Stress interviews: Being a jerk to test your stress. POLL

[annerk]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

Did you think the people were psychos? Ha ha I mean seriously. How common is it for some caller or customer to insult your weight and hair color? That is just absurd and unrealistic.

You've obviously never worked in any capacity as police/fire/EMS or other first responder. My husband is a volunteer EMT, he's been cursed out, spit on, screamed at, had every insult you can think of plus some tossed at him.

I've held a bunch of jobs in retail. I had a woman curse me out and toss her kids sneaker at me because I couldn't give her full price for a return of an item we hadn't carried for over a year without a receipt. I had another lady curse me out because I caught her shoplifting--um, I wasn't the criminal, but she sure acted like I was. You wouldn't believe how brutal the public can be.

[LSU Tiger Z71]

Originally Posted by annerk

. I had another lady curse me out because I caught her shoplifting--um, I wasn't the criminal, but she sure acted like I was. You wouldn't believe how brutal the public can be.

Snitches get stiches.

[mkforu]

Rude behavior during a job interview would leave a bad impression of the company. I think a better way to see if a candidate would "fit in" or be able to handle the stress would be a contract to hire position instead. It would give the employee and employer a good feel for each other in the actual day-to-day work environment. Also asking the right questions and being completely honest with a candidate during the interview is the most respectful way IMHO.

[statisticsnerd]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

On wikipedia it talks about stress interviews where the interviewer is intentionally rude and challenging throughout your session to test your stress and how you handle it.

I handle it by walking out the door.