Recently, I can always see a lot of netizens sharingStrange problems encountered when applying for a job.
I even saw such a news: a company interview, actually asked job seekers to answer questions such as Xi toilet habits, meal time, sleep time, etc., ...... such as toilet habits, meal time, and sleep time
Over the years, we have seen some "strange" interview questions.
Netizens@ireneshared several classic interview stories on Zhihu.
Story 1:
Three interviewers, one me, four people were silent for ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds, and one minute......
I finally couldn't help it and asked, "Excuse me, can I start?".”
One of the interviewers said, "I'm sorry, if the reaction time is more than 20 seconds, our company will not admit you, what should you do now?"”
Story 2:
Participated in the interview of the product manager of a major Internet company, and the last question, the interviewer was silent for a long time and finally asked: "Why do people have two nostrils?"”
My heart was broken.
Story 3:
HR of a well-known real estate company asked: "How to sell sanitary napkins to men?".”
Some of the topics are indeed inexplicable, and they seem to be embarrassing, but they are a hurdle that we must pass to enter society.
Many times, an interview is no less than a psychological battle.
Today, I would like to borrow a few interview questions that are hotly discussed on the Internet to see with you, why some people can thrive in the workplace, while others fall at the starting point
Question 1: "How do you remind me that the zipper of my pants is open?".”
It's a question with nearly 20 million views.
Some people think the question is too outrageous, some people think the interviewer is boring, and some people choose to remain silent.
In fact, if you think about it, it's not like something like this doesn't happen in our work.
I would like to share with you a highly praised answer, from@公考专家陈明哲。The answerer is a teacher, and he first gave a case of his own.
Once when he went to class, two girls A and B arrived first in the classroom, and he accidentally found that the zipper on the back of girl A's dress was not properly pulled.
So, the answerer silently left the classroom.
After coming out, he sent a message to girl B, asking her to remind girl A that there was a problem with her clothes, and specifically explained that it was not found by the respondent, and she would notify him when she had sorted out her clothes.
During this period, he also stopped several students who wanted to enter the classroom by chatting.
Answer: The Lord pointed out sharply:
This interview question examines not only the question itself, but also the question to understand your personality, experience, values, personality, etc.
Your interview answer should make the interviewer appreciate you as a person and think that you are a good person, not that your answer is not bad.
Regarding the interview question, the specific method can be to write a small note and give it to the other party to remind him, or add WeChat, ask for a mobile phone number, and then send it to him through WeChat or text message to remind him to pay attention to tidying up his pants.
As the questioner emphasized in the second half: "In the face of such an interview question, what kind of high emotional intelligence can be admitted?"”
In addition to professional competence, sometimes high intelligence will make your work more effective with half the effort.
*: Visual China.
Question 2: "How can I get to my WeChat in one minute?".”
This is a question that a company asks interviewers when hiring for a PR position.
The first interviewer replied after hearing the question: "After joining the company, because of the work relationship, we must have a time when we need to connect, can you send me WeChat to facilitate contact with you at that time?"”
The second interviewer said, "You add me to WeChat, I'll send you a red envelope, and we'll make friends." ”
The third interviewer was a young man, and after thinking for 10 seconds, he said:
I know a well-known headhunter in the industry, and he has many good network resources, if it is convenient, you can add me to WeChat, and I will recommend his business card to you, you definitely need it. ”
After listening to the guy's answer, the interviewer hired him on the spot.
Why?Because he grasped the pain points of the interviewer and quickly captured the "soft underbelly" of the opponent.
Do you still remember the story of Luo Zhenyu's "10 million contract" to rob an employee of Huawei?
Get "The company's data cloud services have always been placed in Alibaba Cloud, and there are about tens of millions of expenditures every year.
At this time, HUAWEI CLOUD came to the door to discuss cooperation.
Luo Zhenyu politely refused.
But after seeing an email from a Huawei sales person named Chen Yinglin, he was moved:
1.I heard that "get" wants to do corporate knowledge services, we carefully select among the customers we serve, select the right customers for "get", and do the other party's work, and can sign a contract immediately.
