What was your most embarrassing moment in an interview?

[Trader071]

If you ever had one.

 

[T771]

I was doing a mental calculation (something simple like 210 * 700) and left off a zero when I said the answer.

 

[Tebbit1]

I was doing a mental calculation (something simple like 210 * 700) and left off a zero when I said the answer.

Epic fail

 

[finbyme1]

Just drying up completely. It only happened once thank goodness. From the looks on their faces, the interviewers seemed to be finding it even more painful than I did.
If I ever felt that situation happening again, I would slow my breathing - as when you do that the whole body relaxes and you can think clearly again.
Tip: on the pause between the out breath and the in breath it's impossible to think of something unpleasant, so just for a moment go into that space and "reset" yourself.

 

[ilovefrankee1]

(First post).

First round interview with an industry coverage team at a London bulge bracket - I was left completely stumped by a (relatively) simple brain teaser.

The question was as follows: "You are at a networking event with 500 other investors. What is the probability of you sharing a birthday with a minimum of one other attendee?".

Needless to say I spent about five minutes talking aloud to arrive at the answer (hint, it's 100%).

 

[Trigger1]

(First post).

First round interview with an industry coverage team at a London bulge bracket - I was left completely stumped by a (relatively) simple brain teaser.

The question was as follows: "You are at a networking event with 500 other investors. What is the probability of you sharing a birthday with a minimum of one other attendee?".

Needless to say I spent about five minutes talking aloud to arrive at the answer (hint, it's 100%).

Yeah that's an easy one. Probability of meeting with someone who shares your birthday is 1/365. Given its 500 people at the event it's definitely going to happen. Am I correct?

 

[ilovefrankee1]

Yeah that's an easy one. Probability of meeting with someone who shares your birthday is 1/365. Given its 500 people at the event it's definitely going to happen. Am I correct?

Maybe easy for you!

That's correct - once the sample size is above 365 (365.25 including leap years?), the probability approaches 100%.

 

[HEX1]

I once greeted Royal Bank of Canada as Royal Bank of Scotland in an email.

 

[AwareDari1]

Just drying up completely. It only happened once thank goodness. From the looks on their faces, the interviewers seemed to be finding it even more painful than I did.
If I ever felt that situation happening again, I would slow my breathing - as when you do that the whole body relaxes and you can think clearly again.
Tip: on the pause between the out breath and the in breath it's impossible to think of something unpleasant, so just for a moment go into that space and "reset" yourself.

When the cringe is too hard.