Interviews....

That's funny. My dad is currently "trying out" for a promotion. He gets 6 months and so do 3 other people, and then there will be a LONG review, so during the review they will be leaving the position empty since they wont have promoted anybody and you can't pick one to fill in and not the other three cause then it's "biased"....

I take it it was a union or government job? Their application/interview processes are re-goddamn-diculous...

 

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No it was a now defunct ISP

But yeah, I've done the gov job trying out thing, ridiculous

 

I haven't been on a job interview in, oh geez, 12 years? But I definitely remember being nervous as heck. The last time I applied for two different health care centers (one was a dialysis center and the other was a family physicians' office), I got called back for both jobs. Pretty cool.

Course, I'll admit it, when it comes to health care jobs, I do a little name dropping. If a health care facility is familiar with who my mother is (she's a kick-ass nurse who has a fantastic reputation in her work field!) I'll casually mention her. Then it's like, ohhh, you're so-and-so's daughter? Boom, I'm in there.

They figure if I'm anything like my mother that I'll be a good catch. I didn't prove them wrong either. I was really good at my job when I worked. The patients loved me, the doctors trusted and respected me, I enjoyed what I did, and I did it well. Sometimes I miss it. But, family comes first. I'll have plenty of time to go back to that when the kids are older, that is, if I'm not running a bakery by then.

 

ive got one today. im usually good because ive got tons of volunteer experience on my resume and awesome references and i show leadership skills in all my jobs where i start at the bottom and work my way up. i could probably act like a bumbling idiot and still get the jobs i apply for

 

well, when i was running a store i guess it was probably insubordination, although it wasn't really a huge problem. but with the new hires, it just seemed like everyone i hired had an IQ of 60 and was just incapable of learning the job...

but, i'm working somewhere else now where i don't deal with the interviews, so it doesn't really matter anyway at the moment. thanks though, if it comes up again in the future i'll definitely keep you in mind.

 

I am quiet and nervous I don't like being put on the spot

 

It's just a conversation.

 

I had the most god awful interview the other day. A girl called on Tuesday night to invite me to an interview on Thursday morning and I had little time to prepare on the Wednesday. I did though and I was confident. I turned up to the interview and there were other girls who had known about it from a week before and hadn't prepared at all. Bear in mind I was really sick and had taken pain killers so I didn't have to think about the pain. But the interview was odd, it was a half-day long showcase of my talents in both sales and as a makeup artist. The first hour was fine, until I had to work on a model and it was hard with my shaky hands not to stab the girl in the eye when doing her makeup. I had no control and felt rough as hell. I had to excuse myself. Luckily they were understanding and are expecting me to re-apply. But jeeez, that was a super sucky interview.

 

i only suck at interviews here cuz I have to speak french and i'm not all that confident in french...unless i'm drunk, then it's easy...my interview for my currant job was them asking me to work since they were desperate for workers and my dad knew the boss, so no real interview, phew!!