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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doesn't rank too high up there with my worst.

1) Staffing agency lady interviewed me about my past internships when I was looking for a first job or temp job right after graduation.  Had a daughter with same major a few years younger.  Wanted to know if any of my internships could be available for her kid.  Was not offered a job.

2) Interviewer's childhood friend was formerly the political head of the federal agency I worked at before grad school.  He said his friend had bad things to say about the commitment of the federal workers there.  I told him I could send him a copy of a signed letter from his friend thanking me for above and beyond work at night on a holiday.  No second interview.

3) Interview for insurance agent sales support.  Asked what kind of car I'd like to buy/dream car.  Took a while to think about it then said a Mazda Miata.  Asked at end of interview why that question.  Interviewer said that it was to see if I would be motivated by money (commissions) and that I didn't seem greedy enough to do the job.  That was fair.

Point being - you don't really know why people ask what they do.  Sometimes it's worth directly asking.  You might get a valuable insight.  I did another interview once where I asked a bunch of questions that disturbed the interviewers. Such as...Is it okay to work 10-7? (the executive admin's schedule - and no, it was not), What job titles do you hold? (got a long lecture about how job titles were not important and they all had multiple context-dependent titles), and worst of all...[b]Do you have any female managers? (By this time I knew things weren't going to work out and I was just curious[/b]...).

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