📒Favorite questions to ask when interviewing someone for your team?

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If you were a fruit. What fruit would you be and why?

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"Do you like gladiator movies?"

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I've rendered a few applicants speechless when I ask them what they do outside of work. Show me some dimension!

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What do you want to be when you grow up?

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What do you drink?

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As it relates to customers/consumers, what question intrigues you the most: who, what, when, where, why, how. Based on answer Who (insights), what (media strategy) when, (comms planner) where (media planner), why (brand planner) How (account lead)

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What is your totem animal

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Favorite bar and favorite restaurant. Judge based on time it takes to answer and answers themselves. Even if I hate the places their reasoning is great to hear.

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Worst work thing that ever happened to you.

How have you overcome a snag in a project?

Tell me something about you that's not on your cv

How do you feel about team drinks? We need someone who plays just as hard as they work.

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Hi,

I am done with the multiple rounds of technical interviews in PWC AC and HR confirmed that the feedback is positive and they are working on next process.
Its been one week I haven't received any communication on that. When I called HR, she told that background check team will reach out to me over email or call in some days.

Can anyone suggest if I should hope for the offer letter in this case from PWC AC or not.
Also, what salary I should negotiate for Senior Associate.

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We Indians are so poor we can't think anything else except money. Whole Fishbowl is all about YOe and Salary. No one interested about if any company doing any innovation or not. B-Tech colleges put ads with Package and Campusing only. Almost 99% Indian YouTube thumbnail is like "5 lakh to 40 lakh", "Interview Experience in bracket 50Lpa" etc.. Hardly we can see Foreign Editorial things marked with Packages.

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Need small advice,
I had my LWD on 27th june ,before a week of that i had HSbC last round in which I clearly told I wanted to join by 4th july as my next joining is due at that time.
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Am quite worried here now, as I already said no to other companies !should I try looking again.

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