@lpope187 said:
Personally, I would be pretty pissed off if I spent hours or days preparing for and attending an interview only to be asked irrelevant questions. When I interview, I expect to ask/answer meaningful questions relating to the position, not take a psych exam
I have to agree. I tend to go into interviews expecting one 'killer' question. A recent one I had for a reporter job, however, asked me who I'd most like to interviw from history, followed by who I'd like to be stuck on a desert island with, what film I'd like to take with me (and why) and what music. By this point, not only had I run out of answers, I was a bit fed up that all my research had come to nothing and that the interviewer never once picked up my portfolio. I think that the question is interesting in seeing how the candidate copes with being put on the spot, but quite pointless otherwise.