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Job Interview Questions-Relevant, Non-Relevant, and Just Plain Silly
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Posted 3 months ago Job seekers may expect interview questions, especially at the first more traditional interview. Perhaps a list could be made here, (with comments if you want) of common interview questions. Artists often go to jobs, show their portfolio, and leave behind cover materials. Artists may be looking for agency jobs, freelance work, art teaching, or work outside of their field. Might want to prepare for some questions. Interview questions sometimes seem to come out of left field. Some artists need to look for work not directly related to art. Perhaps we can get a list going of interview questions. They can be from your own experience from any type of interview you or a friend had. It does not have to be art related. For a bit of humor, you can mention some really off the wall questions, or strange job interviews. For jobs of any type. |
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| Posted 3 months ago Some of my interviews were for Library Tech jobs, Education, and free lance illustration at magazines and ad agencies. I did not have a formal interview when I was a ranch hand, fork lift driver, etc, although questions were still asked in a more informal manner. The latter jobs did not tend to ask "What do you really want to do in your life?" or "What was the last book you read?" |
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| Posted 3 months ago A traditional Job Interview Question: How do you work under pressure? This has been brought up in other threads, how artists deal with working under deadlines. This question is also asked in non-art job interviews. |
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| Posted 3 months ago Describe an orange as if I've never seen one.
Asked of an applicant applying for an automotive parts store clerk. Used to to assess verbal and descriptive skills. I've seen enough of the dark to always look for the light in people or situation. |
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| Posted 3 months ago whats your best quality, followed by whats your worst quality? they want you to give the same answer twice/// "my best quality is that I care a lot, my worst quality is that i care too much" |
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| Posted 3 months ago Good posts so far. It might be best to prepare answers to questions, but don't memorize them, otherwise you come off sounding like a robot. Be prepared, but don't worry about remembering your answers word for word. What is more important: creativity or efficiency. Why? Something that could come up in a traditional interview, but also in an art job for an ad agency or even a company thats looking for free lancers to work with. It ties in with working under pressure. |
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| Posted 3 months ago in a moment of weakness i started filling out a starbucks application (believe me id rather sell a kidney, but im fresh out of college with a sucky resume and a BFA which qualifies me for nothing apparently), and wadded it up and threw it away after it asked me the question "what do you like about coffee", and gave me about an inch space to answer it. |
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| Posted 2 months ago Another question that sometimes comes up in an interview, even for a job thats art related is: Do you have any hobbies? What do you do in your spare time? Thanks BalleyVanKirk
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| Posted about 1 month ago BaileyVanKirk says ...
Related to : What do you consider to be your greatest strengths and weaknesses? Another question I have been asked is : How well do you adapt to new situations? That could be related to changing deadlines, or clients changing their minds about aspects of projects, change of bosses, etc. I try to point out examples of my flexibility in the past, among other things.
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| Posted about 1 month ago I'm never quite sure what to say when they ask "Do you have any questions?" Normally, I don't have any questions. I've seen the job description and looked over their website before I interview. Most times the person gives a brief introduction/overview of the company that usually answers any question that I MIGHT have had. Normally, I feel like I have a pretty good feel for the company and position by the end of the interview. I don't want to ask some silly irrelevant question for fear of being thought of as unintelligent, but I know interviewers like you to ask questions to see if you are really interested/excited about working for their company. Any suggestions on how to manuever around this situation? |
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| Posted about 1 month ago When I'm hit with the: "…any questions" thing, I always fall back on logistical questions first to get more of a feel for the place. Who would be my immediate supervisor? Where would I be working exactly? Can you explain a little of the typical process for implementing a project? Which ineveitably brings me to: Do the bathrooms have windows? Do you have coffee? How soon can I get out of this rathole? Only kidding. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago My most interesting interview question that I encountered was " If you were a part of nature or the planet what would you be?". My opinion is that this question is a way to find out what your work ethics would be. You have to be careful with the answer. Just because you like "lions" does not mean that is the best answer. You have to realize what the lion is capable of doing and what a lion represents in the animal kingdom. |
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| Posted 26 days ago Workforce One just had a interview workshop. We were told that the latest trend in interview is asking what kind of animal you relate to. We were told the best answer is the Dolphin (smart and trainable). Although I believe that I would be an Otter (industrious and adaptable).
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| Posted 11 days ago Great observations. On the Colbert Report on a segment on vetting, an interviewer asked him if he had ever used illegal drugs. He turned it into a joke. A recent article I read had an Internet company (Image Net based in Japan) conduct job interviews on Mt. Fuji. 21 applicants were invited to climb Mt. Fuji to be interviewed. 15 showed up, 11 made it to the top, 3 or 4 were offered jobs. The president of the company climbed the mountain with the applicants. |