Job interview question mind is blank....

PowerHouseDan

I have been working in Customer Service positions while at college for over a year now and after getting an Interview for the Premier Banking in HSBC basicly dealing with Rich Customers only.... For the life of me i cant remember any of the questions i usually get asked in an interview only 1 i can remember is name a time when you worked as a team etc? Anyone have some sample Questions

Pauleeeeeeee

went for an interview the other day - got the job

a few I was asked:

Example of a time I used iniative

An unpleasant experience I had to deal with at a previous job (ie: dealing with an irate customer)

what do you know about the company?

Your weaknesses? (I actually didn't get asked this one...thank ****!)

What are the elements you look for in people you are in a team with?

They're a few I can remeber.

leeroybrown

There are two sticky's at the top of Work / Jobs forum with this kind of information. If I remember correctly there is a thread linked to from one of them where WWM goes through a load of questions that could be asked in an interview.

the_syco

The irate customer one always seems to come up, and how you handled it. Since I don't get any, this one is usually a hard one for me

eth0_

Pauleeeeeeee wrote:

Your weaknesses? (I actually didn't get asked this one...thank ****!)
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That's the kind of question you'd only be asked by someone who hasn't a clue how to interview. It's a pointless question.

I think I was only ever asked it once, for a sh*tty job in PC World when i was in college

nollaig

That's the kind of question you'd only be asked by someone who hasn't a clue how to interview. It's a pointless question.

Not true! The interviewer asks it to see how the person reacts. If they have prepared for an interview, they will be able to give a well thought out reply. If they havent prepared, then they will stutter.
Its not the actual answer that matters, it is the reaction. But it is no harm to say something like I was weak on X but am now striving to imprve it by doing whatever

DonkeyStyle \o/

nollaig wrote:

If they have prepared for an interview[..]

Its not the actual answer that matters[..]

So the only purpose to the question is to assess whether or not the interviewee has practiced answers to said pointless question?
Why not just ask "So how have you prepared for this interview?"