Had 2 Interview question's the other day

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I've lost count of the number of interviews I've had where the questions can only be described as absurd. Some interviews didn't contain a single question about the job I was applying for. Most interviews are conducted by people who have little or no experience of interviewing and they have only been asked to sit in on an interview because of their position in the Firm. Most managerial positions don't automatically mean the person is any good at interviewing.....often they are not.

Southend_2

DullGreyGuy said:

Southend_2 said:

Those sort of questions could easily trip up neurodivergent people who might actually be very good at the job if only they could get past the ridiculous interview process.

Depends on the nature of the job, some involve a lot of curve balls and non-standard situations where you have to think on your feet. It's hard to simulate that without throwing a curve ball question. 

There are more inclusive ways to assess or simulate non-standard situations though. Even just giving a real world scenario would be better. I can deal well with crisis situations or non standard situations in real life but ask me an abstract question about being a book and I'm totally lost because I'm not a book and can't imagine being one!

Dakta

Southend_2 said:

Those sort of questions could easily trip up neurodivergent people who might actually be very good at the job if only they could get past the ridiculous interview process.

I totally agree, it's a question where in an interview situation I'd probably freeze up, but on my own in the office with the world burning down I'd handle it in a rather jolly manner.

I can see both sides - it has good intent but interviews are different environment to work, and I handle problems much better when I'm in a known environment with tools at hand 

_Jem_

Back to the future so we can change how children interact with one another, these days everyone is on their phones and because of this children don't always know how to communicate with each other. Then I would finish by saying Children are our future so we have to get it right.

Savvy_Sue

Southend_2 said:

DullGreyGuy said:

Southend_2 said:

Those sort of questions could easily trip up neurodivergent people who might actually be very good at the job if only they could get past the ridiculous interview process.

Depends on the nature of the job, some involve a lot of curve balls and non-standard situations where you have to think on your feet. It's hard to simulate that without throwing a curve ball question. 

There are more inclusive ways to assess or simulate non-standard situations though. Even just giving a real world scenario would be better. I can deal well with crisis situations or non standard situations in real life but ask me an abstract question about being a book and I'm totally lost because I'm not a book and can't imagine being one!

I wouldn't say I was neuro divergent, but one of my colleagues used to get REALLY annoyed because I could not and would not answer the question "what would you do if you won the lottery?" So just as Southend is not a book, I am not a lottery player, and I do not have the headspace to think about what I'd do if I won something I'm never going to enter! 

Grumpy_chap

Savvy_Sue said:

 "what would you do if you won the lottery?" 

Well, that is too vague a question.
The smallest prize on the National Lottery will pay for a pint down the local, and that's your lot!
Which lottery were you referring to?
How big is the prize that has been won?

Savvy_Sue

Grumpy_chap said:

Savvy_Sue said:

 "what would you do if you won the lottery?" 

Well, that is too vague a question.
The smallest prize on the National Lottery will pay for a pint down the local, and that's your lot!
Which lottery were you referring to?
How big is the prize that has been won?

I wish I'd thought of those at the time, although I still wouldn't have had the headspace to consider what I'd do if I won ANY sum on something I wasn't going to enter.