{"id":1184,"date":"2007-09-14T07:38:59","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T12:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/09\/questions-from-left-field\/"},"modified":"2007-09-14T07:39:14","modified_gmt":"2007-09-14T12:39:14","slug":"questions-from-left-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/09\/questions-from-left-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions From Left Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a weakness for bizarre interview questions so Yahoo&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hotjobs.yahoo.com\/career-articles-oddball_interview_questions-181\">Oddball Interview Questions<\/a> was a must read.  Apparently these questions are couched as a method for determining if a candidate will fit into the corporate culture.<\/p>\n<p>Right.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the article provides more insight into how to handle these questions as opposed to the actual questions themselves.  Still, a couple of dandies are in there:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What would I find in your refrigerator?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What did you want to be when you were 10 years old?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You know, some times just having an open, clear discussion with a candidate will accomplish more than some loaded, oddball question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a weakness for bizarre interview questions so Yahoo&#8217;s Oddball Interview Questions was a must read. Apparently these questions are couched as a method for determining if a candidate will fit into the corporate culture. Right. Anyway, the article provides more insight into how to handle these questions as opposed to the actual questions themselves. Still, a couple of dandies are in there: &#8220;What would I find in your refrigerator?&#8221; &#8220;What did you want to be when you were 10 years old?&#8221; You know, some times just having an open, clear discussion with a candidate will accomplish more than some loaded, oddball question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-j6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1395,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/the-wrong-stuff\/","url_meta":{"origin":1184,"position":0},"title":"The Wrong Stuff","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Are you aware of all of the interview questions being asked behind close doors at your company?\u00a0 There are many hiring managers who are unaware of what constitutes a good interview questions. 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