Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Disturbing Interview Questions Revealed: 'Does Poop Freak You Out?'

  • Amazon

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.3 Employee Satisfaction: 3.3 "If you were to rank quality, customer satisfaction, and safety in order of importance, how would you rank them? Discuss." -Amazon Area Manager Candidate (Allentown, PA)

  • Facebook

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.3 Employee Satisfaction: 4.6 "It's 6pm and your work day is over, what happened during the day that made it awesome?" -Facebook Account Manager Candidate (Austin, TX)

  • Headstrong

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.3 Employee Satisfaction: 2.9 "If your parents are doctors why didn't you become one?" -Headstrong Associate Engineer Candidate (Delhi, India)

  • Progressive Corporation

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.3 Employee Satisfaction: 3.6 "Tell me about a time when you changed the culture in the workplace." -Progressive Corporation Claims Generalist Candidate (Des Moines, IA)

  • General Mills

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.3 Employee Satisfaction: 3.8 "If you had $5,000, who would you invest in and why?" -General Mills Intern Candidate (location n/a)

  • Stryker

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.4 Employee Satisfaction: 3.2 "Would you rather be the best? Or do your best?" -Stryker Design Engineer Candidate (location n/a)

  • Sapient

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.4 Employee Satisfaction: 3.3 "How to arrange 9 balls in minimum attempts?" -Sapient Global Markets QA Candidate (location n/a)

  • Juniper Networks

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.4 Employee Satisfaction: 3.3 "What were you least favorite subject(s) during school and why?" -Juniper Industries Marketing Coordinator Candidate (Middle Village, NY)

  • LEK Consulting

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.4 Employee Satisfaction: 3.4 "Estimate the annual revenue of a multiscreen cinema? Try 2 different methods" -L.E.K. Consulting Life Science Associate Candidate (London, England)

  • Teach For America

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.4 Employee Satisfaction: 3.7 "What would cause you to want to dropout of Teach For America if you were chosen?" -Teach For America Corps Member Candidate (location n/a)

  • Proctor & Gamble

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.4 Employee Satisfaction: 3.8 "Describe a situation in your life in which you feel had the most important effect on your life today and the values you follow" -Procter & Gamble Intern Candidate (Jackson, TN)

  • Bazaarvoice

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.4 Employee Satisfaction: 3.2 "Tell me about your sense of humor." -Bazaarvoice Customer Service Manager Candidate (Austin, TX)

  • Susquehanna International Group

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.4 Employee Satisfaction: 3.7 "The chance it'll rain in the next hour is 84%. What is the chance it'll rain in the next half hour?" -Susquehanna International Group Assistant Trader Candidate (Philadelphia, PA)

  • Cypress Semiconductor

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.4 Employee Satisfaction: 2.9 "How many gas stations are there in SF?" -Cypress Semiconductor Product Engineer Candidate (San Jose, CA)

  • Rackspace Hosting

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.4 Employee Satisfaction: 3.9 "Name as many uses for a brick as you can in 1 minute." -Rackspace Linux Systems Administrator Candidate (San Antonio, TX)

  • Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.5 Employee Satisfaction: 3.1 "What is more necessary, skill or will?" -Unisys Systems Analyst Candidate (Bangalore, India)

  • Google

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.5 Employee Satisfaction: 4.1 "How many hotels are there in the US?" - Google Product Manager Candidate (Mountain View, CA)

  • Shell

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.6 Employee Satisfaction: 3.8 "Give 2-3 negative points of diversity in a company" -Shell Oil Supply Chain Graduate Candidate (location n/a)

  • Bain & Company

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.6 Employee Satisfaction: 4.2 "Estimate how many windows are in New York" -Bain & Company Associate Consultant Candidate (Boston, MA)

  • ThoughtWorks

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.6 Employee Satisfaction: 3.8 "Interview me and then tell me, if you would hire me" - ThoughtWorks Talent Scout Candidate (Porto Alegre, Brazil)

  • ZS Associates

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.7 Employee Satisfaction: 3.4 "A pharma company you are consulting is coming up with 2 new products. What factors would help them decide how to distribute their sales force?" -ZS Associates Associate Candidate (San Mateo, CA)

  • ATKearney

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.7 Employee Satisfaction: 3.4 "After streamlining and reducing purchasing cost for raw materials, can you think of another way to reduce the cost of making a piece of chocolate?" - A.T. Kearney Business Analyst Candidate (location n/a)

  • Oliver Wyman

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.7 Employee Satisfaction: 3.6 "What is the profit potential of offering wireless internet service on planes?" - Oliver Wyman Consultant Candidate (location n/a)

  • Boston Consulting Group

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.8 Employee Satisfaction: 4.1 "How many people would use a drug that prevents baldness?" - Boston Consulting Group Associate Candidate (Boston, MA)

  • McKinsey&Company

    Interview Difficulty Rating: 3.9 Employee Satisfaction: 4.1 "There are 3 products: tomatoes, luxury cars, t-shirts. What value added tax is applied to each product type?" - McKinsey & Company Junior Consultant Candidate (location n/a)

  • Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/12/weird-interview-questions_n_2285146.html

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