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22 Odd Questions I Get Asked At Job Interviews
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I am a graphic designer who work in NYC. Since I was in college I have been on quite a few interviews for designer positions. I decided to draw the questions that the interviewers asked me when I went on those interviews. Some are funny but some are just too personal. If you have experienced the same as me, please give me an upvote or leave me a comment, thanks! ;)
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There's no illustration going on here... there's a single frame reused 23 times. Might as well have just used it once with a bullet list.
Perhaps the title changed but I saw nothing that said the drawings would be different. Dick thing to say.
I think the point is; why bother having pictures at all if they don't change. Also, if we're being pedantic, the title specifies questions but 5, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 23 aren't questions, they are comments/statements.
Way to miss the entire point.
"Can you work under pressure" and "where do you see yourself in 5 years" don't seem too odd to me. Are these not normal questions?
Speaking as both an interviewer and an interviewee, the first question belies an unstated fact, namely: Shit hits the fan here a lot and you WILL be expected to handle it without freaking out or pissing anybody off. The second question is common but HIGHLY irrelevant to any position. Namely because if the position is a good one and the company has a good culture, then the person will likely still be there. If it's relating to personal nature (i.e. are you going to get pregnant and leave?) it's verboten and again, not relevant. The company is trying to mitigate their risk of turnover, by concentrating on a question that has no basis in fact and doesn't take into account the realities of the job itself.
Speaking as both an interviewer and interviewee, the "where do you see yourself in 5 years" is a damn good question to ask. Because companies are not static, it will show me where this person might fit in 5 years, or whether they are likely going to leave in a couple of years because the company doesn't have the room for growth where they want to go.
Question: "Where do you see yourself in 5 years"? Answer: "On a beach in Tahiti, having just published my first novel. But I have a great imagination". The look on their face is priceless.
Having been laid off, where I am in 5 years depends. Do I have career ambitions? I used to before working in 5 different industries. Now, I just want to work, do a good job, and get paid - until the next layoff cycle when people are laid off regardless of their work ethnic, but based more on their personality.
The 5 years question is important. The career path that the person imagines needs to match with the career path the position can provide. If the answer is "I want to be CEO of your company", there may be a lot of disappointment. Based on what the OP sees as "odd" questions, I'm not sure I would hire her.
Yeah, that does not show they are looking at the source behind people leaving. I would not accept the job if I were the interviewee ...
They're normal questions in an interview, but that doesn't make them good questions for an interview.
The five years question is actually a great question. It helps the interviewer know what your long term goals are and whether or not your goals will fit with the company's mission.
Some of these questions are actually illegal to ask but most interviewers don't know what is legal. Like are you married where are you from are illegal questions and you don't have to answer them
Anytime I have an interviewer ask me "where do I see myself in five years?" I have to hold back rolling my eyes. There is no point to that question. One time, when asked that question by a completely annoying interviewer...I responded with "Sitting in your seat asking some other schmuck the same questions." He responded with "Well where will I be then?" I brown nosed and said "In management." I got the job...quit six months later because he was more of a douche than I anticipated. Later found out he was arrested for stealing his roommates ATV's and selling them to fund his vacation to Aspen. Guess I was wrong about that management position...oopsie.
Just that you don't get the point of the question does not mean there isn't a point. The point is to see how your career expectations are and whether they fit the job. I wouldn't have hired you.
No, sorry these are not "normal" questions. Some are down right illegal. For the record, questions regarding marital status, origin, ethnicity , strictly illegal. Some are so trite and well worn they need to be thrown out. And we don't pay overtime is just dandy...don't ask or tell me I have to work overtime. So many interviewers are just plain stupid.
"We don't pay overtime, is that okay?" - "So long as you're fine that I don't work overtime."
The one I like is in Japanese companies. We don't pay overtime because your salary already includes 40 hours per month of overtime. They don't tell you that during the offer... You learn once you're in the job.
That's where salary comes in
As the Director of Administration, I had to actually explain to our GM that paying someone a salary doesn't mean you get to make them work 60+ hours per week. Yeah, they used to call that slavery & it's kind of against the law now. He was such a jackass.
