I’ve been looking to staff up my department, and have budget to add 3 new hires this year. I’ve gone through the resumes, found a handful of good candidates, and I’m ready to start interviewing.

But of course, HR gets unnecessarily involved. All interviews have a required checklist of questions that interviewers need to ask during the interview.

And they are the dumbest, most lazy questions to ask. They are also the most generic questions ever.

They are the, “tell me your biggest strength”, “where do you see yourself in 5 years”, “how do you deal with challenges in the workplace”. etc.

Mind you, I’m interviewing for a specialized/technical position. These generic question tell me *nothing* about your technical knowledge or experience. It’s literally a box-checking excercise for HR so they can standardize the interview format.