I work in a technical role and the only questions I got were tell me a time type of questions….I’d expect that with the recruiter but even with the hiring manager that’s all I got.
Is this some sort of liability thing? I feel like everyone was reading off a canned list of questions
I once had an interview where all 7 candidates where in a glass conference room and were asked to solve a problem and create a solution presentation. Four people sat outside the glass wall watching and listening. If you hadn't studied the company's culture, you were dead. I was offered the job but turned it down since the position location was moving to Chicago. Sorry, Southern buy here wouldn't be able to take the cold.
If the manager does a good job selecting the right questions for the role the interviews are great at eliminating candidates. We use STAR and if someone can't describe what THEY did and says team all the time then they were a participant not leading. If they cannot articulate the results, you can ask if they were there to the end, many are not. We select common things that happen in each job and if it didn't happen to them, we question whether they just created a resume with that job title in it which is very common.
I went for a role years ago at Duke Energy. I had never sat in a behavioral interview. I felt accosted at the end of it and if I remember correctly was pretty firm with the recruiter at about my shock and the inability to talk about my experience. I was extremely embarrassed. Now all I need to do is prepare for about 4 questions and tell me about yourself to BS my way through the questions.
@pen LOL!!!
The behavioral questions are silly and hiring managers mostly don't know what they are doing. "Tell me about a time when...... what did you do..... how did that work out? " B.S.
And no wonder people are being hired who have literally no experience in the area they have been hired to manage. Being hand picked internally to avoid attention before asset lift.
I mean I appreciate the truth, HR peops… but wtf. Think about how ridiculous this is. All a show 🎭 no wonder so many do poorly in ther roles because they weren’t actually the right fit. What a waste of everyone’s damn time. Start pushing back on this trash procedure.
Hiring Manager here. You can get technical questions added to the required behavioral but most managers don’t bother. It gets pretty hairy when you try to get them approved by HR who rarely understands them (fair enough) and you have to justify how they are relevant to the role and what the e expected answers would be.
That being said, I worked on a team that had a couple approved and sat in a panel for another team who had some approved. Candidates that have in-depth, realistic responses to the behavioral questions hit the technical ones like a buzz saw. And, to be fair, at least in the team I was helping I think it would have been pretty rare for a candidate to roll up with eloquent and correct responses to their questions.
When I asked that hiring manager what gives on those insane questions he said he’s not really looking for an actual answer but more a way to look into someone’s thought process. Yeah, so why not present a scenario and ask for the process you’d go through to approach it? Meh, would be too easy and make the candidate think they did a good job. You can’t make this stuff up.
It’s not a bad interview technique if done correctly. It is not done correctly here
wf has been doing interviews this way for as long as I can remember do isn't anything new. as a hiring manager it is extremely annoying as it doesn't tell me if they can actually do the job. there are some ways around it, as long as the line of questioning goes down a certain path you can get away with sneaking in technical questions.
Yeah, I heard that the psychological mumbo-jumbo is the new trend. I’m sure it feels like you’re getting interviewed by a shrink. Give it another 20 years it will be like that movie, Minority Report. Meaning, you’ll get disqualified before you even get to the interview. Lol
Yeah, it’s a bit jarring, especially the first time. You as the applicant come to the table eager to discuss the role and your qualifications as is done at normal companies, only to experience an hour or more of situational questions recited from a list.
Honestly, I just kept joking the whole time through my interviews. I just kept saying that I am a professional with degrees. A bit more than that, but you get the gist. They just want to know if you’re a team player and your affable. I made inquiries and told them whether I could do the job or not.
Also, be relatable and confident. Interject with some smiling. If you come across as a newbie, good luck.
cool! I identify as a trans Ukrainian--where's my promotion?
yes, Wells Fargo hiring managers need to know if you behave like a woman and are a man, or if you behave like a man if you are a woman. that's how you move up nowadays.
they just want to know if you're trans, disabled, or both in order to secure a position at Wells Fargo bank. you're salary will be doubled up if you're both (which trans and mental illness go hand in hand).
The managers get a list of about 6 questions put of three categories. Then they pick three they want to ask. All three must be asked of each candidate. You aren't allowed to ask random questions unless you ask all candidates.
Does WF only ask behavioral questions in interviews?
Yep.