Girl...BYE. Is what anyone with self respect should say to that.
There's no illustration going on here... there's a single frame reused 23 times. Might as well have just used it once with a bullet list.
Perhaps the title changed but I saw nothing that said the drawings would be different. Dick thing to say.
I think the point is; why bother having pictures at all if they don't change. Also, if we're being pedantic, the title specifies questions but 5, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 23 aren't questions, they are comments/statements.
Way to miss the entire point.
"Can you work under pressure" and "where do you see yourself in 5 years" don't seem too odd to me. Are these not normal questions?
Speaking as both an interviewer and an interviewee, the first question belies an unstated fact, namely: Shit hits the fan here a lot and you WILL be expected to handle it without freaking out or pissing anybody off. The second question is common but HIGHLY irrelevant to any position. Namely because if the position is a good one and the company has a good culture, then the person will likely still be there. If it's relating to personal nature (i.e. are you going to get pregnant and leave?) it's verboten and again, not relevant. The company is trying to mitigate their risk of turnover, by concentrating on a question that has no basis in fact and doesn't take into account the realities of the job itself.
Speaking as both an interviewer and interviewee, the "where do you see yourself in 5 years" is a damn good question to ask. Because companies are not static, it will show me where this person might fit in 5 years, or whether they are likely going to leave in a couple of years because the company doesn't have the room for growth where they want to go.
Question: "Where do you see yourself in 5 years"? Answer: "On a beach in Tahiti, having just published my first novel. But I have a great imagination". The look on their face is priceless.
Having been laid off, where I am in 5 years depends. Do I have career ambitions? I used to before working in 5 different industries. Now, I just want to work, do a good job, and get paid - until the next layoff cycle when people are laid off regardless of their work ethnic, but based more on their personality.
The 5 years question is important. The career path that the person imagines needs to match with the career path the position can provide. If the answer is "I want to be CEO of your company", there may be a lot of disappointment. Based on what the OP sees as "odd" questions, I'm not sure I would hire her.
Yeah, that does not show they are looking at the source behind people leaving. I would not accept the job if I were the interviewee ...
They're normal questions in an interview, but that doesn't make them good questions for an interview.
The five years question is actually a great question. It helps the interviewer know what your long term goals are and whether or not your goals will fit with the company's mission.
Some of these questions are actually illegal to ask but most interviewers don't know what is legal. Like are you married where are you from are illegal questions and you don't have to answer them
Anytime I have an interviewer ask me "where do I see myself in five years?" I have to hold back rolling my eyes. There is no point to that question. One time, when asked that question by a completely annoying interviewer...I responded with "Sitting in your seat asking some other schmuck the same questions." He responded with "Well where will I be then?" I brown nosed and said "In management." I got the job...quit six months later because he was more of a douche than I anticipated. Later found out he was arrested for stealing his roommates ATV's and selling them to fund his vacation to Aspen. Guess I was wrong about that management position...oopsie.
Just that you don't get the point of the question does not mean there isn't a point. The point is to see how your career expectations are and whether they fit the job. I wouldn't have hired you.
No, sorry these are not "normal" questions. Some are down right illegal. For the record, questions regarding marital status, origin, ethnicity , strictly illegal. Some are so trite and well worn they need to be thrown out. And we don't pay overtime is just dandy...don't ask or tell me I have to work overtime. So many interviewers are just plain stupid.
"We don't pay overtime, is that okay?" - "So long as you're fine that I don't work overtime."
The one I like is in Japanese companies. We don't pay overtime because your salary already includes 40 hours per month of overtime. They don't tell you that during the offer... You learn once you're in the job.
That's where salary comes in
As the Director of Administration, I had to actually explain to our GM that paying someone a salary doesn't mean you get to make them work 60+ hours per week. Yeah, they used to call that slavery & it's kind of against the law now. He was such a jackass.
Girl...BYE. Is what anyone with self respect should say to that.