ITT you post the toughest interview questions you've gotten.

If we gave you a Christmas bonus of $1,500 and your boss just got into a sever car crash, what would you spend it on?
 
you always have to be ready for the ... why do you want to work here.

but for me. was... if you see a co worker stealing what would you do?
 
the hardest one i ever had was for the job i have now, i remember it vividly because i bombed the answer, but somehow still got the job. A partner at a big 4 accounting firm asked me:

Tell me a time you leveraged a relationship you had with someone to help you get something in an area outside of the context with which you had a relationship with that person

or something to that effect. My best advice is don't panic. If someone interviewing you asks a hard question, they know it's hard, and if it takes you a couple minutes to come up with a response they're usually fine with that. good luck
 
My friend was being interviewed for a job (A bank teller) anyways the Interview was going pretty well untill the inteviewer asked him what the cost of an atom was. My friend just said he really didn't know. He still got the job haha.
 
that is absurd, why would you marry oprah? she's fat and annoying as hell, plus barbra walters may not be as rich, but she's got less time left...
 
The hardest question I ever got was "what is your biggest weakness"
Not because it's hard to answer but because it's hard to answer and not nuke your shot at getting hired
 
I have honestly never had a hard question in an interview, really. For my current job, I had an interview that consisted of 30 minutes of talking about skiing, with a little bit of talk about law school thrown in for good measure. My second interview consisted of drinking about a half dozen beers on a patio.

Just have a conversation with the person. Most of the interview is about them determining whether or not you're a douchebag.
 
always answer that you are excessively neat to the point that you will clean up after others in order to keep a sense of organization and cleanliness.
 
"if you were writing an exam and noticed somebody obviously cheating, what would you do?"
one of my close friends who is now in med school was asked that during his interview and said it really rattled him because he took the high road saying how he would obvious tell on that person because it's unfair for them to potentially get good grades for something they didn't do. the panel flipped that shit around on him and said "well what if it was a single mother with several children who desperately needs to do well to get a certain job so she can provide for her family, do you still feel committed to your moral obligation to be a rat?" and my friend was all stumped and saying shit like "well in that case i guess it's more acceptable, bla blaa" and the panel again said "so you're changing your mind? we dont want you to assume anything about who the person is, we want a general statement as to how you would react given no prior information about the person, because you really dont know the situation theyre in..", so yeah they totally drilled with that.
in retrospect, he was saying that they were looking more for an answer like "well i would talk to the person afterward, say that i noticed and didn't appreciate them cheating and if i see it happen again i'll be forced to take further action" because with a response like that you aren't taking either extreme and condemning or condoning, but you are bringing it to the person's attention and leaving it up to them whether or not you will deal with it more severely.
in really serious interviews people will do that shit to you, and try to rattle you. give you a tough question and then when you answer say "ok well what about in this case, would you do the same thing?" and they do not like seeing you change your mind and acting indecisive.
whatever you do, don't assume anything, and try to take a moral highground without being too stuck up, if you know what i mean. be firm, concise, have a strong opinion, but dont be a fucking douche about it, like my friend with his "well i'd tell on a cheater no doubt" style of remark. be confident and stand by your decision, but make sure you have all your bases covered so no "what if's" can be thrown at you..
another couple of good questions people will have and see where you go with it are "what are your goals in life, short term or long term" and "describe yourself using one word". shit like this you should know before hand, as they dont want to see you thinking about shit that you should know. you should know yourself, and you should know what your goals are and have ambitions, you know? if these kind of questions leave you stumped, that's a bad sign to them.
food for thought, any way
 
I've gotten a few that rattled me...
What do you do when you encounter a task that is beyond your knowledge?
Explain a past situation in which you had to resolve a situation with another coworker/ what was the initial problem.
Explain a past situation where you disagreed with management and how you resolved the problem.
What is the shortcut for accessing the levels prompt in photoshop (yes, I got asked this)
What is your least favorable quality? (I actually love getting asked this one)
What is your biggest professional achievement?
What is your life goal?
What do you do when you are told something that you know is incorrect?
Tell me about yourself. (you should always have your elevator pitch prepared for this one. I hate this. But you can use it as an opportunity to say something like, well I love this industry and want to suceed as much as possible, but rather than wasting your time, can you be more specific as to what you are enquiring? )
Then there is the time that I had to do an improv with Armada explaining to them why they wanted to buy the JJ as a shop in seatle... I had 5 minutes to prep and did horribly. Massive shock/stage fright problem when stuff like that gets sprung on me. It was for a customer service position. Didn't get the job but they still talk to me :)
 
Thats risky, usually you do not go with something that is a product of your personality because its hard to change that and may rule you out for the job. Better to go with a "hard" skill and say that you are working to improve it.
 
i found the easiest answer to this is that when you make a mistake and you get mad at yourself for doing a mistake.
 
