RE: Evaluating Candidates Using Tests, Logic Questions, and Similar

["James Barrow" <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net>]

>>Jim Barrow said:
>Dan Goldstein wrote:

>>Speaking for myself, all of the interviewers that I've dealt 
>>with have asked at least one question when interviewing me 
>>that assessed my E.Q.:
> 
>>"What would you do if you had a tight deadline and the 
>>developers that have the information you need are 
>>unavailable?"
> 
>>"To make your deadline you are asked to work overtime on the 
>>same day that you have plans for the evening. What do you 
>>do?"
>
>Fascinating, Captain, but I fail to see the need to get emotional in the
>situations you describe [above]. This sounds like pretty straightforward
>time and project management. Get organized, set your priorities, and
>execute.

LOL!  Dammit, Spock!  Try to tap into your emotional half!

Well of course organization and priorities are important, but not everything
unfolds the way we plan.  What an employer wants to know is how you respond
to these situations.  In my first example above I was thinking about a gig I
had where the IT department was basically a skeleton crew.  Getting the
information that I needed was always the proverbial 'pulling teeth from a
bear'.

As an aside, where the hell did that phrase come from? ('pulling teeth from
a bear')

Anyway, back to my point.  If you were faced with a deadline, and the people
that had the information you need were unavailable, how would you handle
that?  You could:

a.  Throw your hands up, say 'screw it', not do the work, and blame the
    people that couldn't give you the info that you needed.
b.  Go to your boss and complain.
c.  Go to the info people with a high-powered rifle and some duct tape and
    threaten them.
d.  Curl up in a fetal position and weep like a baby.

Frustration is an emotion and I'm sure that we've all experienced this at
the workplace at least once.  Your EQ tells a lot about you in these types
of situations.

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