Before attending a job interview , most candidates spend hours prepping answers to commonly-asked questions. But no matter how prepared you may feel, there's no guarantee you won't be given a curveball, purposely designed to throw you off-guard or expose your true character. That's exactly what one manager claims to do when interviewing candidates for a position at his IT firm, as he says it helps him hire the right person for the job.
Answering the question 'Hiring Managers of Reddit , what "special tests" do you have for interviewees that you put them through without their knowing?', he said: "I would ask about hobbies and then ask an uninformed (but hopefully not insulting) question about their hobby, even if it was one I was into myself. "For example, if someone said they collected comic books, I would ask 'Have they come out with anything new since the X-Men?'." While he isn't particularly interested in what the hobby is, he is keen to see how they respond to the question - whether it's with excitement or confusion.
He added: "Some people would make me feel stupid for not knowing something they knew. Most would politely answer and maybe explain a thing or two. The really good ones would treat me like one of the lucky 10,000 and actually get me excited about their hobby.
"Since I was hiring for internal IT that would be working with senior-level staff, I had to find some way to guarantee that they weren't going to inadvertently insult the founder or CEO." Sharing another .