"tell me a time you sold something"
"come up with an escape plan from our office building in case of a natural disaster"
"what is google's business model?"
 
how are these hard?

first one, you just talk about a time where you sold something. second one, every evacuation plan from schools to office buildings have the same concept really, so you just say what you guys used to do back at school or something, i dunno
 
Some of the google ones are kind of mindboggling.

The "why is a manhole round" (because all other shapes have a point in which the hole can fall through)

and some are like "how many pingpong balls can you fit in a schoolbus"
 
I dont find ones like this too bad, just a matter of estimating figures and making a guess. They don't care what the answer is, they just want you to be able to work through it logically.
 
but then again, when they ask you something like this, they dont want you to just say a number, they wanna see how you think, see if you can look at something in a different angle. like you can answer the ping pong one by being like well, are you allowed to use a machine to squish all the ping pong balls? can i take out all the seats?, some shit like that
 
What are your 2 greatest accomplishments?
What is your biggest disappointment?
Why should we hire you?
Why do you want to work with us?
What are your greatest strengths/ weaknesses?
 
some interview questions are just fucking stupid. like theres a certain thing that you have to answer even if you wouldnt actually do it for most of the questions. look up interview questions on google and just use the same kiss ass answers in your interview and you should be set.

I remember going to my first interview and not knowing shit, the guy told me i answered wrong but then he told me what i shouldve answered. (i forgot the questions but it was one of the more common ones) anyways the next job i got the emplyer asked the exact same question and without hesitation i answered it and they were super impressed.
 
my interview...
i walked into an office and grabbed a silver (expensive looking) suitcase
Do you know what that is? (interviewer didnt, it was tag huer precision timing equipment) yes
Do you know how to use it? yes
Who told you to get it? ___
Do you work here? no
Do you want a job here? yes

been working here for 2 years /claim

but i really havent had any crazy questions.

and i want this in my threads
 
After a long, stressful week with no real free time I was popped a "what did the S&P 500 close at today?" (the interview was at 4, in cali) Ummm... I'm not sure, "Ok, what about the Dow?"....fuck haha.
 
Lot's of big companies are using the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Results) now. Questions like "Tell me about a time you faced adversity" "give me an example of an important goal that you had set in the past and tell me about your success in reaching it" and "Describe an instance when you had to think on your feet to extricate yourself from a difficult situation."
 
"What if a snake bit your mother around the (points to nipple) area, would you suck the venom out to win another championship?"

- "no, but i would wit yo wifee"

 
Investment Finance, private equity. I'm more so just worried about them throwing some financial statements at me and telling me to analyze them or some stupid shit like the guy a few posts above mentioned with the closing prices of stock markets.

I'm hoping its more of just a informal chat, those interviews are way more fun lol.
 
why should we hire you over the man who was just interviewed and is more qualified.
after the interview was done she told me about a kid who said " just hire the other guy" and then walked out. haha
 
what do you think you will like least about this job? it wasnt that hard but if you say something negative always come back with something positive
 
I was asked to recite a line from the movie Glengarry Glen Ross for my current job (private client wealth management)
For a Sales and Trading interview I was also asked to pick a stock that I felt would do well in the next 8-12 months and why. In the same interview they stumped me on some stupid P/E ratio question that I had no idea how to answer. Got a second round but no job.
What private equity firm are you interviewing at? I have an informal coffee date meeting with a PE guy soon. I'm interested to know how this goes.
Btw, sweet name OP.
 
Context:-Going for a Government project management job-Total of 3 months experience working in the construction industry-Still 2 years out from completing my uni degree
Question: What experience can you bring to this organisation?

 
Its the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, not a PE firm per se, but its a $100 billion fund. I have 2 stocks ready to go if they ask for a suggestion, there is also a huge news story about them trying to sell the Maple Leafs so that will be a good discussion point. I'll be pissed if they ask accounting questions lol.

I'll let you know how it goes so you have an idea.
 
obviously anybody can talk about selling something. Being able to pick up on when to think outside the box and when to answer straightforward is not easy.
 
Ya I heard about that. They have like a two thirds stake in MLSE so thats major news. You should be set.
Best of luck!
 
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