“Why are manhole covers round?”
What a dumb fucking interview question...which I have to answer as part of a class assignment on practicing for these things. I understand questions like “describe a time you...” scenarios or “why do you want to...” questions. But not this nonsense.
I much prefer strip club interviews. “Get topless and dance on stage for a song so we know you’re not fat.”
I much prefer strip club interviews. “Get topless and dance on stage for a song so we know you’re not fat.”
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Going off of that...
Why are they not called butt plugs. They cover a sewer system
Its the same thing as the fuckwads in elementary school teaching kids how to pass the math test instead of teaching them the logical skills to understand the math they are performing. Turns into an arms race with poor 3rd graders getting ridiculous word problems to try and ask how much is 3 x 4; Half of the students taking differential analysis can't even understand what they're asking, much less the parents or kids. So the kids learn some keyword to focus on instead reading the question and understanding what is being asked.
Also, I've seen fat strippers. They don't care if you're fat
Possibly a dumb question, but is there a way to re-train the recruiters?
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Yes and no. HR is a shared function, so the same people recruiting for my positions are also recruiting for a variety of other positions. It's not reasonable to expect them to have sufficient depth of knowledge in areas relevant to the positions I'm hiring for as well as all of the others in their portfolio. What we end up doing is using the recruiters to narrow down the right "types" of people. They'll pick which resumes get sent to me based on a list of criteria I give them, education/job history/location/etc. Then they'll do the first round of interviews mostly judging non-job specific criteria that can be shared within their portfolio. They'll try to throw a little stress at them to see how they react, try to get an idea of their mindset and reasoning skills, if they think their personality will fit with the team. But they know next to nothing about the job itself, at least not to the degree I expect the candidates to. That part they leave to the hiring managers to determine.
Could we blow up the whole process and find something more effective? Probably. Am I qualified and/or motivated to do that? Nope. I rely on my HR team to do that first round effectively because I don't have a more viable approach. That and it's kinda douchy for me to be running around to other departments telling them how to do their jobs.