{"id":3480,"date":"2022-08-14T15:07:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T20:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonybeshara.com\/blog\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2022-08-15T09:36:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:36:39","slug":"dumb-interview-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonybeshara.com\/blog\/dumb-interview-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Prepare for Misleading Interview Questions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Word of advice, please avoid wasting your time formulating answers to oddball or senseless interview questions rated by popular publications.\u00a0 \u00a0Many large online publications claim hiring or interviewing authorities ask a host of absurd questions during interviews, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Does life fascinate you?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>How would you get an elephant into a refrigerator?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>How many planes are currently flying over Kansas?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hiring authorities who ask these types of questions are rare, to say the least.\u00a0 Either way, you are better off spending your time preparing to convince the hiring authority what assets you can offer the company that nobody else can.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of people do not spend enough time focusing on this kind of question, which would benefit the company and the candidate in understanding and communicating their assets.<\/p>\n<p>Any interviewer or hiring authority that is so\u00a0egotistical to ask\u00a0\u201ctricky questions\u201d may not be the kind of person you want to work for.\u00a0 If they are more interested\u00a0in tricking you\u00a0than they are in\u00a0finding out if you would\u00a0be a good fit, this should cause concern.<\/p>\n<p>Some time ago, I had a candidate who was asked a \u201ctricky question\u201d during her interview and rather than trying to formulate a witty answer she simply asked the hiring authority, with a smile, &#8220;What does that have to do with the job?&#8221; The hiring authority took her response well, given she was polite, and thought she demonstrated lots of courage.<\/p>\n<p>Tricky questions, during the interview process can be distracting however do not get hung up, simply focus on your key reasons why you want the position and emphasis your assets that would benefit the company.<\/p>\n<p>Put your best foot forward and let the pieces fall where they may.\u00a0 But, by no means should you waste your time focusing on how to respond to irrational interview questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word of advice, please avoid wasting your time formulating answers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Should You Prepare for Misleading Interview Questions? 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