If you are one of those people for whom interviews are daunting, fear not. Unless you are so thick that your only hope of earning a living is to work in product control, you can shine through with the right advice.
If you got the interview through a recruiter chances are he’ll be begging you to visit his office for some “interview prep”. Be careful. There are some brilliant recruiters out there and some rather nefarious ones. The latter might get you interviews but that doesn’t mean their industry insight is credible. As a person of high intellect do you really want second hand advice from a residual of New Labour’s gruesome objective of “making university accessible to all”?
Ensure you take advice from experts. Otherwise you will find yourself at interviews thinking the following responses will give you a hope in hell of securing the job. Believe me, these are horror stories some hiring managers have heard from ill advised candidates.
- When asked: “Give an example of a time you had to think on your feet at work”, one product controller responded: “I once had diarrhea. I needed to use the toilet but all cubicles were occupied and the autistic IT support guy was approaching the disabled one. I thought on my feet, grabbed a bin liner, ran to the basement and emptied out into the bag. I then sprayed the room with air freshner”.
- When asked : “What is your greatest achievement to date?”, another product controller said: “Meeting George Michael...” It would have been bad enough if he stopped there. But he continued... “in Hampsted Heath”.
- When asked (last Thursday) : “ If you were a newspaper which one would you be?”, one dim witted product controller who never reads anything unless its a spreadsheet, replied, “News of The World”.
Guys, either be careful or avoid product control!
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