{"id":128,"date":"2006-06-22T16:35:04","date_gmt":"2006-06-22T21:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=128"},"modified":"2006-06-22T16:36:29","modified_gmt":"2006-06-22T21:36:29","slug":"interview-questions-that-numb-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/06\/interview-questions-that-numb-the-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Questions That Numb the Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/featuredreports.monster.com\/firstimpression\/100_questions\/\" target=\"_blank\">100 Potential Interview Questions<\/a>. Nothing we like more than a list here at <em>The Hire Sense<\/em>. Some of the questions from monster.com are utterly inane. I give you number 96:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With your eyes closed, tell me step-by-step how to tie my shoes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m not kidding. Some I wouldn&#8217;t know what a good answer would entail if I were asking the question. For example, number 40:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you were an animal, which one would you want to be?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I shouldn&#8217;t be too harsh since there are some good ones also in the list like number 27:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tell me about a time where you had to deal with conflict on the job.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s a good starter question that will require the interviewer to drill down on the candidate&#8217;s first response to get to the clear truth. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Newsletters\/2005\/2005_May_3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here is more technique on drilling down<\/a>, in case you were wondering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100 Potential Interview Questions. Nothing we like more than a list here at The Hire Sense. Some of the questions from monster.com are utterly inane. I give you number 96: With your eyes closed, tell me step-by-step how to tie my shoes. I&#8217;m not kidding. Some I wouldn&#8217;t know what a good answer would entail if I were asking the question. For example, number 40: If you were an animal, which one would you want to be? I shouldn&#8217;t be too harsh since there are some good ones also in the list like number 27: Tell me about a time where you had to deal with conflict on the job.&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/06\/interview-questions-that-numb-the-mind\/\">Read More<\/a><\/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":[2,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-interview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-24","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/beating-the-phone-screen\/","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":0},"title":"Beating the Phone Screen","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"May 9, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"This Career Center article provides candidates with insightful tips in how to do well on a phone interview (an important step in our process). This in itself, isn't terrible but shows why employers need to be prepared for coached candidates. Before completing any phone interviews, interviewers need to have a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":279,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/09\/bad-interview-techniques\/","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":1},"title":"Bad Interview Techniques","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Great post from Seth Godin this morning that makes a not-so-subtle point about typical interview techniques. Here is the post in its entirety: Omer sends in this riff from Peopleware: Juggler Interview Circus Manager: How long have you been juggling? Candidate: Oh, about six years. Manager: Can you handle three\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":185,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/07\/questions-for-the-interviewer\/","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":2},"title":"Questions for the Interviewer","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Tory Johnson from abcnews.com has a helpful article titled Turn the Tables in a Job Interview. She discusses what candidates should ask in an interview when the interviewer asks, \"What questions do you have?\" I'm always perplexed by candidates who simply state \"None.\" That response is always a red flag.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1533,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/interview-questions-for-gen-y\/","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":3},"title":"Interview Questions For Gen Y","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"April 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"From CollegeRecruiter.com's Sample Interview Questions for Those Hiring Millennials: William recommends that interviewers \"incorporate more personal questions that expose a candidate's personality, work ethic, and personal motivations\" because \"how a person approaches life is often indicative of how they'd approach work.\" He therefore recommends rephrasing typical interview questions in a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":638,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/the-phone-screening-essentials\/","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":4},"title":"The Phone Screening Essentials","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"February 6, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I have read numerous article over the past few weeks about phone interviewing or screening sales candidates and every one of them miss the mark. Instead of going at what is wrong with each of these articles, I will give you some essentials that make this an effective step in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1654,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/quality-of-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":5},"title":"Quality Of Questions","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a sales candidate ask an excellent, subtle question yesterday - \"What other positions is this company currently hiring?\"\u00a0 Again, the subtlety of this question provides a view into a company's needs, growth and possible turnover.\u00a0 It is an excellent question to ask in any interview. 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