2.Don't be stressed, this has nothing to do with our HUAWEI CLOUD data services.
3.We don't have "American-style equipment", but when you need it most, we must be that "human bridge" over the Kongo River.
Whether it is a guy interviewed or a Huawei employee, they can be recognized, in fact, it only takes one trick -Empathy. Give the other person what they want to get what you want.
Question 3: "A cow weighs 800 kilograms, and a bridge bears 700 kilograms”
This is an interview question from Huawei.
Netizens have opened their brains and ridiculed:
Sold the cow, bought a Huawei mobile phone, crossed the bridge with a Huawei mobile phone, and said that the Huawei mobile phone was a cow. ”
There is a hard one: divide the cow into pieces and pass it through. ”
And the irony:
Drag the cow 996 every day, without feeding grass, the cow will lose to 600 kilograms, not only does not increase the cost, but also reduces the cost. ”
Many people have preconceptions about such topics and feel that there is nothing to do.
However, the number one answer made everyone's eyes shine.
The important thing about such interview questions is not the questions and answers, but the test of your "ability to fill in the holes" in the face of many difficulties.
Remembering a story I've heard.
How to sell a comb to a monk?
After listening to the manager's words, the first person was furious, thinking that the manager was making things difficult for him, and handed in his resignation after scolding.
After hearing this, the second person went to pray to the monk on the mountain, and pestered the monk for many days, and the monk reluctantly bought a handful because he sympathized with him.
The third man approached the abbot of the temple and discussed with him that there were pilgrims in the temple who came to offer incense and could give back combs as gifts. When the abbot heard this, he thought it was a good idea, so he bought all the combs.
It's a norm to work tricky. When you encounter a problem, solve it, and think about it one more step in everything;Instead of encountering problems, running away from them, and taking a step back after the fact.
The workplace is like a battlefield, and a person's "ability to fill holes" determines your core competitiveness.
*: Visual China.
Question 4: "On a rainy night, a seriously ill old man, a life-saving benefactor, a dream lover, can only drive one, who will you choose?".”
You think it's a moral test, but it's actually a classic interview question.
The details of the questions are actually more demanding. The elderly man is seriously ill and must be taken to the hospital immediately;As a life-saving doctor, you dream of repaying him;The girl you've been thinking about has missed the chance to never see each other again.
What would you do if it were you?Is it righteousness and courage?Or do you choose to repay the favor?Or go to love?
It is said that only one of the 200 applicants was hired.
His answer was:
Give the doctor the keys to the car and let him take the old man to the hospital while I stay and wait for the bus with my dream girl.
After reading this answer, did it dawn on you?
Here's another simple example.
Connect the 9 points in the diagram below, with a maximum of 4 straight lines, and the pen must not leave the paper in the process.
Anyone who has done this problem knows that if you are confined to the area where these points are located, there is no solution to this problem.
But if you jump out of the dots, everything is self-defeating.
There is a classical theory in psychology called"Theory of Personal Constructs".。It means that a person's cognition is a concept formed by past insights, experiences, thinking, expectations, evaluations, etc.
When a person falls deeper and deeper into habitual thinking, his thoughts will become more and more singular and less creative.
As the saying goes, "The reason why mediocre people are mediocre is because their thinking is too stubborn." ”
After reading so many strange interview questions, in addition to sharing a little experience with you, more isI want to share with you some ways to make our work and life better.
Sometimes, when we encounter setbacks in life, it may not be because our background is inferior or our ability is not as good as others, but because our thinking pattern is wrong.
Just like Mr. Liu Run said:
Everyone is building their own thinking mode with their understanding and experience, and then using this thinking mode to understand the world.
Because of the different thinking patterns, the same thing, different people do it, the effect will be completely different.
"Ordinary people change the results, the good people change the causes, and the top good people change the model. ”
I wish you all a great future, and I hope that we can form a good thinking model and become a better version of ourselves.
Author: Wang Er. **Mr. Wang Er (ID: huangezishiba).