# Job Interview company's odd questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-companys-odd-questions/414346>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 3, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-companys-odd-questions/414346 "2007-08-03T22:08:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-companys-odd-questions/414346/21 "2007-08-20T07:03:02Z")

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[QUOTE=elfkin477]  
I hope people don’t mind me bumping this after a couple of weeks idle.

Are behaviorial interviews currently in vogue? The only time I’ve had one has been for an in-house position in June, and it was terribly done. Half the questions had nothing to do with our company at all. I think HR found it on a website and printed it out verbatim, honestly.

Anyway, I’m hoping to be interviewing for a few jobs in the near future, and it’s been about 4 years since my last interview. Please tell me these things aren’t commonplace now.  
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Well I interviewed for an internal position at work a few months ago and it was very heavy on the behavioral questions. This was at a Fortune 500 company too.

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