California Casualty Interview Questions & Reviews

Interviewed Jan 2012 in Glendale, AZ (took a day)

They use the STAR method of behavioral outcome prediction in their interviews. It's ridiculous in my opinion- not because it isn't valid to determine how a person handles situations, but because they want specific details about specific incidents or problems at a former job. Do they really want to hire people who remember every last little bit of minutiae about some negative experience three years ago? I thought we are supposed to learn from our mistakes and then move on instead of hanging onto it. The interviewer, one A***** B****, kept pressing for specific information on specific incidents. I don't think that the HR people at companies like this have any understanding of psychology or the dynamics of work at all, they are all reading from a script provided by a consulting firm. The interview was so horrid, I likened it to getting a colonoscopy from the Roto Rooter man. If you want to interview successfully, prepare by downloading a guide to STAR interviewing, writing up the scenarios you want to use for each question, and study and rehearse. They don't want talent, they want good actors.