What's the most difficult interview question that you've been asked, and how did you answer?

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Give me the perfect debt to equity ratio for any company and why is it perfect? Told them perfection lies in the eyes of the beholder and never heard back from them

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How would you turn Sears around?

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I interviewed at Bridgewater and they asked me if hate crimes should come with harsher criminal sentences then regular crimes. Bunch of weirdos.

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I always hated tell me joke. I only know politically incorrect and dead baby jokes...

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How's your relationship with your mother?

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^ trick question, the answer is "you don't"

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Do you have a boyfriend?

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Sell me this pen

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We call you in a week to tell you that you did not get the job because ________. Fill in the blank.

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What do your parents do for a living

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^ @R1 what was your answer?

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Can someone please validate this resume for product roles?

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Hi Fishes,

l interviewed for Deloitte (India not USI) in January, and accepted an offer letter with DOJ of 25th April, later HR asked me to join on 11th April for which I agreed. Now I haven't received the revised offer letter or any links other than BGV and Pre-Hire form from Deloitte and now the HR is not even picking my calls or responding to emails.

Any advice on what to do?

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After 3 rounds of Apple interviews, recruiter has requested a call. Do we think it’s more likely a rejection or an offer?

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Hi Fishers,
I have a interview with PWC for the Global Aura technical engineer, can you advise what can I expect with regards to the work been assigned for this particular role.

Please suggest case study questions that can be asked during interview..PwC AC Finance Transformation

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Thanks in advance !!! PwC PwC

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Hi Fishes,

Can anyone working as data engineer or ETL engineer in Harman message me.
Have a query in interview process.

Thanks your time is really appreciated.

Is it a good idea to go into SaaS pm role just for the sake of breaking into product management? Seems like b2c/consumer product management is the more popular one and is harder to get into from SaaS than the other way around. Just got my first PM gig offer and I’m trying to decide if I should keep interviewing

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Hi TCSers,


Will we have any project specific interview or client interview before joining TCS?

Will it more like a round to reject further?

Im really worried.I still have 35 days of notice period left and I received a call from a TCS employee today and she asked me to share my resume to a project manager when asked she said it is for its tracking purpose.

Please let me know.

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I recently got asked in an interview “how do you keep on top of employment law, your award and fair work regulations?” Truth is I’m subscribed to mailing lists but that’s about it… I sometimes feel dumb because I forget what’s in the fair work act, I need to check it every time someone is going on parental leave… then I forget the min requirements again.
Does anyone else have the same problem? How do you keep on top of / remember important NES & regulations?

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Does interviewer nowadays still write early feedback prior to sharing the full feedback with recruiters?

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Is it routine for Google to always ask for references after final round?

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Hi

I recently completed 2 rounds of interview with ORACLE, how much can i ask them, can i ask 12 LPA?

My CTC is 3 LPA
Holding Offer with 7.5 LPA from investment banking.
My EXP :- 2.6

Thanks in advance.

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