Rightly said by David Pritchard, director of recruiting at Microsoft - "The best thing we can do for our competitors is hire people of lower quality." But have you ever thought about how you would find the "right" quality or talent and how much you would have to go through just to find this "right" talent.
Anyways, there are always a few funny aspects of our job that add humor to our stressful work life. Here are a few of my experiences while hunting for the so-called "right" talent for my company - the questions I asked while interviewing a candidate and the equally amazing and extraordinary responses I got from the other end of the table:
Quest.) While conducting a Group discussion, I instructed everyone to speak on any generic topic for a minute...
Response) Well... I would like to talk about the English Language.
English is a very good language. It has 26 alphabets like A, B, C, D, E... X, Y, Z. Out of these, 5 are vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and the other 21 are consonants (B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L... X, Y, Z).
(And I was speechless...)
Quest) Tell me something about yourself.
Response) This gentleman provided me a fast-forward of practically all that he had done in his 40 years on earth and 20 years of professional life - until I politely interrupted him.
Quest) What was your role as a TSR? (This guy was working with a call center as a technical support representative or executive)
Response) Aeeiya!!!! You don't know the job of a TSR??????
(And this gentleman is still alive because MURDER is a crime in India)
Quest) Tell me something about yourself?
Response 1) I have one mother, one father...
(Excellent... You seriously have a unique family)
Response 2) My mother is a housewife. My father got retired, and now he is also a house husband.
(WOW!!! New word for my vocab)
Quest) Which is the world's number one commercial bank?
Response) World Bank, of course.
(Somebody... please help me)
Quest) Why do you want to join this company?
Response) Simply!!
(And I am zapped)
Quest) Are you ready to relocate?
Response) Yes, sure!! No problem!! You want to sit here???
(Wish I could relocate him to Andamans)
And here comes the king of all... This question was actually asked to an IIM student (It's not my experience, but I heard it from my friend at IIM), and his response was truly WICKED yet OUTSTANDING (Quite funny too)
Quest) What, according to you, is marketing?
Response) Marketing, for me, is to sell condoms in a girls' hostel effectively...
(And he GOT THE JOB actually)
From India
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1Anyways, there are always a few funny aspects of our job that add humor to our stressful work life. Here are a few of my experiences while hunting for the so-called "right" talent for my company - the questions I asked while interviewing a candidate and the equally amazing and extraordinary responses I got from the other end of the table:
Quest.) While conducting a Group discussion, I instructed everyone to speak on any generic topic for a minute...
Response) Well... I would like to talk about the English Language.
English is a very good language. It has 26 alphabets like A, B, C, D, E... X, Y, Z. Out of these, 5 are vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and the other 21 are consonants (B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L... X, Y, Z).
(And I was speechless...)
Quest) Tell me something about yourself.
Response) This gentleman provided me a fast-forward of practically all that he had done in his 40 years on earth and 20 years of professional life - until I politely interrupted him.
Quest) What was your role as a TSR? (This guy was working with a call center as a technical support representative or executive)
Response) Aeeiya!!!! You don't know the job of a TSR??????
(And this gentleman is still alive because MURDER is a crime in India)
Quest) Tell me something about yourself?
Response 1) I have one mother, one father...
(Excellent... You seriously have a unique family)
Response 2) My mother is a housewife. My father got retired, and now he is also a house husband.
(WOW!!! New word for my vocab)
Quest) Which is the world's number one commercial bank?
Response) World Bank, of course.
(Somebody... please help me)
Quest) Why do you want to join this company?
Response) Simply!!
(And I am zapped)
Quest) Are you ready to relocate?
Response) Yes, sure!! No problem!! You want to sit here???
(Wish I could relocate him to Andamans)
And here comes the king of all... This question was actually asked to an IIM student (It's not my experience, but I heard it from my friend at IIM), and his response was truly WICKED yet OUTSTANDING (Quite funny too)
Quest) What, according to you, is marketing?
Response) Marketing, for me, is to sell condoms in a girls' hostel effectively...
(And he GOT THE JOB actually)
From India
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