Ack! First job interview in 13 years!

[Dookus]

In two hours.

Ack! Ack! Ack!

[Bluzmann57]

1. Good luck!

Hope your interview goes well and you get the job.

[wysimdnwyg]

2. Make sure...

to zip up your fly.

:evilgrin:

[Dookus]

4. fly?

does that mean I should wear pants? It's been so long....


Ack! Ack! Ack!

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. just b e cool man!

Job interviews haven't changed in 13 years :)

[livetohike]

5. Good Luck

Don't forget to smile :-).

[southpaw]

6. Don't forget...

BE YOURSELF!

Put your best foot forward, of course, but above all, don't put on a front!

This from a guy who blew 4 job interviews before saying "to hell with it, I'm just gonna be me."

The next one was a score!

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[Dookus]

9. heheh

PPPHHHHTTTT!!!

On edit: I just saw who it was. i retract the PPHHHHHTTTT and replace it with a big wet sloppy **** ME!

[liberalnurse]

13. It pleases me to see you being your self.

Especially before the interview.

[Dookus]

21. I was myself

and it went really well. Cuz I'm a nice guy.

You, on the other hand....

[liberalnurse]

33. I'm glad I could be of assistance.

Leading you on the path and all. Tell me, was the interview with a Dean supporter?

[Dookus]

37. shouldn't you be stealing gold fillings

or withholding pain meds or something?

[Rainbowreflect]

7. Go in with the attitude that if it's the right job for you it will happen.

And yes be yourself.

[LuLu550]

10. I've just come from two days of interviewing people

for a job opening here.
Smile, repeat people's names when they are introduced and try to say something nice. Know something about the place you are going to. Prepare questions to ask them at the end that show you have done your homework. Send a thank-you note or e-mail after the interview.

Don't :puke: on them.

Oh, yeah, don't babble on and on...don't talk too loudly for the room you are in.

I'm serious, you couldn't be talking to a better person...we've interviewed 13 people over two 9 hour days. I know what was turning us off by the second half of the first day!

[legin]

11. Q: 'Tell me about yourself'

Get the first couple of sentences prepared then it will flow.

i.e. you won't do the breathing fish impersonation like I did in a practice session a while ago.

They are going to ask you that question, probably at the beginning, I hate this question.

[Nikia]

14. Also "What is your biggest weakness?"

I had it even tougher at a previous job interview where they asked what my current superviser would consider three of my biggest weaknesses. I think that I failed because I could only come up with two that I was willing to say and talk about.

[LuLu550]

15. say "I care too much"

hahaha

[flaminbats]

19. this is too easy...

I hog all the work
I work too well with others
I'm always looking for more to do

[Tinoire]

22. Haha! The perfect answer for that trap

(think... think...) "I tend to be a workaholic because I get so passionate about what I'm doing & have to pay special attention to maintaining a healthy work/life balance."

Works everytime.

[Dookus]

23. heheh

Luckily, I didn't get any of those questions.

As fate would have it, the guy in charge of the group is somebody I worked with 13 years ago. He was there, and kept talking about how good I was then. That was a nice surprise.

[Tinoire]

24. Good~! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

Are you coming to the march on the 20th? (No news on that other thing I had talked to you about but that's our group ;) ) If you come to the march, we'll have a blast. We usually go out for long drinks and talks afterwards.

[Dookus]

thanks!

PM me the details on the March... I'll should be free!

[Tinoire]

28. I sure will!

You should also check in on this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=106&topic_id=5642 so that Proud Patriot (our designated organizer :eveilgrin: knows you're coming).

We really look forward to meeting you!

[JanMichael]

26. Beer and Roulette. Next question!

It's amazing that I'm gainfully employed...

[flaminbats]

12. Man I know the feeling...

the hardest parts for me are never the questions, never the "what would you do here? Are you confident about this?"

The hardest parts to be prepared for are what they spring on you, timed typing tests, handwriting tests, testing your ability to quickly and neatly fill-out a balance sheet, or your ability to design a webpage within a limited period of time.

Pass it and you're the one who gets the job, flunk it for whatever reason and NEXT!!!:cry:

[legin]

17. Mmmmm ... the meanie ones

One of what you might call my employment tutors, when he was employing a secratary at a place that he worked at, when he was interviewing he would have someone call through to the telephone at the desk he was sitting at. He would let it ring. The interviewee who reached over the desk, picked up the phone, and said "Mr xxx is involved in a meeting at the moment, can I take a message", got the job.

Dubious.

[mitchum]

16. Good Luck!

:)

[LuLu550]

18. Dookus, are you still here?

or have we driven you away with all our "advice."

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[Squeegee]

25. Get a HAIRCUT!

Unfortunately, I already know you didn't. :spank:

[Dookus]

27. hey!

I wore pants! What more do you want?!

[KG]

29. stupid question at my last interview 'what kind of person are you?'

:wtf:

[Dookus]

30. LOL

I don't know HOW I'd answer that one!

[KG]

31. well, i managed not to say 'what kind of stupid question is that?'

they were a couple of dicks anyway.

[Dookus]

32. heheh

Yer a better man than I am.

[mvd]

34. Good luck

I say that assuming you aren't in the acting business. :-)

[Dookus]

35. thank you mvd....

and no, I'm not in the acting biz, but it looks like an attractive career choice now. Tech is dead.

[mvd]

36. You're very welcome

:hi: