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Re: Brainteasers as hiring indicator (was Re: Bringing "Mental Gymnast" back On Topic)
Subject:Re: Brainteasers as hiring indicator (was Re: Bringing "Mental Gymnast" back On Topic) From:Tom Murrell <trmurrell -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:44:54 -0800 (PST)
--- Steven Brown <stevenabrown -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> If brain teasers ARE going to be used, they better be
> 1) administered by HR so that they don't reduce the
> amount of time the hiring manager spends with
> applicants, and 2) be thoroughly tested so that
> there's absolutely no ambiguity in the way the
> brainteaser can be approached and answered.
I would suggest that an interviewee not limit their concerns just to 'brain
teasers.' Some of the best trick questions in an interview seem like
straight-forward requests for information.
"Tell me something about your last boss that really bugged you."
"What did you hate most about your last job?"
"Describe your greatest weakness on the job and what you do to combat it."
And there are plenty of others. The interviewer isn't interested in what bugged you
about your last boss. The interviewer IS interested in what your answer says about
you: as a person, as someone to work with, about how you'll fit in, and so on. These
are every bit as tricky--and much more common in interviews--as brain teasers are.
Again, there's no right or wrong to the answers; it's all in how you handle the question.
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