Last summer in an interview I was asked "what is your superpower" by a SAAS company. Having never been interviewed by a tech company, let alone a company out of the midwest, I just looked at the guy on the other end of the video call like he was a bit off
"I don't know what you are asking"
What is your superpower?
(repeating the question doesn't really help me) "Is this role playing? I'm not a comic book fan, I'm not sure what you want"
What's a super power you have?
(hi, hello, stop repeating the question, rephrase it please) "I don't have one" (I'm not mentally ill and don't believe I'm some sort of meta-human).
And pretty sure that's where I was disqualified in the interview process.
Earlier in the interview they kept asking what I have done at a certain place, what sort of projects I've worked on "I can not answer that, I've signed multiple NDAs"
but what do you do, what do you work on there
"I can not answer that question, I have signed multiple non-disclosure agreements"
but what sort of projects, like what do you do
"I can not comment on this question at this time outside of what is listed on my CV"
And same company, earlier interview (had me talk to 3 different people over a couple of weeks), asked me to describe what I do at my primary job. This requires several minutes because I have to provide a basic frameowrk, about 30 seconds in
We try to keep these interviews short, can you get to the point
"I'm a Senior Entry Clearance Operations Import Agent, I clear international freight through Customs and Border Protection as well as any other applicable government agencies using the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and other resources"
So you look at packages?
"no"
Then what do you do
(I was trying to %@#$@#% give you a very basic background so I could tell you) "Every good that comes into the country has a 10-digit code, not unlike a telephone number, example a cellular telephone is 8517.12.0050 and..."
Again we try to keep these pretty short so let's move on
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