Comments on: Beware the forced choice interview question http://cuberules.com/2009/07/30/beware-the-forced-choice-interview-question/ Career Advice for Cubicle Warriors Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scot http://cuberules.com/2009/07/30/beware-the-forced-choice-interview-question/comment-page-1/#comment-5010 Scot Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:54:32 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3212#comment-5010 Sunil, given current circumstances, hiring managers are asking all sorts of question and companies are require very high level of competencies for basic jobs. I wouldn't take any question out of the realm of possibilities. I also agree that there are the three things that companies need to know about you: can you do the job, would you love the job, and can you work with the manager and team. As a candidate, we have to look at each interview question to determine which of the three areas is behind the question. Thanks for the comment; I really appreciate the interaction. Sunil, given current circumstances, hiring managers are asking all sorts of question and companies are require very high level of competencies for basic jobs. I wouldn’t take any question out of the realm of possibilities. I also agree that there are the three things that companies need to know about you: can you do the job, would you love the job, and can you work with the manager and team. As a candidate, we have to look at each interview question to determine which of the three areas is behind the question.

Thanks for the comment; I really appreciate the interaction.

]]> By: Scot http://cuberules.com/2009/07/30/beware-the-forced-choice-interview-question/comment-page-1/#comment-6481 Scot Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:54:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3212#comment-6481 Sunil, given current circumstances, hiring managers are asking all sorts of question and companies are require very high level of competencies for basic jobs. I wouldn't take any question out of the realm of possibilities. I also agree that there are the three things that companies need to know about you: can you do the job, would you love the job, and can you work with the manager and team. As a candidate, we have to look at each interview question to determine which of the three areas is behind the question. Thanks for the comment; I really appreciate the interaction. Sunil, given current circumstances, hiring managers are asking all sorts of question and companies are require very high level of competencies for basic jobs. I wouldn’t take any question out of the realm of possibilities. I also agree that there are the three things that companies need to know about you: can you do the job, would you love the job, and can you work with the manager and team. As a candidate, we have to look at each interview question to determine which of the three areas is behind the question.

Thanks for the comment; I really appreciate the interaction.

]]> By: Scot http://cuberules.com/2009/07/30/beware-the-forced-choice-interview-question/comment-page-1/#comment-5009 Scot Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:50:59 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3212#comment-5009 Yes, Dan, that's the other way as the candidate -- you also evaluate the professionalism of the interviewer. It is a two-way street-- an employer needs to know if you are right for the job and you need to know if the manager and the company is right for you. Too many people miss the second part of the equation. Thanks for the comment! Yes, Dan, that’s the other way as the candidate — you also evaluate the professionalism of the interviewer. It is a two-way street– an employer needs to know if you are right for the job and you need to know if the manager and the company is right for you. Too many people miss the second part of the equation. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Scot http://cuberules.com/2009/07/30/beware-the-forced-choice-interview-question/comment-page-1/#comment-6480 Scot Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:50:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3212#comment-6480 Yes, Dan, that's the other way as the candidate -- you also evaluate the professionalism of the interviewer. It is a two-way street-- an employer needs to know if you are right for the job and you need to know if the manager and the company is right for you. Too many people miss the second part of the equation. Thanks for the comment! Yes, Dan, that’s the other way as the candidate — you also evaluate the professionalism of the interviewer. It is a two-way street– an employer needs to know if you are right for the job and you need to know if the manager and the company is right for you. Too many people miss the second part of the equation. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Sunil Kumar http://cuberules.com/2009/07/30/beware-the-forced-choice-interview-question/comment-page-1/#comment-5008 Sunil Kumar Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:35:52 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3212#comment-5008 A very interesting article coz it makes one think of the similar questions we may have faced in our past life and how we could have avoided or enhanced our responses. Well, my take is that the strategy of any interview is to understand three key elements of a candidate, his skill, his attitude, his committment and his appetite for the job. While his skill can be easily measured by a set of related questions, it is very tough to unearth the attitude and approach. It is in such situation that these questions come handy. It is not important how smart or intelligent the question is, however the response needs to be convincing and reasonable. Some of the most dumbest questions require the most thoughtful answer or we stand dumb and freeze. In fact in real life we confront few of these questions and stand transfixed without answers. Given the curren scenario is it not natural for an interviewer to ask what is more important "work or money". In conclusion, i appreciate the author who has thought of bringing the soft side of interview which is the hardest to crack as this will help everybody out there in such tough times. A very interesting article coz it makes one think of the similar questions we may have faced in our past life and how we could have avoided or enhanced our responses. Well, my take is that the strategy of any interview is to understand three key elements of a candidate, his skill, his attitude, his committment and his appetite for the job. While his skill can be easily measured by a set of related questions, it is very tough to unearth the attitude and approach. It is in such situation that these questions come handy. It is not important how smart or intelligent the question is, however the response needs to be convincing and reasonable. Some of the most dumbest questions require the most thoughtful answer or we stand dumb and freeze. In fact in real life we confront few of these questions and stand transfixed without answers. Given the curren scenario is it not natural for an interviewer to ask what is more important “work or money”. In conclusion, i appreciate the author who has thought of bringing the soft side of interview which is the hardest to crack as this will help everybody out there in such tough times.

