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Recently I was in a interview and the very first thing I was asked to do was "write something on the board" and I wrote "something" which they said they found rude. I didn't had anything else on my mind so I wrote that.

Interview was for Business Analyst position at a Fintech Company.

Is there a better way to handle this?

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  What was the role you were interviewing for? and did you literally scribbled the letters " S O M E T H I N G" on the board?
  
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  @PagMax Yes I wrote SOMETHING
  
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  It is a terrible question for an interview, and I wouldn't want to work with someone who asks such a question,
  
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  Which country was this in?
  
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Recently I was in a interview and the very first thing I was asked to do was "write something on the board" and I wrote "something" which they said they found rude. I didn't had anything else on my mind so I wrote that.

Interview was for Business Analyst position at a Fintech Company.

Is there a better way to handle this?

interviewing

share|improve this question

edited 8 mins ago

anal

asked 14 mins ago

analanal

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  What was the role you were interviewing for? and did you literally scribbled the letters " S O M E T H I N G" on the board?
  
  – PagMax
  9 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @PagMax Yes I wrote SOMETHING
  
  – anal
  9 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It is a terrible question for an interview, and I wouldn't want to work with someone who asks such a question,
  
  – さりげない告白
  8 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @PagMax Added in the question
  
  – anal
  8 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Which country was this in?
  
  – solarflare
  2 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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Recently I was in a interview and the very first thing I was asked to do was "write something on the board" and I wrote "something" which they said they found rude. I didn't had anything else on my mind so I wrote that.

Interview was for Business Analyst position at a Fintech Company.

Is there a better way to handle this?

interviewing

share|improve this question

edited 8 mins ago

anal

asked 14 mins ago

analanal

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edited 8 mins ago

anal

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edited 8 mins ago

anal

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Is there a better way to handle this?

While the question was vague and weird, writing "something" on the board was certainly not the way to handle it. It is a good prank/joke with your friends but not for an interview. There could be several ways you could have handled it

1. Ask the interviewer politely, what do they want you to write?




2. Write something about the position you were being interviewed for. May be "teach" them a fundamental concept related to FinTech.




3. Write your name/education/experience on the board.

Having said this, I do think it is extremely unusual to ask a candidate to do this without giving more context on why do they want them to do this.

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Don't be a smart-alec in interviews. You want to present the most professional and friendliest version of yourself.

If there's an unclear question (and if the question actually was just "write something on the board" then that's about as unclear as it gets) you should behave as you would if something unclear came up during your actual job, and ask questions of your own to clarify their expectations.

If you can't get any further details out of them then go with something neutral, such as your name.

And frankly at that point I'd mark the job as one to decline any offers from, unless there's something amazing about it, as the interviewers are the ones being rude and unprofessional.

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Is there a better way to handle this?

While the question was vague and weird, writing "something" on the board was certainly not the way to handle it. It is a good prank/joke with your friends but not for an interview. There could be several ways you could have handled it

1. Ask the interviewer politely, what do they want you to write?




2. Write something about the position you were being interviewed for. May be "teach" them a fundamental concept related to FinTech.




3. Write your name/education/experience on the board.

Having said this, I do think it is extremely unusual to ask a candidate to do this without giving more context on why do they want them to do this.

share

answered 3 mins ago

PagMaxPagMax

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Is there a better way to handle this?

While the question was vague and weird, writing "something" on the board was certainly not the way to handle it. It is a good prank/joke with your friends but not for an interview. There could be several ways you could have handled it

1. Ask the interviewer politely, what do they want you to write?




2. Write something about the position you were being interviewed for. May be "teach" them a fundamental concept related to FinTech.




3. Write your name/education/experience on the board.

Having said this, I do think it is extremely unusual to ask a candidate to do this without giving more context on why do they want them to do this.

share

answered 3 mins ago

PagMaxPagMax

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Is there a better way to handle this?

While the question was vague and weird, writing "something" on the board was certainly not the way to handle it. It is a good prank/joke with your friends but not for an interview. There could be several ways you could have handled it

1. Ask the interviewer politely, what do they want you to write?




2. Write something about the position you were being interviewed for. May be "teach" them a fundamental concept related to FinTech.




3. Write your name/education/experience on the board.

Having said this, I do think it is extremely unusual to ask a candidate to do this without giving more context on why do they want them to do this.

share

answered 3 mins ago

PagMaxPagMax

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Don't be a smart-alec in interviews. You want to present the most professional and friendliest version of yourself.

If there's an unclear question (and if the question actually was just "write something on the board" then that's about as unclear as it gets) you should behave as you would if something unclear came up during your actual job, and ask questions of your own to clarify their expectations.

If you can't get any further details out of them then go with something neutral, such as your name.

And frankly at that point I'd mark the job as one to decline any offers from, unless there's something amazing about it, as the interviewers are the ones being rude and unprofessional.

share

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Don't be a smart-alec in interviews. You want to present the most professional and friendliest version of yourself.

If there's an unclear question (and if the question actually was just "write something on the board" then that's about as unclear as it gets) you should behave as you would if something unclear came up during your actual job, and ask questions of your own to clarify their expectations.

If you can't get any further details out of them then go with something neutral, such as your name.

And frankly at that point I'd mark the job as one to decline any offers from, unless there's something amazing about it, as the interviewers are the ones being rude and unprofessional.

share

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Don't be a smart-alec in interviews. You want to present the most professional and friendliest version of yourself.

If there's an unclear question (and if the question actually was just "write something on the board" then that's about as unclear as it gets) you should behave as you would if something unclear came up during your actual job, and ask questions of your own to clarify their expectations.

If you can't get any further details out of them then go with something neutral, such as your name.

And frankly at that point I'd mark the job as one to decline any offers from, unless there's something amazing about it, as the interviewers are the ones being rude and unprofessional.

share

answered 44 secs ago

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