HR Interview Questions

When preparing for an interview, there is the likely chance that you will get the dreaded HR questions. These are questions that no one who actually conducts business would ask. These are the dumb psychobabble questions that require a prepared response that doesn't sound arrogant or doesn't sink you. For example, the classic "What's your biggest weakness?" You can't say the truth "I'm lazy" or say something like "I'm a workoholic." I would love to answer these questions with more humor, but humor is something HR lacks. So in my mind....

"What's your biggest failure?" I really have no idea. It's not like....

• I designed the O-rings on the Challenger
• I decided that the watertight bulkheads on the Titanic should only go up to the E-deck.
• I designed the New Orleans levees to only withstand a Category 3 hurricane.
• I decided to use hydrogen in the Hindenburg.
• I'm the guy who thought an annoying, bouncing paperclip in Microsoft Word would be a good idea.
• Two words: Ford Pinto.
• New Coke.
• The Spruce Goose.

Back to... "What's your biggest weakness?"

• I'm not a team player
• I have a penchant to steal.
• I eat boogers.
• Slutty fat chicks...
• I have an irresistible urge to give the Fuhrer salute and shout Sieg Heil at 10 minute intervals.

The Babwa-Wawa classic... "If you could be any kind of tree, what kind of tree would you be?"

• Balsa tree - wood that's easy carved and manipulated.

More to come....

John Joseph contributed to this post.