The whole list is over here at: 25 weirdest job interview questions of 2012 But, my favorites are: 4. “A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?” – Asked at Clark Construction Group, office engineer candidate. 11. “If
Want the secret to never being stressed out, always knowing where your car keys are, meeting every deadline at work and never receiving a message from your child’s teacher saying, “Are you aware that it’s been three weeks since your precious snowflake turned in her French homework?” Me
I’m starting a new project and I need to see lots and lots of resumes. Ideally, what I’d love to see is your resume in PDF format, along with a note on if you have successfully obtained employment with this resume or not. I am not editing these,
Dear Evil HR Lady, I’m being laid off in a month. So, I’ve been networking like crazy and have already had a couple telephone interviews, but nothing seems to be moving forward. I’m really concerned about burning through my network in a few weeks and then what do
A friend of mine asked if I could recommend any books that talk about public speaking is an important skill for business success. Is this something that hiring managers look for? I absolutely believe that good public speaking skills are incredibly helpful to your career. How many meetings
Dear Evil HR Lady, I work part time and I’m 62. I suspect both bother my manager. On a few occasions he’s made ageist remarks such as saying to colleagues thinking I’m out of earshot ‘looks like Steve forgot his Grecian Formula this morning’ and during a recent
Dear Evil HR Lady, I just recently got hired at a bank and my start date is not until 21st of January. the position is less then what I held in another bank couple years back so I am way overqualified for this position. I just noticed that
Dear Evil HR Lady, I have a coworker who’s considerably senior to me. He has a habit of coming in well before he’s scheduled to start and starting to work, but not punching in until his actual time. I know this is definitely illegal, and could open our
*Cough, cough* “I’m not feeling well,” *cough* “So, I won’t be able to come in today.” Have you ever said that and then experienced a rather miraculous recovery by the time you hung up the phone? This magical cure is called, “Using a sick day as a vacation
Dear Evil HR Lady, I graduated with a BBA in Management in 2008 with a dream of becoming an Evil HR Lady like yourself. For the past 3 years I’ve been a legal secretary, and then spent several months as a secretary at a hospital. All this time
