Cow in the pocket
I worked for one company for about 10 years and decided it was time to move on.
For quite a long time I did not go for interviews, so I was very worried. Prepared a suit, tie, polished shoes. Time to go.
Before leaving, my daughter, who was 4 years old at that time, ran up to me and said: “Daddy, take this for good luck,” reaching out with a small plastic cow from a set of toys. I took the toy, hugged my daughter tightly and hurried to an interview.
After several hours of technical questions, feeling confident enough, I sat in front of the head of the HR department - a middle-aged woman in a strict business suit who said: “I heard good reviews about you from our team of interviewers, but something bothers me ... ". I got worried. She continued: “As I see, you are a very exemplary and restrained person, and sometimes a little crazy things happen in our company. How can I be sure that you can handle this? ”
I blurted out without hesitation: “I have a cow in my pocket!” There came a moment of very awkward silence. I decided that I had ruined everything, but I took a cow out of my pocket and put it on the table. After a second or two, this woman laughed out loud. I got a job.
Male solidarity
Leader: “Since you worked for Company X, you should have known Ms. Y.”
Me: “Oh yes. I knew her. I can say that this woman is a little crazy. "
Leader: “She is the mother of my child.”
I AM: "..."
Leader: “And really - she's just crazy. We divorced a few months ago. ”
I got a job.
Big doubt
I refused the job offer, but still got a job.
Once I became interested in one vacancy. I carefully read her description and requirements for the candidate. There were 5 basic requirements that covered a very wide range of skills. It seemed to me that they really needed 2 different people. After a telephone interview, I was invited to an in-person meeting. First, I met with the leader, then with the team members, and the last part of the interview was with the recruiter.
The conversation with the leader went well, there was only a strange moment in the end. He asked if I had any questions. I just had - at the expense of those 5 requirements for the candidate. I asked which one was the most important for this post. He replied that number 5. Then I asked which was the least important. He replied that number 1. It was strange, since it always seemed to me that the most important thing to write in the beginning. After which he unequivocally specified that number 5 is the most, and number 1 is not required at all for this post.
The conversation with the team members went well, but everyone gave different answers to the same question. Someone said that paragraph 1 is the most important, someone - 5. Then they changed their minds. But they could not come to a single one.
Further conversation with the recruiter. She says that everyone is happy with me, and they are ready to offer me this position. I really needed a job. But here is what I replied: “Sorry, but I can’t agree to a job that nobody in the company knows about. You need to know exactly what you want from the candidate. “I don’t think it is possible to succeed in a job that does not have a precise definition.”
To which she replied that they decided to make me an offer, because only I noticed that something was wrong here. This was a new position and they did not have an accurate vision, and I was able to look at it from a different angle from which they could not. And they want me to join them in order to fully understand everything.
She asked what salary I am counting on. I decided it was just crazy. Yes, I needed work, but the risk was too great - I did not even know what exactly would need to be addressed. I said: "If you make me an offer that it will be impossible to refuse, then I cannot refuse it." She went out, returned after 15 minutes and made an offer, which I could not refuse.
Against the wall
I tried to get the job of a sales manager. The interviewer asked if I have a mobile phone. Of course have. “Then convince me to buy it,” he said.
I had an old shabby Nokia phone. I took it out of my pocket. Compared to the latest smartphone models, he was very miserable.
“Well ... he has a flashlight button. You can listen to the radio if you find a suitable cable. He will help create the image of a reliable person ... "
And then my brain worked.
“This phone is rock solid!”, With these words, I threw it hard at the wall. Not a single scratch, he also continued to work. But in the wall there was a small dent. I got a job.
Insidious question
An interviewer, an experienced technician, asked me: “Do you have any questions?”
I thought a little and asked: “What do you dislike most about working here?”
He thought for about a minute, got up, closed the door and answered me. For about half an hour he was telling unpleasant things about the company and its work. And when he finished, he accompanied me and said that he would contact me soon.
The next day they called me. It turned out that after the interview with me he quit. I was asked what happened during the interview. Having told everything in detail, I did not count on a positive outcome for myself. However, they asked me if I would like to help them fix the problems that, apparently, the company has, and at the same time some interesting technical problems. I agreed.
As I looked into the water
I was interviewed in a new company. I was asked who I see myself in 5 years. I replied that I saw myself in Hollywood and made films. I got a job. After 3 years, the company fell apart. 2 years after that, I moved to Hollywood and am now making films.
Bad joker
When they asked me at one interview what my biggest flaw was, I answered in all seriousness: "I am an incorrigible pathological liar and I steal a lot." Of course, it was a joke, but no one except me clearly understood this. So I continued: “Actually, my biggest flaw is that I'm a bad joker.” There was still deathly silence in the room. "Well, in fact, I'm just really bad at interviewing." The silence continued. “Okay, let's move on. What are your strengths? ”Continued the interviewers. But I eventually got a job.
Sloth - good quality
I was interviewed for my first job as a system administrator. When asked what the main quality for the system administrator, I answered: "Laziness".
Then I explained that I did not like it when I had to fix the same problem several times. Therefore, I try to do everything well in the first, in the future to automate and no longer touch.
Then they asked me what the main skill should be with the system administrator. I replied: "The ability to use Google." I got a job.
Misunderstanding
I successfully passed several interviews with different people, and the last was with the head of the department in which I had to work. Prior to this, they repeated to me several times that the company is very energetic, sometimes everything changes quickly in tasks, so there are often cases of misunderstanding.
The head of the department asked me: “How do you deal with misunderstandings in the team?”
I replied: “I do not quite understand what you mean. Can you clarify? ”
We both laughed and I got a job.
Games help
At the interview, I admitted that I spend more than 40 hours a week on an online game. I was hired because the HR manager also played in it, knew my character and had a high opinion of him.
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