Red Flags on interview today.....need advice!

[FarNorthDallas]

I'm going to take a different point of view and say maybe he was irritated by the "my weakness is perfectionism" answer, which is not a good answer. It sounds like you've read one too many How To articles about interviewing. It's a canned response. Interviewers are tired of it.

Answering The "What Are Your Weaknesses?" Interview Question (http://ezinearticles.com/?Answering-The-What-Are-Your-Weaknesses?-Interview-Question&id=29940 - broken link)
10 Sticky Job Interview Situations and How to Handle Them
How to respond to the weakness question in an interview

[R.J. MacReady]

Originally Posted by FarNorthDallas

I'm going to take a different point of view and say maybe he was irritated by the "my weakness is perfectionism" answer, which is not a good answer. It sounds like you've read one too many How To articles about interviewing. It's a canned response. Interviewers are tired of it.

Answering The "What Are Your Weaknesses?" Interview Question (http://ezinearticles.com/?Answering-The-What-Are-Your-Weaknesses?-Interview-Question&id=29940 - broken link)
10 Sticky Job Interview Situations and How to Handle Them
How to respond to the weakness question in an interview

It may sound cliche but it's true in my case (and my response is in line with what the first link suggested with saying as I expended quite a bit on it instead of giving a short answer). Perhaps interviewers need to come up with more creative questions than using this tired old standard. Plus he appeared irritated at the start of the interview before I uttered one word. No biggie though, I'm not accepting the job if it is offered.

[YaFace]

The question is bull***** anyways, so why should they not expect a bull***** answer. That is like asking "tell me why you don't want this job." "Or if you were a child molester...what would you do?" Stick to normal positive questions interviewers!

[Sandhillian]

If it wasn't a stress interview technique he may have had a different candidate in mind. I agree that the perfectionist answer can sometimes rub the interviewer the wrong way though.

[R.J. MacReady]

Originally Posted by Sandhillian

If it wasn't a stress interview technique he may have had a different candidate in mind. I agree that the perfectionist answer can sometimes rub the interviewer the wrong way though.

I can somewhat understand the frustration perhaps in getting a "same" answer to a question. However, perharps if they don't want these 'bland' type of answers perhaps they shouldn't ask the same old tired bland questions. Plus if he didn't like the answer, it gives him no right to act like a jackass during the interview. That spells out unprofessional to the highest degree. I'm interviewing him as well and he's losing a good hard working candidate with a strong work history/strong references because of his inane behavior.