Seriously, what are they looking for? Here is a list of some of the questions I got asked, and my thoughts about truthful answers...
Why do you think you are a good choice for this job? (well its a clothing store and I consider myself fairly not repulsive. What else do I need?)
Do you consider yourself a hard/fast worker or a lazy/slow worker? ( I work at a pace ranging from a sloth to a standard worker depending on how motivated I am. Wait wait wait, I mean I work fast because this position folding clothes is so important to me!!!)
Are you likely to quit this job in the next couple months? (Nope, I'm totally going to work here for 5 to ten years even if I find a better job, because its a freaking clothing store, nothing is more important than that.)
Do you interact well with people? (I think I'm capable of annoying people by asking if I can help them with anything, is anything else really necessary?)
If nobody is watching you will you slack off or continue to work? (Depends on how long I'm going to not be watched. Any more than 20 minutes alone and its really your fault if I get nothing accomplished.)
Yeah, the thing is there is a right answer to all these questions, but nobody is going to answer any differently so what really is the point of these questions? That is unless I'm hooked up to a lie detector suspended over a pit of rabid ferrets, and if for every time I lie I drop closer to my rodent death.
Actually, now that I think of it, if I'm ever in a situation that I'm interviewing somebody for something thats how I'm going to do it. You want to baby sit my kids? Survive this pit of weasels! You want to take care of my yard? Fight off the Mongol Hordes!!!
I guess interviews are just a chance for the employers to profile you. Especially for evil chain clothing stores that only hire certain "types" of people that fit their certain image. Either that or its just for them to gauge who applying is least likely to go insane and murder everybody with a shank made from sharpening a manikin arm.
