Interview Questions

Dear insansapinas,

For the 2011 graduates, life begins when they apply for a job, report for interview and hope they're hired.
When I was in Pilipinas Kay Ganda Koh, there were not so manyy interviews except in the early part of my careers-CPA practitioner, corporate slave and an academician. Most of the jobs I got were from referrals. 


In the US where you do not take an exam except for government positions, I've done a lot of interviews, mostly panel because someone in the organization should know if I really have the skills for the position I am being interviewed. How would a Human Resource Manager know if the the questions asked reflect my knowledge about " cooking " the books. har har har.
I had one experience when a young recruitment officer of the company shelved my resume before it was forwarded to the requisitioning officer just because she felt insecure for her friend in the department. (She was Asian but not a Filipino. She did not realize I that the Controller had already made his choice since I was the one who was the most qualified among the applicants. All he needed waas to ask me some questions that pertained to accounting and finance. No other questions. Lately, however, the interviewers were asking  questions bordering from weird to creative and or from unethical to illegal questions.


I've gathered some of them and thought of answers I would come up with if I were applying.


Here are some of them and my response: What would your response be?
1. • If you were a superhero, who would you be and why?
Darna. What? You do not know Darna? rolleyes.


2.  • If every time you entered a room your theme song played, what would it be and why?
Mission Impossible. Dan dan dan dan dan. Because I feel like a sleuth whenever I look for errors in the books.
3. • On a scale of 1-10, how weird are you? Why did you choose that number?
Eleven. I hate odd numbers. They're boring. Ahhh  What? You said I am weird, If one chooses from1- 10, he's not weird. 

3.• What was your best MacGyver moment?
Frankly, I do not remember any MacGyver episode anymore. In our country, we watched soap opera until  cry.

4• If you saw someone steal a quarter, would you report it? If not, what dollar amount would you report?
Why would they steal a quarter or a dollar? The politicians rob the people blind by millions and they even lie

 The creative unusual questions: 

1. "I was once asked what I would bring if the department had a potluck." 

-- I would bring the paper cups and the fork and spoons. 

2. "If you were a sea creature, what would you be and why?" 

--  A crab.

3. "What color is your brain?"

-- Green.

4. "How many airplanes are in the skies over the US right now?" 

Regardless of the size?

5. "How would you open the locked and sealed window in this hotel room?" 

I will call the management.

The bewildering questions

1. "I was asked if I knew how to make explosives, [right] after 9/11, in an interview for an administrative assistant position." 

Can I call a lifeline? Oy pare ano ba ang phone number ng EFBE AY? May nagtatanong kaseh sa akin kung paanong humawa ng bombah.
2. "What kind of car do you drive?" 
A bus.

3. "Will you file my fingernails?" (For a position at a church.) 
Oh yes, I even put them in the filing cabinet.

4. "I interviewed for a [job] waiting tables and the manager wanted to know how I would eat an ice cream cone." 
 There are many ways. Want me to illustrate?

5. "If you had been on the Titanic would you have been in a row boat, on the ship, or freezing in the water?
In the chair watching the movie.


 6.  If you were a Spice Girl, what would you call yourself? 
Achuete.


7. How would you feel about doing small personal errands like dog-sitting or buying gifts for my 'lady friends?'" (All from the same interview.) 


Keep the change?

Illegal, unethical questions or potentially both

1."So, are you married or whatever?"
Let me ask him.

2."Kids -- you don't have one of those, do you?" 


No, they were dropped by the storks. 

3.Do  you attend church? What is your denomination?" 

MMMMMMMMMM

4. "Do you spank your child?" 
No I discipline him with an iron hand that is with the iron in my hand. rolleyes.

5. What's your zodiac sign?

I do not even know my birthdate.

The tricky questions

1. "Are you gonna stay or just practicing for the next job?" 
Both
2. "What is a secret about you that no one knows?" 
I am a cannibal. (hihiihiihihi)

3. "If we were in a party, which guy would I be, the shy guy sitting alone or rocking on the dance floor?" 
The guy with a glass of wine. 

4. "If we asked you to wear a bumble bee costume, walk around and hand out candy to employees, would you do it?" 
No, I would fly.

5. I was asked "If you opened your sock drawer, what would it look like?" 
A sock drawer, What will it be?

6. "So if I were to go out and get a few drinks with your friends, what would they tell me about you?" 
Ask them.

The amusing

1. "What is your favorite movie?" 
So I married an Axe murderer.

2."What's the funniest YouTube video you have seen lately?"
Everything that makes fun of people, children and animals. (rolleyes).

3. "What wine do you drink? 
Tuba....
4. "If you were a Disney character, what character would you be and why?" - 
The witch. 

5. "If a movie was made about your life, who would play you and why?" 
Daisy Duck. Quack quack

6. "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?" 
Coconut

7."I was once asked if my closet was organized" 
No ,they want freedom. 

Employers shouldn't be asking about an employee's family planning, so that needs to stop. They won't even require you to submit a photo.

Pinaysaamerika