Watch Out! 10 Interview Questions Designed to Trick You carefully outlines the most important features a company looks for when hiring employees. Coming from forbes.com, this article is reliable and business oriented. It is very informative in an easy-to-read format, but at a few points skirts the line of being a tad bit dishonest. This article is timely as it highlights means of getting ahead in a time of job crises. Meaning to help those applying for jobs, this article attempts to give good interviewees another tool to use when applying. They need not be tripped up by many of the common, uncommon questions.
The main rhetorical element found in this article was the structure. It provided for quick and to-the-point reading quality. Someone looking at this article could focus on the points they needed to know. Also, this format draws readers in because it is more visually appealing than a straight block of text.
It is when one begins to read the article that it becomes slightly less appealing. Though never outright promoting deceit, the article promotes this mind-set in some ways. It states that when asked about previous problems with bosses, one should, "Develop a poor memory for past irritations..." While this may seem innocent, parts of the article written such as this it struck me the wrong way as a reader. It certainty made the article lose credibility in my eyes.
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