]]> By: Sunil Kumar http://cuberules.com/2009/07/30/beware-the-forced-choice-interview-question/comment-page-1/#comment-6479 Sunil Kumar Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:35:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3212#comment-6479 A very interesting article coz it makes one think of the similar questions we may have faced in our past life and how we could have avoided or enhanced our responses. Well, my take is that the strategy of any interview is to understand three key elements of a candidate, his skill, his attitude, his committment and his appetite for the job. While his skill can be easily measured by a set of related questions, it is very tough to unearth the attitude and approach. It is in such situation that these questions come handy. It is not important how smart or intelligent the question is, however the response needs to be convincing and reasonable. Some of the most dumbest questions require the most thoughtful answer or we stand dumb and freeze. In fact in real life we confront few of these questions and stand transfixed without answers. Given the curren scenario is it not natural for an interviewer to ask what is more important "work or money". In conclusion, i appreciate the author who has thought of bringing the soft side of interview which is the hardest to crack as this will help everybody out there in such tough times. A very interesting article coz it makes one think of the similar questions we may have faced in our past life and how we could have avoided or enhanced our responses. Well, my take is that the strategy of any interview is to understand three key elements of a candidate, his skill, his attitude, his committment and his appetite for the job. While his skill can be easily measured by a set of related questions, it is very tough to unearth the attitude and approach. It is in such situation that these questions come handy. It is not important how smart or intelligent the question is, however the response needs to be convincing and reasonable. Some of the most dumbest questions require the most thoughtful answer or we stand dumb and freeze. In fact in real life we confront few of these questions and stand transfixed without answers. Given the curren scenario is it not natural for an interviewer to ask what is more important “work or money”. In conclusion, i appreciate the author who has thought of bringing the soft side of interview which is the hardest to crack as this will help everybody out there in such tough times.

]]> By: Dan Erwin http://cuberules.com/2009/07/30/beware-the-forced-choice-interview-question/comment-page-1/#comment-5007 Dan Erwin Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:33:38 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3212#comment-5007 Another way of thinking about forced choice questions is that the interviewer doesn't know much about effective inteview strategies. There are a number of really useful interview strategies that make those examples look rather inane. Maybe you don't want to consider working at a firm like that. Another way of thinking about forced choice questions is that the interviewer doesn’t know much about effective inteview strategies. There are a number of really useful interview strategies that make those examples look rather inane. Maybe you don’t want to consider working at a firm like that.

]]> By: Dan Erwin http://cuberules.com/2009/07/30/beware-the-forced-choice-interview-question/comment-page-1/#comment-6478 Dan Erwin Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:33:00 +0000 http://cuberules.com/?p=3212#comment-6478 Another way of thinking about forced choice questions is that the interviewer doesn't know much about effective inteview strategies. There are a number of really useful interview strategies that make those examples look rather inane. Maybe you don't want to consider working at a firm like that. Another way of thinking about forced choice questions is that the interviewer doesn’t know much about effective inteview strategies. There are a number of really useful interview strategies that make those examples look rather inane. Maybe you don’t want to consider working at a firm like that.

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