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Job interview tips from a recruiter who made hiring decisions for 20+ years. You now have to expect the unexpected in interviews questions. Most people prepare for job interviews by memorizing their resume. That's not what gets you hired. I coach professionals on exactly what hiring managers are evaluating and how to walk into any interview as the obvious choice. I help professionals land the job, get the promotion, and show up like the leader they already are. #interview #interviewtips #careercoach #careertok #learnitontiktok
Transcript
You are going to get asked some interview questions that are meant to catch you off guard. Let me say more about this, especially if you are interviewing in the tech space. First off, who am I? I'm a 20+ year recruiting leader. I've created a business helping people craft their stories for their next opportunities. I do a ton of interview prep with individuals. It's my superpower. I've been doing this for a very long time, and more and more people are coming to me and saying, Melissa, I'm getting asked the most random questions. If you were a bug, what would you be? If you could, um, travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? If you were stuck on a desert island, what book would you take? I mean the most random things. And let me say this, I'm not a fan of this at all. In my prior world, I've played primarily in the tech space. 10 ish years ago, this was common practice, and the reason we were doing it was to see how you think in an interview. Like if the question would just completely catch you off guard and make you stumble around, or can you very quickly think through that situation and give me an answer? And I am telling you, I am starting to hear this more and more. I'd love you to drop into the comments if this is happening to you in an interview and where What kind of industry are you in? But I'm saying this to everybody, be ready for this kind of stuff. It's gonna be completely out of left field, and all they are listening for is how you think about it, right? Does it catch you off guard? Does it make you sort of sit back on your back heels and you can't recover from it? Or do you have an answer of some kind? So you can't practice every single question that's ever gonna get asked of you in an interview? And these weird things are starting to happen. I'm not a fan, but they're starting to come out more and more, at least based on the clients that I'm working with and where they're interviewing. I'd love to hear from y'all if this is happening. And be ready. Good luck out there.
Hook analysis
brand_fit: with_changes“You are going to get asked some interview questions that are meant to catch you off guard.”
Pattern
warning
Format
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Topic
interview-performance
Sub-topic
curveball interview questions
Content angle
curveballs test how you think, not what you memorised
CTA
Comment whether this is happening to you and what industry you're in
Narrative structure
warning -> credential preamble -> list of odd question examples -> explain what's really being assessed -> comment prompt
AU transplant
yes
Transplant note
This is already an Australian account and the subject — unscripted interview questions — is squarely in scope. The transplant is a tone swap: cut the 20-year-recruiter credential block, replace with Ark's own credibility, and add the layer the original never touches — an internationally-trained candidate freezes on a curveball because they're translating and self-monitoring, not because they can't think. Nothing here is country-locked; the tech-sector framing works in Melbourne and Sydney unchanged.
Brand fit note
Structure is fine and the topic is on-business, but the substance is recruiter voice, which the doc names as explicitly not the brand. It breaks 'Open cold' — the second beat is 'First off, who am I? I'm a 20+ year recruiting leader'. There is no mechanism: the entire payoff is 'be ready' and 'good luck out there', which is encouragement, not a lever. Zero numbers apart from her own tenure. It is stacked with hedges ('I'm not a fan', 'at least based on the clients I'm working with') that the doc says to delete on sight. Rebuild: keep the curveball examples, add a real answering framework and an Australian-band number, cut the résumé-reciting intro.
Why it performed
Not written yet.