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Anyone here a pro at interviewing/questions?

D.T. said:
Oh heck, I didn't mind, and generally, even good solid software developers can get befuddled with the assembly instructions in a desk 😀 FWIW, 1/2 of my dev staff were women, talking the core system architects, services, side of things. Sold that company, went off the radar for about 2 years 🙂
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Bringing home some fat money?
 
So quick question would you if offered a job start in 2 weeks or take another month off.
Money isn't the biggest issue but it will help!
[doublepost=1528500106][/doublepost]I do not have really anything to do except relax and decompress... lol
 
Depending on company, sometimes it's refreshing when the interviewee asks about promotions and progression within the company. Showing an interest in internal recruitment could be a way to affirm your long term commitment to the company. Then again, it could also mean that you're not really interested in the position being offered.

Otherwise I agree with not lying to the interviewer. Many interviewers go though a lot of people and get good at spotting lies. I would be careful about confusing honesty and being yourself with being too personal and unprofessional.

I've never really applied for any position I received but I've interviewed a lot of people.
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Dodgeman said:
So quick question would you if offered a job start in 2 weeks or take another month off.
Money isn't the biggest issue but it will help!
[doublepost=1528500106][/doublepost]I do not have really anything to do except relax and decompress... lol
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I would make my transition into the new company as smooth as possible. If they really need you it might be a good idea to start early. Unless it means being rushed head first into something you're not equipped to handle. Only you can make that call.
 
DeltaMac said:
Might be good to know the purpose of the interview:
New job?
Possible promotion, or new assignment in your present job?
Admission interview for uni, or other educational opportunities?
Interview for membership in an organization of some kind, or a social group?
Legal interview, such as a court deposition?
Criminal interview, either by an investigative agency, or law enforcement?
Other types of interviews, probably too numerous to list here.
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lol.. You'd 'WOW' them at this one.
 
Dodgeman said:
Just curious if anyone has any tips to some interview questions and ways to answer some questions?
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It depends upon the job but I sometimes do recruiting and interviewing as a collateral duty with my federal law enforcement agency. If you have specific questions I can try my best to help you.
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LizKat said:
Don't ask about benefits before they offer you the job.
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Why not?
0002378 said:
But couldn't the benefits package be an important factor in someone's decision whether or not to wait for a potential offer from employer XYZ ?

If I'm well qualified and have 2 offers in hand and am waiting on XYZ to hand me a potential 3rd offer, time is running out on the two offers in hand, and I want to know - how many sick days am I going to get, are they going to pay for my MBA, what kind of insurance plans, etc ... before I turn down the offers in hand.

I think it's a totally fair question to ask before an offer is even made. And, I also think it's ok to ask the interviewer (who may not be HR), because the interviewer is the temporary liaison between the candidate and the company. The interviewer is the representative, so if he doesn't know what the benefits package is, he needs to find out from HR and let the candidate know (or at least point in the right direction).
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I agree and I have turned down otherwise good job offers because of benefits.
LizKat said:
However, I think a woman would be nuts to ask about those benefits while speaking with her prospective project manager in an interview.
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If you think that is nuts you should see some of the questions I have been asked when I interviewed candidates for a law enforcement position!
 
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americafirst said:
It depends upon the job but I sometimes do recruiting and interviewing as a collateral duty with my federal law enforcement agency. If you have specific questions I can try my best to help you.
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Why not?

I agree and I have turned down otherwise good job offers because of benefits.

If you think that is nuts you should see some of the questions I have been asked when I interviewed candidates for a law enforcement position!
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What are some of those questions???
 
Dodgeman said:
What are some of those questions???
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Some of them are
  • Why do you want to work for this agency
  • What do you think will make you a good special agent
There are a lot of TMAAT (tell me about a time) questions that they want answered in STAR (situation task action result) format such as
  • TMAAT you worked with a difficult coworker
  • TMAAT you went above and beyond at work
  • TMAAT your integrity was questioned at work
  • TMAAT you worked on a group project at work
  • TMAAT you had to present large amounts of data to your manager and coworkers
  • TMAAT you had to investigate something
  • TMAAT you were persuaded to do something illegal
There are more but that is all that I remember because we have to read it from the interview books when conducting interviews. If you have more questions let me know. I was also a recruiter in an army reserve component for a year if you have questions about that.
 
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americafirst said:
Some of them are
  • Why do you want to work for this agency
  • What do you think will make you a good special agent
There are a lot of TMAAT (tell me about a time) questions that they want answered in STAR (situation task action result) format such as
  • TMAAT you worked with a difficult coworker
  • TMAAT you went above and beyond at work
  • TMAAT your integrity was questioned at work
  • TMAAT you worked on a group project at work
  • TMAAT you had to present large amounts of data to your manager and coworkers
  • TMAAT you had to investigate something
  • TMAAT you were persuaded to do something illegal
There are more but that is all that I remember because we have to read it from the interview books when conducting interviews. If you have more questions let me know.
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No, I am talking about the answers they gave I mean lol....
 
