Reply With QuoteThat he is aware off.......Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares
AT RESTMy youngest son has applied for various positions as his obligations to Newstart since finishing uni , and tells me some of he interviewers ask funny questions, at one group interview he was asked if he was a food what sort of food would he be. Totally for the menial position if you ask me but this sort of stuff is common these days.
Also he has has police checks for quite a few job applications, the one yesterday required an ASIO check and also a citizen check on Heather & myself
The ideal job he was applying for which is in Japan required a Federal police check as it was with the Japanese government education system, he has studied many years for this position but wont know the out come until April.
On the opposite my eldest son is working in the political field and never required any checks LOL
Swaggie
That he is aware off.......
I expect there would have been a quiet check of any applicant for a political job, for example if they have a criminal record. I have to produce a Blue Card here in Queensland to show my record is clear.
Job interviewers should be asking for more details about things covered in the resume, such as for examples of people doing the things they claimed to be good at. They might also ask about how the person would respond to certain situations. Knowledge of the proposed work is another topic.
But I agree there are some strange questions around.
I guess asking about what food you are might be an attempt to learn something about if the person seeks quality or junk in their life.
I was on an interview panel once and asked a bloke what he would do in a certain situation, which I described. He gave a good answer, we gave him the job and he has been a roaring success. But it doesn't always work that way.
Swaggie
More and more companies are focusing on the cultural fit a little more over ability.
RoverLord
Most large organisations will have a laid out interview procedure, which may include a lot of questions designed to give clues as to the applicant's attitudes insofar as they are relevant to, for example, fitting into the organisation's culture, or the people the applicant would need to deal with such as customers. This will be in addition to questions about their ability to do the job, although the resume should have answered most of these, so questions in this area are more likely to be intended to test the truthfulness of the resume or to fill in more details.
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What I wish I could ask and what I often get as responses could be a book
How do you think I can employee you with a tattoo of a swear word unhidden on your face? I didn't ask
What drugs are you on today?
Did those clothes your wearing really get any thought?
questions I have been asked by people I have interviewed
When do I start
Can I get a pay rise ( before pay rates have or job offer been discussed)
Could I start after 9 and finish before 3pm ( job start and finish times were advertised clearly as a requirement for the position)
Ill be getting a better job when I finish uni in a few months so I only want a few months (said or suspected often)
....
Must remember to write the next load down. Some crack me up. Some make it hard to keep my jaw from hitting the floor!
Honestly it is tough for job seekers. I feel sorry for many who try hard for the usually one postilion I have available if a long term staff member leaves. The ones who most waste my time are interestingly often ones with very good CVs. Sales is important. Selling them self as honest person really after a position is great. Sales con jobs are never happy here.
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SubscriberThere's some good ones there. The drugs one is easy - we have all potential employees submit to a drug test before starting, then randomly after that. Zero tolerance, one strike and you're walked. I don't even work in an office and I still got tested about 4 times in the last 12 months - anyone that spends their time at a branch will be more than that so no where to hide. We have had quite a few accept a position offered, only to never show up at the medical and drug test once they are notified of this.What I wish I could ask and what I often get as responses could be a book
How do you think I can employee you with a tattoo of a swear word unhidden on your face? I didn't ask
What drugs are you on today?
Did those clothes your wearing really get any thought?
questions I have been asked by people I have interviewed
When do I start
Can I get a pay rise ( before pay rates have or job offer been discussed)
Could I start after 9 and finish before 3pm ( job start and finish times were advertised clearly as a requirement for the position)
Ill be getting a better job when I finish uni in a few months so I only want a few months (said or suspected often)
....
Must remember to write the next load down. Some crack me up. Some make it hard to keep my jaw from hitting the floor!
Honestly it is tough for job seekers. I feel sorry for many who try hard for the usually one postilion I have available if a long term staff member leaves. The ones who most waste my time are interestingly often ones with very good CVs. Sales is important. Selling them self as honest person really after a position is great. Sales con jobs are never happy here.
Face tatts and sloppy dressers are easy too - they just never get the gig but I wonder how many actually go back through the whole process to try to understand where they may have gone wrong - we rarely get anyone ask this.
As to the OP's question, before you even get a face to face interview there are about 4 online tests and psych evaluations they undergo. The company that provides the results weed out the ones we don't want to talk to based on those results and the face to face interviews weed out another 25% easy straight up within a minute or so.
If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.
Swaggie
What I wish I could ask and what I often get as responses could be a book
How do you think I can employee you with a tattoo of a swear word unhidden on your face? I didn't ask
What drugs are you on today?
Did those clothes your wearing really get any thought?
A guy I know has a warehousing and logistics business in Brisbane's west. Employs about 40 people and up to 50 in the busy periods.
He tells employment agents and Job Service Providers "no tough pictures, no hardware, no purple mohawks or other outlandish hair styles". He reckons anyone who disfigures themselves has a psych problem and he doesn't want to employ them. He does prefer family men over 40 as he says they come in on Mondays even if as crook as three shearers from the grog.
Last edited by p38arover; 14th February 2019 at 05:59 PM.
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SupporterMany of the questions asked are designed to trip up those who lie in their resumes. I had one a few years back who told me that he left his last position due to a personality conflict with his manager. His resume was very good, well and truly qualified for the job. I TOLD him that the next step was for me to check his references and previous employers...... he was sacked AND charged with theft from a real estate agents trust account.
When I called him to tell him that he wasn’t getting the job, he said ‘but why’!
He got 11 months jail
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It's usually better not to ask questions in the style of, "Do you still beat your wife?'
My employer has a rule that tattoos must be covered at work. That usually means long sleeved shirts. Its a problem for people from cultures in which tattoos are part of their ethnic identity, such as Pacific Islanders. One of our blokes has a lot of tattoos, fortunately not on his face. Nice bloke. Several women have told me they can't show me their tattoos because of where they are. Fine by me.
Did you know it's actually illegal to ask people their age, because of age discrimination, although most people volunteer it anyway.
I know employers who prefer older people because they are more reliable, so it can work both ways.
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