Why do interviewers ask hard questions for entry level jobs?

[AGeese]

You do tech stuff?

Yeah, but I moved out of it and into the management side of it.

 

[tlcmurphy]

OP also doesn't asking the veterinarian how to administer ear mite solution to their dog. So I just image they are looking for the "easy way out"

Wrong thread

 

[azurbanclucker]

You do tech stuff?

I thought everyone knew that?

 

[notabitail]

I thought everyone knew that?

I was asking AGeese. I knew you did tech stuff.

 

[SkyAJK]

At an interview I was ask what other say about me?
I told them I don't know and this is my first job interview. What do they hope to get out of that question? Asking a young person this.

 

[SkyAJK]

How do you deal with different kinds of advice on getting a job?

For example, someone says you should call the employer after an interview to follow up on the job.

Another person said employers don't like phone call follow ups because it puts pressure on them, and they will get the next person instead.

I did call the employers after I got the rejected letters and I did not get anything back from them that I can improve. They all tell me that they got the candidate that has more experience and more matching to their requirement.

 

[Evadig]

isn't personable in the interview, or I feel like I have to draw things out of them, or they're invested too highly into imressing me it's a turn off.

I'm heartless with CV's. If there are spelling or grammar errors, they get circular filed. I don't care if it's Bill Gates. If you can't catch the nit-picky little things, how can I trust you with the big ones? A resume is your ONLY chance to sell yourself to someone and get a foot in the door. Make it as perfect as you can.

As far as impressing me? Show up on time. Appear relaxed. Answer questions truthfully, even if it's "I don't know" or "I'd have to google the specific syntax but in general it's (blahblah)". My crew's BS detectors are well-honed from dealing with our own internal teams' lame excuses. We can smell a con from a mile away. An interview is about you, but it's equally about how you interface with the people interviewing you. If you can't integrate then, you will never integrate later.

Thank you both for answering - I can definitely see why I haven't been able to get a job .

 

[AGeese]

I was asking AGeese. I knew you did tech stuff.

Shocking isn't it?

 

[AGeese]

I did call the employers after I got the rejected letters and I did not get anything back from them that I can improve. They all tell me that they got the candidate that has more experience and more matching to their requirement.

That's though, but rejection is normal. There's a lot of people out there trying to get their foot through the door. People tend to internalize it when sometimes it just isn't anything personal, but that they found someone already and were finishing up interviews to be fair, or the other candidate presented themselves in such a way they hit a high percentage of the right buttons.

Just don't give up, and if you can do some volunteer work to get experience or a temp job do it.

 

[SkyAJK]

I went to a few interviews for government jobs and when I called back to ask for feedback, I was told that the found a candidate more experience and have been doing the job already..... I concluded that it was just a mock interview, they got someone already, but as their policies must interview outsider.

Government jobs over here required a long covering letter answering all their 5 selection criteria questions.