A Tale of Two Interviews

By Liz Ryan

One job candidate came off as intelligent and prepared, but the second one stunned his prospective employer (in a good way). Here's how it happened

A midlevel market researcher went to a job interview the other day and told me about it. He was struck by the first three questions. "The interviewer came out of the gate at full speed," he said. Still, he thought he did pretty well. Here's a more or less accurate transcript:

So, what are your thoughts on the market research job we're discussing?