Interview questions

[T-Placke]

Has anyone ever given an interview and the potential employee asked questions like the following?

"If you could pick any vehicle in the world what would it be, what color and what pet would be on the front seat?"

"Which one of your company's values is the most important and which is the least?"

Would you be put off by reverse interviewing questions?

[Bullseye07]

Interviewees should ask questions. The first one is a little odd, but the 2nd one shows them making an effort to learn more about you and the company.

[westtexducks]

They should have some questions shows they did their homework and are interested in the position. But that first question would be instant turn off


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[Whosure]

I worked at Rackspace Hosting for 6 years and we would ask questions to the potential employee on those lines to get a unrehearsed answer. Ours was more along the lines of if I paid you 10 million a year to do any job, what would you do and why. Many went with charitable work. I am not sure why they would ask the employer that unless your company's culture is known to be relaxed and carefree. If I was asked that by an interviewee, they would get negative marks.

[Swamprat]

Those questions seem bizarre for the interviewee to be asking. The interviewer should be determing if the interviewee is a good fit and vice versa, the interviewee should be trying to find out if the company is a good fit for their interest.

The first question is just strange. Seems like they would be extremely interested in asking questions about the company as opposed to what type of truck the boss would like to drive...

And the values question should have been turned around into a statement expressing how their thoughts/beliefs match with the corporate philosphy.

[M16]

I would have asked you often post stuff in the wrong forum ? You

[BTLowry]

First one is to throw you off guard so you slip and answer the second truthfully

No idea, but if I interview someone and they ask some stupid question like that first one, well they can go find a job somewhere else. Probably ask stupid stuff all the time after you hired them too

[Bruiser86]

My favorite question to ask and be asked is, "If you won the lottery today what would you do with the money and yourself?"

The last company I worked for said they had already pretty much decided they would hire me over everyone else, but it was really my answer to that last question that sold them.

I would try to do this in a anonymous fasion as much as possible, which would be hard with the whole ranch thing.
1. I would donate to injured and recovering military projects.
2. I would donate to cancer research and benefit programs/companies that I felt seemed fit to donate to.
3. I'd buy a ranch and stock it with a healthy amount of wildlife and sell hunts that would provide profit for the ranch itself which I would then use to donate hunts to recovering/healed LEO, Military, and cancer/disability patients.
4. Quit and start my own company. (Shows drive to always improve, be innovative and better yourself.) **If I didn't start my own company I'd just keep working the same job I was at like a normal person.
5. Whatever is left over which probably wouldn't be much, I would provide for my family.

I was raised to give and not take. If you do take, you will pay it back or return the favor. Always have the drive to better yourself and never stop learning. Don't give up when times get hard because someone somewhere has been through far worst.

[stinkbelly]

It worked. You are still thinking about that candidate.

[XBOW STALKER]

Well said Sir.

[snipermedic]

In my book that person is very smart in the first question. They are trying to figure out what kind of person you are. Are you old fashion practical or flashy. Same for color down to earth relaxed want to blend in or stand out. And pet of choice says a lot about the person. And your still thinking about them. Pretty smart.

[Gclyde28]

My last 2 interviews for my last 2 jobs I have asked more questions to the interviewer than they asked me. If the candidate isn't asking you questions then they are leaving a lot up in the air to be found out after they start a new job. I've always wanted to know exactly what I was getting myself into.

With that said, I've never asked a question such as the first one you mentioned but like others have said, you definitely remember that potential candidate at this point which is a good thing for him.

[sir shovelhands]

When I am interviewed, I try to ask more questions than they ask me. I want to know everything about who I'm working for; how competent they are (probe their technical knowledge, ask them to show me some designs and explain them), how much they know about the market in their own industry, how hands on or hands off they are with their subordinates, who their competitors are and what sets them apart, etc.

But I've never asked a dumb question like the first one. It's has no point, it shows the interviewer nothing, and the interviewee learns nothing from whatever answer is given.

[txpitdog]

The first question I ask is what is the one thing that they consider most important. It's almost never responded to as safety. My second question is then "Why wasn't safety your first response?". I'm unapologetic about safety. If the facility or company doesn't have a solid safety culture then they don't qualify to hire me. After I hammer the safety issue, then I go after accountability. How is it structured and how is it enforced and encouraged? If line operations doesn't have a clear chain of accountability, then the company fails to qualify as a potential employer. There's a lot of fluff built into an interviewer's description of the job, expectations, etc., but if you start banging on their foundation you can quickly determine whether the job/group/facility/company is one you want to consider.

[T-Placke]

Update:

I was being interviewed for an internal out of state position. I did ask both and they all laughed and got a kick out of it. All 4 answered. I don't know their personalities and that gives you a gauge as to who they are.

If one of them would have said red lambo with a tiger, i would have wondered what the culture is like. BY the way it was my second interview and was face to face. Just filling y'all in on some of the missing pieces.

Thanks for all the input.