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Title: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: TheClash603 on March 31, 2010, 11:24:41 AM
I had an interview today, and as the subject says, it sucked.  It is crappy to be in a position of weakness, knowing the interviewers are just snickering at your discomfort when you leave...

No wonder people try become lifers are jobs they hate.  The only thing worse than a shitty job, is a shitty job interview!
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: RoyVegas on March 31, 2010, 11:28:26 AM
Well if you wore that Superman suit in your avatar no wonder they snickered.   :lol:  On a serious note, all job interviews are uncomfortable.  Both for you and the interviewer.  The best thing is you can do is say something funny to loosen things up.  If you can make them laugh, it loosens them up and sets you apart from every other stiff that walked in the door that day.
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: sunteam_paul on March 31, 2010, 11:31:47 AM
If you go into the interview nude then you get all the discomfort over with in the first five minutes, leaving the rest of the interview with a more relaxed feeling.
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: ceti alpha on March 31, 2010, 11:37:58 AM
I go into interviews with the idea that I'm also interviewing the interviewer. That way I don't feel so helpless and vulnerable.
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: TheClash603 on March 31, 2010, 12:19:25 PM
Well, I will have to see if I get a response...  now I have the excruciating waiting period.  Blah.

Who wants to be a financial analyst anyway?
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: RoyVegas on March 31, 2010, 12:24:21 PM
Who wants to be a financial analyst anyway?

Anyone that makes less money than a financial analyst. :P
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: ceti alpha on March 31, 2010, 12:41:25 PM
Who wants to be a financial analyst anyway?

I'm guessing that, and other career choices, were dancing through Nicholas Cage's head as he was trying on that Superman outfit.
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: Sparky on March 31, 2010, 01:32:39 PM
Well if you wore that Superman suit in your avatar no wonder they snickered.   :lol:  On a serious note, all job interviews are uncomfortable.  Both for you and the interviewer.  The best thing is you can do is say something funny to loosen things up.  If you can make them laugh, it loosens them up and sets you apart from every other stiff that walked in the door that day.

or tell her if she is hot that she has great ass? :P
but ya i think i found something i agree with Roy on... humor does help in times or dread!!! :)
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: turbogrfxfan on March 31, 2010, 01:47:51 PM
Ug Ive been in the same situation now for six months and it really bites.  To top it off my insurance runs out this week.  I have another interview tomorrow and I hope for the best.  I do think it does help to laugh and break the ice w a joke.  Treat them as anyone else
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: RoyVegas on March 31, 2010, 02:57:04 PM
or tell her if she is hot that she has great ass? :P

Damnit Sparky, were you not listening in shoutbox when I was teaching?  Telling a chick she has a great ass is only good for places like the super market.  Times like this would require a more gentile approach.  If the interviewer was a woman he could maybe give her a "wow, thats a nice rack!" or if its a guy he could go with "is that a banana in your pocket?"
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: Vecanti on March 31, 2010, 03:13:26 PM
Treat them as anyone else.

I usually go in there and sit down.  Then right away a lift to one side of the chair and fart.   Then I belch a little as I pat my stomach. "Chocolate Fish taco isn't sitting to well.  Anyway, where were we?"

Let's them know you are really comfortable in tough situations. 

Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: TheClash603 on March 31, 2010, 04:20:41 PM
Well good luck to you turbogrfxfan, let me know how it goes.

I am sending out a thank you letter tomorrow.  Both interviewers were men, so I suppose I will put compliment their penises, per Roy's advice.
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: esteban on March 31, 2010, 05:37:12 PM
Good luck, Clash :)

Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: RoyVegas on March 31, 2010, 06:37:35 PM
Both interviewers were men, so I suppose I will put compliment their penises, per Roy's advice.

Excellent choice!  I look forward to hearing what the results are.  My thoughts are that you will either end up with a job and a new boyfriend or you'll continue to be jobless...   :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: Arkhan on March 31, 2010, 07:32:42 PM
or hell just end up with a sore ass and no job.
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: Necromancer on April 01, 2010, 02:48:24 AM
Good luck with the job hunt.  Were you asked any of the really inane interview questions, such as - if you were a can of soup, what kind would you be?  Those'll make you wonder if you really want to work for such a dim bulb organization, or would you be better off staying unemployed.

or hell just end up with a sore ass and no job.

The voice of experience?
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: ceti alpha on April 01, 2010, 03:12:27 AM
1.
Good luck with the job hunt.  Were you asked any of the really inane interview questions, such as - if you were a can of soup, what kind would you be?  Those'll make you wonder if you really want to work for such a dim bulb organization, or would you be better off staying unemployed.

2.
or hell just end up with a sore ass and no job.

The voice of experience?

1.  :lol: So true. And if they follow up with the classic "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?".  ](*,) Answer: "Obviously not here."

2.  :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Job Interviews Suck
Post by: TheClash603 on April 01, 2010, 10:53:46 AM
It was actually pretty straight forward, all business, no play.

I had some interviews in the past that inquired such things as "do you like reality tv" and "how many marbles would it take to fill this room."