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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:39 AM Original message |
Have you ever had a really bad job interview? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. I applied for a teaching position in a public school system, and |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It appears that standards have gotten very lax with spelling and grammar. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. Microsoft. End of interview, I was asked me to pick a number from 1 to 4. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Are you serious?? They did that? Oh my god! |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Unfortunately yes. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. Had a bad scholarship interview once |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. hahaha! The Cain Mutiny. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Funny thing was... |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, I applied for a teacher's aide position at a local middle school |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's fantastic! |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. I'd be up for it if she walked away |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. Oh yes, I blew it! |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. I once had an interview on skid row in Los Angeles |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Wow! Now that is fascinating. And scary... |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Yeah, it was quite the culture shock |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. I had an potential employer |
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LiberadorHugo (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Yuck. I hate that band and have never heard them in my life. |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. I've had a few I'm sad to say...and I knew right then and there |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I would just love to be a fly on the wall when she's alone. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. The past few weeks, when she's alone, |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. I interviewed for a job I was not qualified for. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah, it's that sort of arrogant stupidity in Palin that infuriates me. |
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remember2000forever (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. I once applied for a job at a local Seaquarium. The interviewer asked if I was a Team Player. |
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crazylikafox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Ok, call me stupid. But why is "team player" a code word? |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. A friend of mine is an HR guy and he says the same thing. |
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remember2000forever (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. After finally going down the road to Corporate, I have come to understand that Team Player |
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crazylikafox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. thanks |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. No. Got every job for which I've had an interview. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. I interviewed for a position as a medical illustrator once |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I lost a job interview becasue I am an Aries. The lady was an |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Egad, what a stupid thing for an interviewer to say! |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. I applied for a communications position with the state dem caucus... |
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Obamarulz11 (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. My interview with ConocoPhillips sucked complete ass |
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