This past week has felt like a very LONG week!… I am glad that it is coming to the weekEND. Job opportunities sometimes come in spurts, its arrival tends to do a very good job to kill rhythm or other plans.
Last week has 5 interviews on different job nature, very different companies. It has taken some mental strength to prepare and show-up. It feels like travelling to 5 different countries in 5 days, good experience yet exhausting.
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Cool Unique Questions:
My top ranking:
– how heavy is this building?
– spend 3 minutes to teach me a new skill.
– how would you set up at disney to get new customers sign-up for a credit card company? how much would you charge per every successful sign-up?
– plus brain teaser type of question.
These make the experience unique and quite memorable. How it could have helped the selection, it is still beyond me in spite of hiring experience.
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Towards the end of a conversation:
Job seekers sometimes would be suggested to ask questions like “How do you see my fit to this position?” So far, I find this question could be intimidating to some, it is like “tell me my score right there?”. I prefer this following series of questions:
– What makes a best fit for the position? Or what would make a great partner for you in this position?
If the response echoes, that is wonderful to provide feedback; if it represents another individual, it is food for thought offline.
The other question I think is easier on both sides of the interview:
– Are there further areas I can answer to complete your assessment?
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Success story
one lady in my job group got an offer in an exciting company, she has been in one company for the last 30 days, and have no job search experience, until now. Isn’t it exciting news?
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oliviatamccue 
I really enjoy reading your postings. It gave me some provocation in terms of thoughts. Talking about interview, I have got some interesting experience recently. for someone who has been in the same company the past 13 years, interviewing for a job Has proved to be physically and mentally exhausting process.