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Tennis balls are fuzzy beacuse the fuzz causes more areodynamic drag, which increases the effect of putting spin on the ball.

list of the top ten along with example of what is the desired (best direction) response and pitfalls

Q: tell me about yourself
A: the last related to what makes you qualified for this job activity, I've been involved in the Project Management Society for the last five years as a board member. I really enjoy conducting the meetings. I donate time to Kids for tots coordinating the collection/delevery of toys..
A pitfall: I was born in Home town BFE and I have 5 brothers and 6 sisters

Excellent questions and some I am still pondering. Fuzzy tennis balls? My last day is 03/31/09 and I have been going crazy with the resume and job boards. I am so glad I found something I can ponder while waiting for the phone!

I just got laid off yesterday and let me tell you, this is great information for me to prepare for my interviews. Thanks!

What is the duration of the interview, how many interviewers, and or am I going to marry one of the interviewers.
My last interview was about one hour, 2 persons conducted the interview and I enjoyed it.

My most recent interviews, they consistently asked me to "tell them a little bit about myself." This is annoying and lazy, in my opinion. They do it, because they haven't looked at your resume and sometimes because you're the tenth or so person they're talking to. Most often, because they are a people mill. The employment industry in this country has been out-sourced, just like everything else. And I find that people just don't know how to do the job of interviewing well.

Other questions (some from this list) (so you get an idea of what's being asked more often):

* Tell me about your proudest achievement. -- wasn't at all prepared for this one.
* Why do you want this job?
* Describe your ideal supervisor for me.
* Tell me about a time you had a conflict with a co-worker and what you did.
* Describe for me a time when you've had a conflict with or a difficult customer and how you handled it.
* Where do you see yourself in three years?
* How many computers did you have in your machine room at your old job?
* There is no right or wrong answer -- and then you are presented with a scenario. -- This was almost devastating. I had absolutely no experience with "scenario questioning" as it's been a long time since I've interviewed. I did get the job, but this part of the interview, I thought I blew. My advice is, pay very close attention to the scenario set-up. Listen carefully. Ask questions about the environment in the scenario. Then, try to think about what they're getting at. Most often, they're asking you to describe your trouble-shooting process in detail. Think about this before the interview and write the steps down. All the trouble-shooting steps you could take. All of them. Because the person who gets the most items on the check-off list wins. (I'm not kidding.)

I wish people would ask me about the books and magazines I read. I day-dream that that's how my interviews might go. Never happened.
As for the question "* If you were at a business lunch and you ordered a rare steak and they brought it to you well done, what would you do?"
My answer would be, "Uh. Return it. Is there another option?"

Why the hell are tennis balls fuzzy?

Some of the questions (tennis ball fuzz, the business lunch, why is a man hole cover round, etc..) are asked as a particular style of interviewing that I personally have never found significant value in. In the last 3 years I've conducted 200+ interviews, both technical and behavioral.. And I choose not to ask questions of that manner, which in turn means I do not use the answers to determine who the best candidate is. I find that most of the other questions are valid and produce information that is pertinent when selecting the most qualified and appropriate candidates.