[Toilet & Bowels]

I've got one later, it's been a few years since the last. Anyone got any interview tips or techniques they'd like to share?

[dead_battery]

debase yourself to the psychosis of late capitalist ideology

[Gulasch Noir]

Among other things, remain honest and be prepared for the question regarding your future aims (jobwise)

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by Gulasch Noir

Among other things, remain honest and be prepared for the question regarding your future aims (jobwise)

 

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by dead_battery

debase yourself to the psychosis of late capitalist ideology

 

And i thought i was trapped in the 90z

[!@#$%!]

remember that you're interviewing them as much as they're interviewing you-- to see if it's a good match. what's the company's culture, what benefits they offer, their various policies, opportunities for advancement/development, etc. figure out if this is a place where you'd like to spend a third of your life in the coming years.

gather up knowledge about the business beforehand, which not only demonstrates your interest but lets you ask better questions too.

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eta

i did a little search and this turned up quickly-- looks like very reasonable advice

http://career-advice.monster.com/job...q/article.aspx

[Nefeli]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

I've got one later, it's been a few years since the last. Anyone got any interview tips or techniques they'd like to share?

if you wanna take the job, lie.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

I say go full punk rock and go wasted.

 

WWBD?

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by Nefeli

if you wanna take the job, lie.

Have you done that?

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Nefeli

if you wanna take the job, lie.

ha ha ha ha!

it's true that can work, but only in the short time-- soon after you're stuck in a bad situation with a job that sucks in a company you hate.

e.g. once i was desperate for a job and a friend lied for me to get me a job as a waiter. i played along. here's what happened:

1) my temperament is the wrong one for the job. i'm an introvert and not a faker. when i dislike people i frown at them. and running around all the time made me sweat. who the fuck likes a sweaty waiter. i don't. i sucked. would have made a better kitchen worker.

2) the restaurant sucked too and i hated it. the first day i was there i ate the "pesto" and when asked how it was i said how much i disliked heated up pesto (doh!). i may have been right but the cook got a boner for me as a result. bad move. the way i hated the menu made me a poor salesman at the table. (e.g, the pasta was precooked and people asked for "al dente" and i'd be at a loss to explain)

3) i never made enough money from tips, i was stressed out at work all day, and i got fired a couple of months later after knocking a bitch coworker to the ground (he was trying to punk me and coughed in my face on purpose and i let him have it)

much better to find a good fit from the start. doing a job just for the money is depressing.

[Bytor Peltor]

How long has your most tenured employee been here?

What is the turnover rate?

As the employer, what would say the employees hate most about this job?

Pimp yourself......

[gmku]

I'm 60, I've been through at least a dozen job interviews in my lifetime, I still interview for prospective jobs, and I still can't get used to them. It's a wonder I'm even reasonably gainfully employed. They unnerve me. I can be prepared as all get out and somehow I still don't get it right.

This morning, in fact, was the most recent example. I prepared for all the wrong kinds of questions. As they read me their list of questions, I thought, yeah, that makes sense. They basically related them directly to the job description.

So my tip is to read the job description very carefully and see if you can come up with 6 questions based just on the description. Come up with full but concise answers to those questions. Rehearse them a little but no so much that you sound scripted.

If they throw questions at you that you don't expect, and it's likely they will, the best thing is to keep your cool, take a deep breath, think, and then answer as best you can.

[Nefeli]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

Have you done that?

i ve been doing quite the opposite.

but the way i see things, for what they are that is, the truth coming out of my mouth wont help me get a job. i think. so the other job i applied recently - which is my field's dream job actully and i have been interviewed there before in a previous competition, and spoke too much the truth and i fucked it up, i would be in like 10 persons only got in and i didnt because of that interview, but on purpose that time, thought that i might have to lie if they call me there. or you know, just dont speak my mind that much.

i ve always said to people be yourself etc in interviews, but now if i be myself, i would say stuff no employer would like to hear.

and as things are nowadays, we dont have a choice. we cant choose between jobs. we get what ever is given to us and we lick the dirt of the nails of the ones who offers us the job.



so do you want that job?
is it smth you might like. of course dont lie.. if its smth you want, you dont have to lie. show more interest perhaps and be enough prepared that would help too.
and i wish you all the best with that!

