Questions to ask during an interview - (Apr/12/2010 )
pito on Thu Feb 10 18:00:32 2011 said:
I see your point, but even then.. I mean: their propaganda will always be good.. they wont take out the trash on their website... LOL
I can understand they you want to know something about the company.. but I cant see the point in an interview where the person from the company asks the "new" co worker stuff like: what do we make here? Or how big do you think our company is? Or do you like our motto from the website.. I mean......
(anyway, I was talking in the perspective of the one taking the interview , the person from the company, not the person that wants to go and work there... I think you missed there or I didnt explain it correctly)
Ah ok.....you have to be more clear next time...
...I think that before the interview wraps up (when the interrogation is over or after the polygraph tests 
), the interviewer usually asks, "do you have any questions about the company, your job description blablabla...then you have the option of really asking anything you want. It's always better to ask anyways even if it's just to fish for info ....and esp when there are points that are not clear... -casandra-
casandra on Thu Feb 10 20:12:58 2011 said:
pito on Thu Feb 10 18:00:32 2011 said:
I see your point, but even then.. I mean: their propaganda will always be good.. they wont take out the trash on their website... LOL
I can understand they you want to know something about the company.. but I cant see the point in an interview where the person from the company asks the "new" co worker stuff like: what do we make here? Or how big do you think our company is? Or do you like our motto from the website.. I mean......
(anyway, I was talking in the perspective of the one taking the interview , the person from the company, not the person that wants to go and work there... I think you missed there or I didnt explain it correctly)
Ah ok.....you have to be more clear next time...
...I think that before the interview wraps up (when the interrogation is over or after the polygraph tests ), the interviewer usually asks, "do you have any questions about the company, your job description blablabla...then you have the option of really asking anything you want. It's always better to ask anyways even if it's just to fish for info ....and esp when there are points that are not clear...I agree on that.
-pito-
esspwebmaster on Thu Feb 10 12:49:37 2011 said:
Isn't this free advertising???? Also, I am totally against some one else writing an essay for you.... How lazy and uninterested could you be?
casandra on Thu Feb 10 20:12:58 2011 said:
pito on Thu Feb 10 18:00:32 2011 said:
I see your point, but even then.. I mean: their propaganda will always be good.. they wont take out the trash on their website... LOL
I can understand they you want to know something about the company.. but I cant see the point in an interview where the person from the company asks the "new" co worker stuff like: what do we make here? Or how big do you think our company is? Or do you like our motto from the website.. I mean......
(anyway, I was talking in the perspective of the one taking the interview , the person from the company, not the person that wants to go and work there... I think you missed there or I didnt explain it correctly)
Ah ok.....you have to be more clear next time...
...I think that before the interview wraps up (when the interrogation is over or after the polygraph tests ), the interviewer usually asks, "do you have any questions about the company, your job description blablabla...then you have the option of really asking anything you want. It's always better to ask anyways even if it's just to fish for info ....and esp when there are points that are not clear...For me, I like to look at the bigger picture. I dont want to work in a large lab for a company/ institute and not know where am I contributing. If I am doing something, it must be a piece of the jigsaw which I am aware of. Yeah tax evasion strategies is not something I am interested in, but I need a fair idea of what is the customer base like, how much funding would be available, how would the company like to grow, their expansion plans etc etc.
-gt_ameya-
wow...what a good brainstorming here.
-adrian kohsf-
gt_ameya on Fri Feb 11 05:44:47 2011 said:
esspwebmaster on Thu Feb 10 12:49:37 2011 said:
Isn't this free advertising???? Also, I am totally against some one else writing an essay for you.... How lazy and uninterested could you be?
casandra on Thu Feb 10 20:12:58 2011 said:
pito on Thu Feb 10 18:00:32 2011 said:
I see your point, but even then.. I mean: their propaganda will always be good.. they wont take out the trash on their website... LOL
I can understand they you want to know something about the company.. but I cant see the point in an interview where the person from the company asks the "new" co worker stuff like: what do we make here? Or how big do you think our company is? Or do you like our motto from the website.. I mean......
(anyway, I was talking in the perspective of the one taking the interview , the person from the company, not the person that wants to go and work there... I think you missed there or I didnt explain it correctly)
Ah ok.....you have to be more clear next time...
...I think that before the interview wraps up (when the interrogation is over or after the polygraph tests ), the interviewer usually asks, "do you have any questions about the company, your job description blablabla...then you have the option of really asking anything you want. It's always better to ask anyways even if it's just to fish for info ....and esp when there are points that are not clear...For me, I like to look at the bigger picture. I dont want to work in a large lab for a company/ institute and not know where am I contributing. If I am doing something, it must be a piece of the jigsaw which I am aware of. Yeah tax evasion strategies is not something I am interested in, but I need a fair idea of what is the customer base like, how much funding would be available, how would the company like to grow, their expansion plans etc etc.
I can agree on that, but again: thats from your point of view (the one that wants to work there).
I was talking from the point of view of the "boss" or the one taking the interview from you.
The thing is: I can not seem to understand why a recruiter would ask me "how big" is this company, got any idea about the budget? Do you know in what countries we are located? Do you know who came up with our logo.. (Some questions they ask.. I mean WTF; do they really think I am going to read their yearrapports, financial plans?).
Some "dude" once asked me in an interview if I could name all the "big bosses" , the people from some board or dunno whatever it was.. Like I care.. he then even asked me if I knew anything abou their "financial strategy" (how they made money, arranged the money etc).. I mean I was like : wtf dude, I am hear for a job in the lab.. I dont care about the money, as long as I am payed on time...
I suppose it depends on the company, but here I have heard some pretty strange stories.. about companies organising competitions (like a few days ago someone I know wnated to work for a big advertising firm and the first contest was: "look at those 20 symbols and tell us what company it is" .. I mean??? Do you really need to know all those symbols? And I can imagine: ok its for a job at an advertizing company, but even then .. and the symbols were from stupid unknown companies... whats the point is this? And they selected people based on that....
-pito-
pito on Fri Feb 11 10:53:29 2011 said:
(like a few days ago someone I know wnated to work for a big advertising firm and the first contest was: "look at those 20 symbols and tell us what company it is" .. I mean??? Do you really need to know all those symbols? And I can imagine: ok its for a job at an advertizing company, but even then .. and the symbols were from stupid unknown companies... whats the point is this? And they selected people based on that....
Probably you heard a biased story here... they could not have selected people based on ONLY that...
And if the interviewer's asking you 'do you know the names of our top bosses', then he/she is not FIT to take your interview... and has absolutely NO IDEA what to do when one is the interviewer...
-gt_ameya-
gt_ameya on Fri Feb 11 13:24:13 2011 said:
pito on Fri Feb 11 10:53:29 2011 said:
(like a few days ago someone I know wnated to work for a big advertising firm and the first contest was: "look at those 20 symbols and tell us what company it is" .. I mean??? Do you really need to know all those symbols? And I can imagine: ok its for a job at an advertizing company, but even then .. and the symbols were from stupid unknown companies... whats the point is this? And they selected people based on that....
Probably you heard a biased story here... they could not have selected people based on ONLY that...
And if the interviewer's asking you 'do you know the names of our top bosses', then he/she is not FIT to take your interview... and has absolutely NO IDEA what to do when one is the interviewer...
Nono, its not a biased story.. I heard it from someone I know and I have checked it with someone else who works there.. and she told me they do indeed select the first round with that kind of question...
And you dont want to know how many idiots there are taking interviews....
-pito-