Need help ... quickly ...

[Flash]

Hi y'all,
Please take this seriously. I've been thrown into interviewing student-intern candidates this morning and my director has left me without any questions.
What are some typical questions one might pose to a marketing-intern candidate?

 

[Ace]

A good one to throw in to any candidate is what are your strengths followed by what are your weaknesses (or what do you need to work on).

 

[forever_town]

I came up with interview questions for a full-time reporter position when we couldn't find our original questions.

Basically, the questions I ask include:

1) What appeals to you about the position/company?
2) What are some things you hope to accomplish with this position?
3) What do you see as your strengths? Areas for improvement?
4) Please describe your work temperament (to see if they're team players or they're all about themselves)
5) If they've provided samples, "Why did you pick the samples you picked?"

 

[andyouare?]

Give me an example of a mistake you made and how you corrected it.

or

Tell me about a conflict you had with a customer/fellow worker and how you resolved it.

(I was asked these and it really threw me for a loop. It forces them to be honest and humble.)

 

[DocTalk]

What do you know about out company?
Why are you interested in joining us?

 

[Flash]

Thank you all! Great help. Very appreciated. Going into first interview now.

 

[JR]

Good luck Flash.

I hope no one's wearing an Oiler jersey.

 

[forever_town]

Let us know how it goes.

 

[Diabeetus]

If you still need one, I've always liked being asked what my goals were/what I hoped to accomplish. Good luck!

 

[Iron_chet]

If you have time do a quick search for behaviour based question on the internets.

Anyone can bs about why the are good for the position or make up some crap but I think the best recruitment questions are ones that ask for specific experience.

Get the interviewees to tell you a story about a specific circumstance.

"Tell me about a time you had to juggle priorities, how did you handle it, what was the result?"

 

[alleyallen]

Briggs-Meyer personality tests are great tools to use for interviews. It's what I went through to get hired here, and went through another to get my teaching promotion.

 

[Flash]

Here's a question I found ... I wasn't ready to ask it today but I may use it in the future:


You're on a baseball team and you just got beaten very badly. On the trip home, where do you sit on the team bus and why?

 

[Flash]

The one thing that always baffles me, however, is why people don't bring writing samples to jobs that specifically require writing abilities.

I'll be discussing this with my director, regarding future job descriptions.

Otherwise, the young lass was quite pleasant. Answered her questions well.

Have another at 11:15.

 

[JR]

Otherwise, the young lass was quite pleasant.

Do you have pics?

 

[Flash]

No.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

A good question now might be: Did you remember your writing samples?

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

This was soooo not the help I was hoping Flash needed.

 

[Gomer]

Since you've got more coming...

Where do you see yourself in five years? Ten years?

What are your salary expectations?

(And just for fun) What is the average speed of a swallow?

 

[JR]

Where do you see yourself in five years? Ten years?

I asked that in an interview once and the young woman said, "I want to get married and move to Mississauga" (suburb of Toronto). I laughed out loud.

Interview ended shortly thereafter.

 

[fishwrapper]

What do you know about out company?
Why are you interested in joining us?

Doc, what does their sexual preference have anything to do with the job?
That line of questioning will get you in trouble.