Predictable yet Unrelated Interview Questions
Whenever we are called for an interview we often face the same old questions, i usually wonder if these questions are related to the job.
A person can easily manipulate the answer to satisfy the interviewer than why keep on asking the same question.
Wouldn't it be better if instead a test related to the job description given to the candidate.
There are so many websites explaining how to answer these questions whilst number of questions differing from 10 to 31 to 50
There are so many tutorials and examples to how to answer these questions, it has become a norm for the interviewer to ask these questions may be just to check whether the candidate has watched these tutorials or not
If I am giving an interview for the post of a Driver; what else do the interviewer need to know more about myself instead I should be sitting in a vehicle and showing my driving skills while they can read who I am , where am I from, why am I suitable for this job; just by reading my CV
This was a post from a HR professional which i really liked, "After interviewing so many candidates yesterday I observed jobs are there but people are short of skills to grab those jobs.During interview I even asked a candidate that two answer were wrong out of four questions he answered if he could just point out those two errors his job would be confirmed.There was a big disappointment on my face when he could not even mention a single error despite of having professional certification. Please focus on your skills rather just grabbing degrees"
Also this one, "I always asked fundamental and logical questions as per level rather than typical encyclopedia quires, once person has strong fundamental and logical approach he/she may be good for any challengeable or complicated projects"
Khan, Waqas Pitafi said,"I am the founder of a software company. I have hired over 200 developers. 100% of them are better than me at writing code. That's because I don't write code anymore. As the founder of the company it is your job to try to make sure you're the dumbest one in the room. I aim to hire people that are smarter than me and who can teach me something. If you're fortunate to hire people that are better than you at one thing or many things, foster their skills and learn from them"
Let me summarize all of this, if I am not a good speaker; a person who can not express himself in such a way that the HR associate wants me to I will not be selected for the Job, even though there is no person who can be as technically expert as I am.
Well HR people only require good Presenters, Speakers, Orators not people with sound Technical Knowledge or Proactive or Innovative abilities
I Would Like a Feedback on this Publication especially from HR Professionals so that I can be corrected if I am wrong
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, describes his hiring process this way:
I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work directly for that person.
Zuckerberg’s comment illustrates an overlooked, yet fundamental, truth about hiring—people are ultimately looking for someone they want to work with.
Laszlo Bock, the head of HR at Google, Bock says, “Most people in an interview don’t make explicit their thought process behind how or why they did something and, even if they are able to come up with a compelling story, they are unable to explain their thought processes.”