What's the hardest interview question you were ever asked?
Andy note: some of the quotes below were published on CNBC / Yahoo awhile back: Want This Job? 'Let Me Sleep With Your Girlfriend', also check out WSO's response to their article
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This thread got me thinking... Interviewees: what is the hardest / most nerve-wracking question you ever got asked in an interview, how did you handle it, and what was the end result?
Interviewers: what is the hardest / most nerve-wracking question you ever asked in an interview, how did the interviewer handle it, and what was the end result?
Did you ask it just to see how they would respond (ie all that mattered was that he/she gave a good effort / didn't get flustered)? OR did you ask it to actually see his/her knowledge and/or intelligence?
mod (Andy) note: hope I never have an interview with Blackhat...
In a 2 on 1 where I was the silent #2 interviewing some nervous banker, my only line was "are you trying to f*ck us over?" The kid had NO CLUE what to say. Got visibly uncomfortable and said he wasn't sure what I meant. My co-worker goes "why didn't you say no?" Kid just froze like a f*ckin' deer in the headlights.






Where are you from? I didn't
Where are you from? I didn't realize I was actually supposed to give them an elevator pitch.
Q: Do you view this as your
Q: Do you view this as your dream career?
A: Yes.
Q: If in two years, you receive an offer for more money on the buyside, will you turn it down because this is your dream career?
A: Silence.
Dank Nugs: Q: Do you view
Q: Do you view this as your dream career?
A: Yes.
Q: If in two years, you receive an offer for more money on the buyside, will you turn it down because this is your dream career?
A: Silence.
lol... eventually you said something, what was it?
What is the answer to 99 out of 100 questions?
Hmm..from a job interview for
Hmm..from a job interview for a GS analyst position: “If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get out?”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/30/job-inter...
What is the answer to 99 out of 100 questions?
If a genie granted you one
If a genie granted you one wish, what would it be?
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“...all truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”
- Schopenhauer
How did being a bullying
How did being a bullying victim during high school shape the way you viewed the world? (among other similar questions)
- Bridgewater
"Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."
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What is your number? (as in
What is your number? (as in what amount of money I would need for retirement)
chicandtoughness: How did
How did being a bullying victim during high school shape the way you viewed the world? (among other similar questions)
- Bridgewater
That's rather presumptuous, lol...Sure says something about the candidate...
How about... Q. Where do you
How about...
Q. Where do you want to be in 5 years
A. Your bosses, bosses, bosses job
ItsJustNumbers: How
How about...
Q. Where do you want to be in 5 years
A. Your bosses, bosses, bosses job
A. Retired
In.
In.
The difference between successful people and others is largely a habit - a controlled habit of doing every task better, faster and more efficiently.
What makes a good company?
What makes a good company? What makes a bad one? Why is X a bad company?
Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?
From GS: Interviewer: If I
From GS:
Interviewer: If I told you that the only way you were going to get this job is if you let me sleep with your girlfriend, would you accept?
Me: I'd rather you sleep with me
"Look, you're my best friend, so don't take this the wrong way. In twenty years, if you're still livin' here, comin' over to my house to watch the Patriots games, still workin' construction, I'll fuckin' kill you. That's not a threat, that's a fact.
"From GS: Interviewer: If I
"From GS:
Interviewer: If I told you that the only way you were going to get this job is if you let me sleep with your girlfriend, would you accept?"
I honestly don't know how I would answer this. The true answer is probably yes, but I'd be afraid to be so forward in case thats not what theyd want to hear.
In a 2 on 1 where I was the
I hate victims who respect their executioners
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What's your greatest
Dank Nugs: Q: Do you view
"I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and when I die I want to come back as me."
-Mark Cuban
Q: "What's your outlook for
What changes would you make
David Aames: Hmm..from a job
if you like it then you shoulda put a banana on it
Will Hunting: From
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What would your entrance
You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.
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SFTechUES: Q: "What's your
"A man generally has two reasons for doing anything. One that sounds good, and the real one." - J.P. Morgan
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Two situational ones, not the
what beta would you use when
Most of my interviews were
When one man, for whatever reason, has an opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
BanditPandit: 1) Two MDs come
"Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."
Currently: PR/MarComm/IMC, semipro dancer, academiphile, Crafter of Stars
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BlackHat: In a 2 on 1 where I
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Will Hunting: From
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One time I asked an
olafenizer: Will
"Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."
Currently: PR/MarComm/IMC, semipro dancer, academiphile, Crafter of Stars