Dodgeman said:
No, I am talking about the answers they gave I mean lol....
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Questions they asked me were
  • What kind of car do I get
  • What kind of gun do I get
  • How much ammo do I get
  • How fast can I drive my take home car
  • If I shoot someone is the agency responsible
  • If my room mate sells drugs is that a problem
  • Do I get to pick my take home car
  • Does it help if I get pulled over and I flash my badge
  • Do I get a cellphone or will I have to keep paying for it
Keep in mind this is at an interview for a federal law enforcement agency! Most of these people didn't make it to where they were asked the TMAAT questions at a second interview in a 3 on 1 panel.
D.T. said:
TMAAT when you woke up in a barn with a goat ...
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That would be an excellent polygraph question
 
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americafirst said:
Questions they asked me were
  • What kind of car do I get
  • What kind of gun do I get
  • How much ammo do I get
  • How fast can I drive my take home car
  • If I shoot someone is the agency responsible
  • If my room mate sells drugs is that a problem
  • Do I get to pick my take home car
  • Does it help if I get pulled over and I flash my badge
  • Do I get a cellphone or will I have to keep paying for it
Keep in mind this is at an interview for a federal law enforcement agency! Most of these people didn't make it to where they were asked the TMAAT questions at a second interview in a 3 on 1 panel.

That would be an excellent polygraph question
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lmao! After they asked that it must have been a wrap! Yeah man I don't people asking those kinds of questions should be on the force. I am sure some of them were city cops though.
 
Dodgeman said:
lmao! After they asked that it must have been a wrap! Yeah man I don't people asking those kinds of questions should be on the force. I am sure some of them were city cops though.
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They made for a pretty exciting interview. I used to be a city cop before I left and went into another line of work. Somehow I ended up back in law enforcement though. The best interview question I was ever asked was when I was between civilian jobs and was working as a recruiter for an army reserve component and had a guy walk in and ask if he has an arrest warrant could he still join. At least he was honest when a lot of people try to hide things from recruiters.
chown33 said:
Do you want to hear about the doe, the buck, the kid, or the cabrito tacos?

Or I could TYAAT it was a sheep, but you'd probably say, "E-e-ewe".
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I would like to hear all
 
americafirst said:
They made for a pretty exciting interview. I used to be a city cop before I left and went into another line of work. Somehow I ended up back in law enforcement though. The best interview question I was ever asked was when I was between civilian jobs and was working as a recruiter for an army reserve component and had a guy walk in and ask if he has an arrest warrant could he still join. At least he was honest when a lot of people try to hide things from recruiters.

I would like to hear all
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lmao! Damn yeah well he should've got the job based on honesty alone, lol.
 
Dodgeman said:
lmao! Damn yeah well he should've got the job based on honesty alone, lol.
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Sometimes I wonder if he ever joined. You would be amazed at the things people try and hide from recruiters and most lie and say the recruiter said not to list it on the paperwork.
 
Dodgeman said:
Did you like being a patrolman?
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When I was a city cop I did. Actually I preferred patrol to being a detective because no two days on patrol were the same but as a detective it felt like most days were the same. I left my job as a city cop to go into another line of work and did that for a few years before I lost my job and ended up taking a few full time jobs in the reserves. Eventually I ended up back in law enforcement working for a federal agency. I enjoy what I do but if I had to do it again I would have stayed a city cop because there are more choices in the type of work while in federal law enforcement there are more choices in where I can do the same job and I would have saved a lot of money by not getting another degree. although with the current public opinion on cops it might not be ideal but it sure is fun.
 
americafirst said:
When I was a city cop I did. Actually I preferred patrol to being a detective because no two days on patrol were the same but as a detective it felt like most days were the same. I left my job as a city cop to go into another line of work and did that for a few years before I lost my job and ended up taking a few full time jobs in the reserves. Eventually I ended up back in law enforcement working for a federal agency. I enjoy what I do but if I had to do it again I would have stayed a city cop because there are more choices in the type of work while in federal law enforcement there are more choices in where I can do the same job and I would have saved a lot of money by not getting another degree. although with the current public opinion on cops it might not be ideal but it sure is fun.
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Yeah plus it is probably very difficult to get laid off at least around here. I think it is an abundance of crime.
 
Dodgeman said:
Yeah plus it is probably very difficult to get laid off at least around here. I think it is an abundance of crime.
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When I interviewed with the federal agency I am with now the recruiter asked why I chose to apply to this agency and I told her that law enforcement at all levels is a stable career. I have never heard of cops getting laid off the most I heard is reducing overtime. You said there is an abundance of crime where are you?
 
americafirst said:
When I interviewed with the federal agency I am with now the recruiter asked why I chose to apply to this agency and I told her that law enforcement at all levels is a stable career. I have never heard of cops getting laid off the most I heard is reducing overtime. You said there is an abundance of crime where are you?
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I think there is a lot of crime everywhere.
Major Metro area for me.
 
americafirst said:
Questions they asked me were
  • What kind of car do I get
  • What kind of gun do I get
  • How much ammo do I get
  • How fast can I drive my take home car
  • If I shoot someone is the agency responsible
  • If my room mate sells drugs is that a problem
  • Do I get to pick my take home car
  • Does it help if I get pulled over and I flash my badge
  • Do I get a cellphone or will I have to keep paying for it
Keep in mind this is at an interview for a federal law enforcement agency! Most of these people didn't make it to where they were asked the TMAAT questions at a second interview in a 3 on 1 panel.

That would be an excellent polygraph question
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I did backgrounds as my last stint before retiring. It was easy work because we pretty much only hired laterals.
 
Gutwrench said:
I did backgrounds as my last stint before retiring. It was easy work because we pretty much only hired laterals.
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Sometimes I wish my federal agency did as well but that decision is above my pay grade. How did you like doing backgrounds?
 
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