During the interview a candidate may be asked two or three tricky questions.
Read the interview and say whether there are such questions or not.
Two days later Diana received a call from Commodities United Ltd. They
invited her to an interview.
Diana
came
15
minutes
before
the
appointed time. She was surprised to learn that
it was the director of marketing himself who
was
going
to
interview
her
and
not
a
representative of the HR department as the
usual practice was. He introduced himself as
David Robinson. He was a dark haired and
good looking New Yorker with a solid aura of
success. His face seemed familiar to her. She might have seen him* in chronicles
and the financial columns of the major newspapers and TV programs.
David extended his hand verifying her name in his notes and the hand that
took his was cool and long with perfect nails.
She was tall and straight backed with a calm and handsome if not fashionably
beautiful face. She wore no jewelry and only a touch of make up round her eyes.
His first idea was to make her the face of his company. Then he looked at her
resume again.
“Good morning, Miss … or shall I say Missis Stepleton?”
“It’s Miss…. Good morning.”
“Some information is missing in your resume. You didn’t mention your age,
marital status and children”.
“I wanted to lay emphasis on skills, qualifications and working experience.
I didn’t want to exceed one page. If I have to fill in an application form, I’ll supply
you with all relevant data”.
“Where do you come from? You have a British accent.”
“You are quite right Sir, I am British.”
“Why have you come here? Why did you leave your last job?”
“The USA is the country of great opportunities, don’t you know? She smiled
for the first time”.
“So, you’ve come here to seize your opportunity?”
“It depends…”
Suddenly David wanted to impress her. He already made his decision and
now he was rationalizing his choice. He spent a considerable time giving Diana an
enticing description of the company’s background and its future aims and
prospects.
“So there you have it, Miss Stepleton. By the way, are you a solo or team
player?”
“Both”.
“Good. Can you tell me what your strengths and weaknesses are?”
“My strength… well… I am a workaholic. I believe this is my strength, … and
my weaknesses… it’s difficult to say… well… I think I have no weaknesses” – she
laughed.
“How do you deal with difficult people?”
“Difficult people? Oh, yes… it’s very simple… I become difficult myself”.
David laughed appreciating the answer, then he asked:
“Can you work under pressure?”
“Well, we all have to work under pressure, but I can’t say I like tight
deadlines.”
“Have you got any questions concerning your responsibilities?”
“Well, I understand my major responsibility is to bring business and profit to
the company.”
“Wonderful! Any questions about the salary?”
“Your ad read “Attractive salary and fringe benefits”. What are those
benefits?”
“Our company provides you with a car, low interest mortgage, and after six
months a successful candidate will be eligible for a bonus based on the performance.
Anything else?’
“No, thank you”.
“Well, Miss Stepleton, thank you for coming. I was pleased to meet you.
We’ll let you know about our decision by the end of the week.”
“The pleasure was entirely mine Mr. Robinson. Good bye.”
“Good bye”.
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