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Honesty Break: (Original Post) MrScorpio Aug 2014 OP
My wisest friend just told me that daredtowork Aug 2014 #1
You made me laugh right out loud. Blasted currency addiction. nolabear Aug 2014 #2
True dat. nt 99Forever Aug 2014 #3
K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2014 #4
Exactly! love_katz Aug 2014 #5
No words... Cal Carpenter Aug 2014 #6
Having been through a couple of unfruitful bvf Aug 2014 #7
Q: "What is your greatest weakness?" lastlib Aug 2014 #8
Mine have mostly been exercises in futility. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #9
struggle for the legal tender. Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #10
Brilliant - what strip is this and who's the artist / writer? (n/t) klook Aug 2014 #11
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weiner klook Aug 2014 #15
Are interviews just to test how well u can BS? ErikJ Aug 2014 #12
I helped get a long-unemployed Aspberger friend a job with benefits Skittles Aug 2014 #14
!!! IdaBriggs Aug 2014 #16
CORRECT Skittles Aug 2014 #13
DURec leftstreet Aug 2014 #17
I LOVE IT! C Moon Aug 2014 #18
K&R deutsey Aug 2014 #19
That's hilarious! nt MADem Aug 2014 #20
So very true! hedgehog Aug 2014 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #22
My honest response to "what is your greatest weakness?": Jamaal510 Aug 2014 #23

daredtowork

(3,732 posts)
1. My wisest friend just told me that
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 09:41 PM
Aug 2014

"Job interviews are like dating" - no one says what they mean, but everyone wishes they'd just say what they mean.

love_katz

(2,580 posts)
5. Exactly!
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 10:35 PM
Aug 2014

Sigh.

My problem is that I am so tired of performing services in exchange for inadequate currency.

 

bvf

(6,604 posts)
7. Having been through a couple of unfruitful
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 11:02 PM
Aug 2014

Job interviews lately, I might just be tempted to go this route!

Thanks for the laugh!

lastlib

(23,248 posts)
8. Q: "What is your greatest weakness?"
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 11:11 PM
Aug 2014

A: (Looks furtively over both shoulders, then leans in and whispers, with hands around mouth) "Kryptonite. Don't tell anybody."

 

conservaphobe

(1,284 posts)
9. Mine have mostly been exercises in futility.
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 11:12 PM
Aug 2014

Someone usually already has a connection and they're just going through the motions before some big shot's cousin gets handed the position on a big silver nepotistic platter.

 

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
12. Are interviews just to test how well u can BS?
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 11:43 PM
Aug 2014

Being somewhat Asperger afflicted I wouldnt make it through the 1st question.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
14. I helped get a long-unemployed Aspberger friend a job with benefits
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 04:48 AM
Aug 2014

A guy was describing the job and I said he'd be a good fit but probably does not interview well.....it has been 8 months now and they are both happy

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
19. K&R
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 03:00 PM
Aug 2014

I always think of it in terms of: I spend "X" amount of my life a day in this office in exchange for numerical digits being placed in a technological abstraction called a "bank account" every two weeks.

Response to MrScorpio (Original post)

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
23. My honest response to "what is your greatest weakness?":
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 08:30 PM
Aug 2014

"Getting annoyed when people ask me dumb questions".

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