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Alan2005 Aug 31st 2012 4:53 am

Re: Interview Questions
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10257062)
The question they'll be most interested in is, "Do you know Cam or Gordy?"

They do love those names; there's a couple of gords and a cam in the office. Maybe a lot of scotch people came here originally or something:confused:

Jingsamichty Aug 31st 2012 4:54 am

Re: Interview Questions
 
I think I'd rather have no job than have to pretend to respond willingly to some of these questions.

dbd33 Sep 1st 2012 1:28 pm

Re: Interview Questions
 
More real ones:

"Aside from professional skills and abilities, what can you personally bring to the team?"'

"If offered the position would you take it?"

"If offered the position how would you manage the transition from your former position?"

Novocastrian Sep 1st 2012 2:28 pm

Re: Interview Questions
 

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10259341)

"Aside from professional skills and abilities, what can you personally bring to the team?"'

A sense of reality, jerk.

"If offered the position would you take it?"

If you don't ask any more stupid questions, yea.

"If offered the position how would you manage the transition from your former position?"

I'd tell them to fu8k off. It's either them or you. Your choice

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dbd33 Sep 1st 2012 3:01 pm

Re: Interview Questions
 

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10259375)
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I fear that you're not the sort of concept grasping, forward thrusting, individual to whom we seek to reach out. Let me pose a last chance question, "The jargon associated with the Agile methodology has recently undergone a paradigm shift. Symptomatically, the fashionable software du jour has shifted from Scrumworks to Rally. Those who were once Scrum Masters must now metamorphose into Rally Drivers. Which skills from the era past do you feel have relevance today? How can you reencapsulate them in automotive, rather than physically sporting, figures of speech? In your answer please avoid reference to "synergy" and "low hanging fruit".

Novocastrian Sep 1st 2012 3:51 pm

Re: Interview Questions
 

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10259386)
I fear that you're not the sort of concept grasping, forward thrusting, individual to whom we seek to reach out. Let me pose a last chance question, "The jargon associated with the Agile methodology has recently undergone a paradigm shift. Symptomatically, the fashionable software du jour has shifted from Scrumworks to Rally. Those who were once Scrum Masters must now metamorphose into Rally Drivers. Which skills from the era past do you feel have relevance today? How can you reencapsulate them in automotive, rather than physically sporting, figures of speech? In your answer please avoid reference to "synergy" and "low hanging fruit".

My answer remains unchanged. ***** off.

chelle784 Sep 2nd 2012 3:19 am

Re: Interview Questions
 
In a recent interview I had:

Why Canada?

What aspects of your current job do you find challenging and how do you deal with it?

How would you cope with new challenges (re the potential new job in Canada)

The usual examples of leadership/teamwork/

Then I also had questions specific to the industry I am in (expat tax)


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