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I'm bout to walk in this meeting so I'm a turn on my intelligent ***** but when I come out I'm gone be ignorant lol
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That, and they often want to see if you get rattled easily. A major airline -- I forget which one -- used to ask when the last time you masturbated was.
lol that's an easy one.
"This morning. Wanna see the picture of your wife?"
5 years after college is not mid-career. I would probably disagree with Pennglock and others who state that you will not and should not get typical behavioral interview questions. Not to say that it won't happen, it may, but 5 years of experience is still quite junior in most jobs and all interviewing questions / techniques are fair game IMO.
This. Generally speaking, you'll know when you're at a level beyond behavioral ("tell me about a time when...") bullshit because the calls aren't coming from headhunters and, instead, are coming directly from the clients themselves. They'll be "Hi, Metro, it's Bob from Company X. We're about to list a VP job, but frankly, we've done enough business together that I know you're our guy. What's it going to take to get you here?" -or- "Hi, Metro, it's Bob from Company X. We're about to list a VP job, but frankly, I think you'd be perfect for this. I'd love to bring you in to meet [my boss / the ultimate decisionmaker / the team / whatever]." At that point in your career, your network and your accomplishments speak for themselves. That's the day you stop getting asked about a time when you did X or Y, because people have pre-screened for you specifically (or at least you in a very small pool of candidates). They know damned well about the time you did X or Y, and that's why they want you.
Good point but if you've reached that stage isn't the interview not really an interview but a "come meet your new family" type deal? I mean if they've already singled you out and come to you specifically aren't you pretty much in?
I'd say differently - when you are interviewing for big ticket jobs (and the longer you work the bigger ticket they get) I'd say being able to tell stories about how you actually have perfored is more valuable. you are selling yourself - not so much that you will get questions, the way I see is when you get asked questions you are actually trying to get to a situation where you can tell stories about how your experience has been similar and what you did in those times.