them insight into their hire, which is almost at random.
What do you consider to be acceptable interview questions?
I'd rather give candidates skills tests that relate to the positions (typing, coding, etc), discuss the answers, discuss how they would handle some potential situations on the job, and then see what questions they have.
I don't play games! Interviews are stressful enough and I don't want to scare off good candidates with psycobabble or the idiot stress questions du jour.
If an interviewer asked me to tell a joke, I'd probably walk out, too, depending on the job. If it were something highly creative where thinking out of the box, on the fly, was necessary, then I would respond. Otherwise, that probably isn't somewhere I'd want to work.
If it were something highly creative where thinking out of the box, on the fly, was necessary, then I would respond. Otherwise, that probably isn't somewhere I'd want to work.
Here's the other stupid part. If someone in an organization came up with some "out of the box" thinking, odds are that they'd just be told to shut up and sit down. Nobody goes "wow!! What a great hire!!" And nobody has to "respond to stuff on the fly." In fact, most companies grind things to a standstill with endless committee meetings and B.S. That's why these questions and scenarios are so ridiculous.
I'd rather give candidates skills tests that relate to the positions (typing, coding, etc), discuss the answers, discuss how they would handle some potential situations on the job, and then see what questions they have.
I don't play games! Interviews are stressful enough and I don't want to scare off good candidates with psycobabble or the idiot stress questions du jour.
If an interviewer asked me to tell a joke, I'd probably walk out, too, depending on the job. If it were something highly creative where thinking out of the box, on the fly, was necessary, then I would respond. Otherwise, that probably isn't somewhere I'd want to work.
Geez, lighten up Francis. A sense of humor is a valuable asset in any workplace and a sign of intelligence to boot. It's just one data point the employer has to evaluate potential employees -- all things being equal among competing candidates, I'd want someone with a better sense of humor myself.
Geez, lighten up Francis. A sense of humor is a valuable asset in any workplace and a sign of intelligence to boot. It's just one data point the employer has to evaluate potential employees -- all things being equal among competing candidates, I'd want someone with a better sense of humor myself.
Even taking what you're saying as a given, I'm not really sure, though, that being able to tell a joke- "on command", no less- in a situation like a job interview is a particularly good way to judge a person's overall sense of humor.
Geez, lighten up Francis. A sense of humor is a valuable asset in any workplace and a sign of intelligence to boot. It's just one data point the employer has to evaluate potential employees -- all things being equal among competing candidates, I'd want someone with a better sense of humor myself.
Not everyone's sense of humor is the same though. Some deadpan, some are quick witted (myself), some tell Fozzie Bear jokes (like the OP and myself), others tell dirty jokes. What if the joke you said while being a good clean joke, doesn't make the other person laugh worse makes them roll their eyes and think "that's a joke." That is the other thing you need to remember.
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