[Rob Instigator]

I work in Recruitment, hiring Librarians for the Library I work at.

Here is a list of things that the search committees find impressive.

1. detailed familiarity with the Job being applied to. do your research, but make sure to ask specific questions about what your duties will be, and what is expected from the position

2. ENTHUSIASM. The honest desire to do a good job is infectious, and employers love this. You can teach the details of a job but not the enthusiasm to do the job well.

3. Dress WELL. That means, dress as nice as you possibly can, and be as groomed as you possibly can be. Even if you are applying for a position where you would dress casually, wear a suit, or at least, a nice shirt, tie and slacks. How you present yourself can keep you from being booted based on first impressions.

4. when asked questions, such as "Please describe a time when you supervised staff." or "How do you handle disagreements at work?" Take a second, THINK, breathe, and then give a concise answer. Try to imagine beforehand what kind of questions you will be asked and have a few ideas for answers prepped in your head.

5. Be attentive, focus, and LISTEN. Nothing worse than someone who acts like the interviewer's questions and comments are "bothering" them, or who seems unfocused.

[Toilet & Bowels]

Thanks everyone, your advices were good. I'll find out if I get a second round interview later this week.

[Nefeli]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

3. Dress WELL. That means, dress as nice as you possibly can, and be as groomed as you possibly can be. Even if you are applying for a position where you would dress casually, wear a suit, or at least, a nice shirt, tie and slacks. How you present yourself can keep you from being booted based on first impressions.

of course i agree, but this has always baffled me.
you know if its pretending. but sure you have to be presentable.

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

to do a good job

heh this is where i fucked it up the most.
said at one point: i want to have a good life and corrected it..sorry i meant to do a good job. lol

[A Thousand Threads]

i always do really bad at questions like:
what are your strengths and what your weaknesses?
where do you see yourself 5 years ahead?

never chew gum or mints, they'll think your an alcoholic or bad smoker.

and yes, as said before, showing enthusiasm is most important.
it's hard to fake enthusiasm.

[Nefeli]

Originally Posted by A Thousand Threads

what are your strengths and what your weaknesses?

strength (for employer's benefit): very moral person
weakness (not for employer's benefit): dont want to be here

Originally Posted by A Thousand Threads

where do you see yourself 5 years ahead?

ok seriously i hate this question.. even after painting. i still do.
i would reply: anywhere but in a hospital.



gums: have a whole package and whenever you hear something assholish, stick on at the interviewer's desk.

best question: are you/will you get married- do you/will you have children.
no i ll be forever alone and fuck you.

[Rob Instigator]

Originally Posted by Nefeli

of course i agree, but this has always baffled me.
you know if its pretending. but sure you have to be presentable.

It is about showing respect to those that are interviewing you and to the "occasion" itself. Dressing your best shows that you are taking shit SERIOUS.

[!@#$%!]

^^ rob knows his stuff!!

back in my grad school days (lol, i used to be smart) i was in a handful of search committees, plus i hired some people directly.

i can easily overlook a loud tie as long as the person tried, but attitude is #1.

once we were interviewing for a dean job and there were 2 finalists. one was pretty deadpan and a little cynical and promised the daily grind. the other was inspiring about where he wasnted to take things. #2 got the job. after things unfolder later maybe it would have been better for the grim workaday cynic to have had the post, but interviewing is SALES.

when i had to hire an assistant, there was one who hwas supersmart & very well put together but struck me as ultimately too self-involved, "what's in it for me" and she sort of took for granted the job would be hers. i went instead for the one with filflops and less self-confidence but who was more, well, how can i put this, wiilling to take orders. every job has different needs and matching them to a person's abilities is a little like an RPG-- different skills get different jobs done.

for my business i've hired contractors and it's the same thing.

one time i had 2 candidates for a job. one was great had all the qualifications and training but interviewed basically saying that he didn't really want the job or something. fuck! another was good just not as great but was supernice and likeable. guess who we hired. the guy who gave the bad interview wrote back later saying that he was sorry that he really wanted the job but i said damn dude the job was yours if you had only asked for it but we already gave it to someone else. the one we hired actually worked out great & later became a friend.