Feb 11, 2011

One of our client’s Interview Questions

Posted by Wendy Weber

The goal of an interview is to determine whether the candidate should get the job.

The way that is accomplished varies greatly from one organization to the next.

We see it all…from clients that conduct exhaustive psychological and behavioral testing, to clients that have the candidates present before committees of interviewers, to clients that are very casual about the process and just want to see if it intuitively feels like a good fit. We track the longevity of our candidates, and I cannot see a correlation between the interview process and the success of the placement.

Here are two interview questions used by a client who recently hired through us. Quirky, yes! We’ll follow the success of the candidate at their organization with interest.

1. What is today’s Dow? (The candidate didn’t know).

2. If I gave you $10MM, what would you do with it? You cannot pay bills or travel. (The candidate said that she would use it to start a business. That was a “good answer”; the client was looking for an answer that indicated that the candidate had an entrepreneurial mindset).

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