[punchclockhero]

Interview for the last job I held (back office agent at a call center):

Foreign language test with grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension and mock customer service email sections followed by a most ordinary interview in English (some chatting to break the ice and salary discussion at the end) Very efficient process. Other similar businesses interviewed the same only with just the mock email instead of a comprehensive language test.

Last interview so far (tech support at a small VoIP software company):

Take what is colloquially referred to as the "retard test" (company is proudly unPC) which included general trivia like "First person in space" (some applicant apparently answered with Louis Armstrong), a middle school level math word problem and some brainteasers (thank you, Professor Layton) followed by some very intense technical grilling scaled to my self reported knowledge level (I admitted domestic level networking knowledge and got quizzed on the most common settings of a consumer router). That was followed by even more intense culture fit questions to find out if I can thrive in the company's peculiar environment (got referred so I knew in advance what it's like to work there, but still I found it a bit too prying) Unlike the call centers, the tech company interviewers were very distrustful and pretty much expected to not find a word of truth on my resume.