Secret motives
“I wanted to get the position of junior programmer in a famous Russian bank. Among other tasks, a check was offered in the security department, in which (without jokes!) Former KGB agents worked. At first, they proposed to undergo a psychological test, which consisted of 500 of the strangest questions in the world. For example: “Look again at question # 2. Do you see black flying figures? ”Further, worse. I was seated at a table, sensors were attached to my head, chest and fingers and connected to a polygraph (lie detector). Everything was like in a movie. They started with ordinary questions, for example, about how old I am, and then turned to more serious ones: “Do you have hidden motives for working in our bank?” I passed both tests and got a job, ”Sergey Zelvensky, entrepreneur .
Pizza and silver
“I had a funny case at an interview at McKinsey & Co. They invited eight candidates, we all gathered in a conference room, and each in turn was invited to the next room for an interview. It was lunch time, but they never called me. They brought us pizza, and I was the only one who decided to eat it using silver appliances. I thought: “This is McKinsey & Co, here, probably, you need to eat pizza with a knife and a fork.” At the table, the applicants and I began to recall all sorts of old stories about strange interviews in this company, and suddenly I asked: “How would you guys feel if you knew that I was working here and over the past three hours I’ve just been watching is yours? ”If I remember correctly, two of them dropped pieces of pizza on the floor in surprise, three immediately picked up knives and forks, and the rest just ran out of the room! Incidentally, I did not get a job. They told me that I was too highly qualified for this post, and offered to try another, more serious one. Then they refused me, because I was too unskilled for this position, haha, ”Nitin Gupta, a scientist.
Tremors of the earth
“It was in the mid-1980s, I was interviewed in a young company in Silicon Valley. I already went through several stages, and in the end I needed to talk with the founder of the company, an Israeli entrepreneur who used to be a military man. During the conversation, an earthquake suddenly started, and really strong! From my place I could clearly see people running along the corridor to the exit. However, my interlocutor did not raise an eyebrow and continued the conversation. The building shook more and more, things began to fall from the shelves, but we continued to talk until we were the only people in the office. I decided: if he can stand it, then I can! Half an hour later, people began to return, and only when all the employees were on the ground did we end the conversation. The director calmly shook my hand, thanked me for the conversation and said that they would report on their decision. A few days later they called and offered me a job. Then I thought that I completely deserved it, since I withstood an earthquake for her, ”- Anonymous.
Date with the boss
“A friend told me that one businessman is looking for a copywriter. When I called to arrange an interview, the employer immediately invited me to his home. I turned 22 then, I was not very experienced and thought that there was nothing wrong with that. When he arrived, instead of asking questions, he began to talk about his business philosophy, and then invited him to a restaurant. I thought, “Okay, there are interviews that include lunch.” The next day, he called for me with a proposal to show our future office. We drove a very long time, crossed the state border and clearly moved in the direction of the forest. I thought it might be time to jump out of the car, otherwise he would cut me into small pieces, and my family would never know what happened to me. At some point, he stopped the car in an open field and led me to the nearest hill. On the way, I picked up a heart-shaped stone and said that it was a sign of fate. Looking from the hill to the valley, he said that all this can and should be mine ... or ours. That was my office. He said he wants to hire me to work, as well as marry me. I took a sip of beer from a can and said that I was not ready for such significant changes in my life. He drove me home, the next day he called to clarify if I had changed my mind, and we never saw each other again ”, - Lita Matz, Director of E-Commerce.
Torture for the ecologist
“When I graduated from college, I dreamed of becoming a lawyer, although my main subject was ecology. I managed to get an interview in one of the most prestigious law firms in the world - Wachtell Lipton. During the interview, an employee of the company looked at my resume, then looked up at me and began to tear it into small pieces, saying: “As a person who cares about the environment, you probably are not comfortable looking at it, right? So, we spend a lot of paper here, and we don’t give a damn about it. ” I never became a lawyer, ”Sam Uleatt, intern at a large corporation.
“I wanted to get the position of junior programmer in a famous Russian bank. Among other tasks, a check was offered in the security department, in which (without jokes!) Former KGB agents worked. At first, they proposed to undergo a psychological test, which consisted of 500 of the strangest questions in the world. For example: “Look again at question # 2. Do you see black flying figures? ”Further, worse. I was seated at a table, sensors were attached to my head, chest and fingers and connected to a polygraph (lie detector). Everything was like in a movie. They started with ordinary questions, for example, about how old I am, and then turned to more serious ones: “Do you have hidden motives for working in our bank?” I passed both tests and got a job, ”Sergey Zelvensky, entrepreneur .
Pizza and silver
“I had a funny case at an interview at McKinsey & Co. They invited eight candidates, we all gathered in a conference room, and each in turn was invited to the next room for an interview. It was lunch time, but they never called me. They brought us pizza, and I was the only one who decided to eat it using silver appliances. I thought: “This is McKinsey & Co, here, probably, you need to eat pizza with a knife and a fork.” At the table, the applicants and I began to recall all sorts of old stories about strange interviews in this company, and suddenly I asked: “How would you guys feel if you knew that I was working here and over the past three hours I’ve just been watching is yours? ”If I remember correctly, two of them dropped pieces of pizza on the floor in surprise, three immediately picked up knives and forks, and the rest just ran out of the room! Incidentally, I did not get a job. They told me that I was too highly qualified for this post, and offered to try another, more serious one. Then they refused me, because I was too unskilled for this position, haha, ”Nitin Gupta, a scientist.
Tremors of the earth
“It was in the mid-1980s, I was interviewed in a young company in Silicon Valley. I already went through several stages, and in the end I needed to talk with the founder of the company, an Israeli entrepreneur who used to be a military man. During the conversation, an earthquake suddenly started, and really strong! From my place I could clearly see people running along the corridor to the exit. However, my interlocutor did not raise an eyebrow and continued the conversation. The building shook more and more, things began to fall from the shelves, but we continued to talk until we were the only people in the office. I decided: if he can stand it, then I can! Half an hour later, people began to return, and only when all the employees were on the ground did we end the conversation. The director calmly shook my hand, thanked me for the conversation and said that they would report on their decision. A few days later they called and offered me a job. Then I thought that I completely deserved it, since I withstood an earthquake for her, ”- Anonymous.
Date with the boss
“A friend told me that one businessman is looking for a copywriter. When I called to arrange an interview, the employer immediately invited me to his home. I turned 22 then, I was not very experienced and thought that there was nothing wrong with that. When he arrived, instead of asking questions, he began to talk about his business philosophy, and then invited him to a restaurant. I thought, “Okay, there are interviews that include lunch.” The next day, he called for me with a proposal to show our future office. We drove a very long time, crossed the state border and clearly moved in the direction of the forest. I thought it might be time to jump out of the car, otherwise he would cut me into small pieces, and my family would never know what happened to me. At some point, he stopped the car in an open field and led me to the nearest hill. On the way, I picked up a heart-shaped stone and said that it was a sign of fate. Looking from the hill to the valley, he said that all this can and should be mine ... or ours. That was my office. He said he wants to hire me to work, as well as marry me. I took a sip of beer from a can and said that I was not ready for such significant changes in my life. He drove me home, the next day he called to clarify if I had changed my mind, and we never saw each other again ”, - Lita Matz, Director of E-Commerce.
Torture for the ecologist
“When I graduated from college, I dreamed of becoming a lawyer, although my main subject was ecology. I managed to get an interview in one of the most prestigious law firms in the world - Wachtell Lipton. During the interview, an employee of the company looked at my resume, then looked up at me and began to tear it into small pieces, saying: “As a person who cares about the environment, you probably are not comfortable looking at it, right? So, we spend a lot of paper here, and we don’t give a damn about it. ” I never became a lawyer, ”Sam Uleatt, intern at a large corporation.
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