"What frustrates you about a job"?

Nalz

was asked the above question in an interview last week and struggled to answer it. The only thing that came to mind was repitition while working. It was a computer job (software engineer testing role).

any ideas how ya would answer it?

cheers

EDIT: also asked how would you overcome this frustration....

stepbar

Thats a **** of a question :rolleyes: Prob would have said the attitudes of some people... moan moan moan.... how to get over it.... lead by example Seriously prob would have said that I would have used my persuasion powers / load them with work to get these guys off their arses AND do some work

DonkeyStyle \o/

Personally my golden answer would be "other people not pulling their weight and letting the side down"... it sounds the least crazy out of anything on my list and I sincerely hate working with lazy assholes who expect me to work harder to compensate for their dis-interest.
Though I'm sure the interviewer could read into this in any number of negative ways... like "oh this person thinks he's flawless and the problem is with everyone else". :rolleyes:
I don't know if there is a good answer to this question... only a least worst answer.

ball ox

customers.........

Karoma

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Personally my golden answer would be "other people not pulling their weight and letting the side down"... it sounds the least crazy out of anything on my list and I sincerely hate working with lazy assholes who expect me to work harder to compensate for their dis-interest.
Though I'm sure the interviewer could read into this in any number of negative ways... like "oh this person thinks he's flawless and the problem is with everyone else". :rolleyes:

That walks you into the next question: How do you deal with someone who isn't pulling their weight? (Is there a 'right' answer to this?)

I don't know if there is a good answer to this question... only a least worst answer.

It feels like that with a lot of interview questions, IMHO. I think the key is how you answer, not what you answer with, overall.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Karoma wrote:

That walks you into the next question: How do you deal with someone who isn't pulling their weight? (Is there a 'right' answer to this?)

*cries*
Oh God yeah... interviews are a minefield like that.
I suppose my answer would be - "wah?! it's not my bloody job to deal with these people... talk to the union, I'm outta here".
Think I'll just smile and nodd if that question pops up in future.

Karoma wrote:

I think the key is how you answer, not what you answer with, overall.

I don't know... I've given some pretty innocent answers that were (I later found) interpreted badly and given quite a lot of negative weight.

It's all daft IMO, interviews seem to be a game of tell-me-what-you-think-I-want-to-hear... honesty gets you nowhere.
I actually had one interviewer tell me to my face "ooh, you shouldn't have told me that...", since then I've resolved to lie through my arse in interviews and play the game they want me to play.
It really makes interviews sick and degrading IMO.

the_syco

Karoma wrote:

That walks you into the next question: How do you deal with someone who isn't pulling their weight? (Is there a 'right' answer to this?)

Ask them to pull their weight (the person may take it for granted what he/she does is acceptable), and if no success, goto your immidiate boss, and ask them to have a word with them.

If they ask would you not feel like a snitch, just say that you'd give your 110% for your job, and not 200% to cover someone else's arse, tbh.

=-=

Hasn't come up, but I remember reading the 1st paragraph on some job site, and the 2nd paragraph is my own comment.

Huggles

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Personally my golden answer would be "other people not pulling their weight and letting the side down"... it sounds the least crazy out of anything on my list and I sincerely hate working with lazy assholes who expect me to work harder to compensate for their dis-interest.
Though I'm sure the interviewer could read into this in any number of negative ways... like "oh this person thinks he's flawless and the problem is with everyone else". :rolleyes:
I don't know if there is a good answer to this question... only a least worst answer.

Funny, thats mine too. At the moment where I work, I have a colleague who, at present is sitting with his feet on the desk, I am not joking. Our boss is away for 2 weeks so he is loving it! Even when boss is here he does the bare minimum, then when boss goes to a meeting your man starts playing flash games online or organising his social life on the phone. Its beyond not pulling his weight now...its pure taking advantage.

Solution: I told the boss and he told your man. I am now pretty hated! LOL its ok though as I will be moving on shortly and they will suffer badly when I go. I guess you can't really say all that in an interview though!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

If I was honest:
Working for tight-fisted w@nkers. The ones who are constantly trying to cut corners and dump extra work on top of you complaining that they need you to be flexible, but are completely rigid when you ask for your first pay rise in three years. Miserable ****es.

What I would say (and also mean):
People who don't listen to or aren't receptive to new ideas. There's no point hiring someone to be an asset and then ignoring their input.

Nalz

thanks all for the input, especially...

Ikky Poo2 wrote:

People who don't listen to or aren't receptive to new ideas

seems like a good answer. That and repitition (depending on the role) would be a good answer.

As to how you overcome such things is another matter...