Saturday, June 25, 2005

some funny interviews...

some incidents while conducting interview...either people these days are very casual while giving interviews...or mebbe these are exceptions...but they are funny for sure

Late Interview:
A candidate was sitting at the office reception and had to wait for some time...after few minutes he was escorted to the interview room
Interviewer : introduces himself and asks so whats your experience so far?
candidate : good
a long pause ....
Interviewer : what is your experience so far
Candidate : good..infact very good..the A/c is nice and cool...the security offered me coffee with biscuits and he gave me vistors card ..so far it has been very nice. Thankyou.

Telephonic Interview
Interviewer : introduces himself
Candidate : hi how you doing, hows the weather there?
Interviewer : its good ..again introduces himself and asks ..shall we start with interview
Candidate: ohh....Can you call after some time...am stuck in a traffic jam..and on my way home
Interviewer : fair enough will call you later
after 1 hour..thankfully this time the candidate was ready for interview
Interviewer : so..i understand your project in your first comapnay (3 page description) but what about your current projects (written in 2 lines)
Candidate : ohh...i dint update my resume....
Interviewer: ohhh ok..so how come you changed your job in 6 months
Candidate : 6 months...no nine months
Interviewer: but you've written dec to jun...i believe that is 6 months
Candidate : OHH is it !!!

Face-2-Face interview

Interviewer: your resume looks impressive
Candidate : thanks....i was lucky to get a chance to work on these things
Interviewer : so do you know winrunner
Candidate : sorry mam...i attended 1 class in my previous company but no hands on experience
Interviewer : ohhh ok...how about unix, are you comfortable answering questions on them
Candidate : (with extreme confidence)..yeah sure
Interviewer : what utitlity is used to compare files
Candidate..uhhhh...mmmm
Interviewer : ok...how can you know wht folder you are currently in
Candidate: uhhhhh...mmm
Interviewer : can you give me 5 commands you know of unix
Candidate: after thinking a lot .....telnet

Heights of Application
a matrimonial ad read...wanted a suitable groom for s/w professional..currently working in mnc..........if intereseted please write to.....
the inbox of the ad placer : Mam...here is my resume...can you please forward it in your company...i am currently looking for a job..all the best in your groom hunt.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow!! wht an experience. Are you conducting interviews these days.

Ruzan said...

These days?!? Ask mam how I got through :) It was so much fun to get interviewed by MAM... it was more of a technical conversation than an interview.

Risha said...

its fun interviewing...specially when u have candidates like Ruz...:) (he'll be wondering wht now)

yeah nivi..if u were asking that am i interviewing in TIBCO too...the answer is YES...wanna apply ;)

Anonymous said...

HA HA HA. tibco US - i dont mind ;)