Neither of them did a good job at communicating. There are a couple of different ways to do a job. You can do everything you’re technically «supposed to do» perfectly, and be the best at your role and nothing more. You can branch out into different departments and try new things to strengthen your department …
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Job interviewer lies that his current salary is $15K more than it is, gets the job, and earns $20K more than he made at his old job: ‘They will lie to you to pay you less whenever possible.’
He’s gaming the system, and he’ll be better off for it. How many of you were told that if you worked hard and were loyal to a company for many years, you would reap significant financial benefits? If your parents or grandparents worked for a company that gave out large pensions upon retirement or had …
Seguir leyendo Job interviewer lies that his current salary is $15K more than it is, gets the job, and earns $20K more than he made at his old job: ‘They will lie to you to pay you less whenever possible.’
Job interviewer tells job interviewee to shut up after he spent 5 minutes explaining his background and interrupted the interviewer 7 times: ‘John, you really have to shut up and listen.’
In this situation, he really needed to be told to shut up. Unfortunately, we aren’t really taught how to interview for jobs in school. There are a lot of things that you’d think would be common sense not to do in job interviews, but people make the same mistakes over and over again. One of …
Seguir leyendo Job interviewer tells job interviewee to shut up after he spent 5 minutes explaining his background and interrupted the interviewer 7 times: ‘John, you really have to shut up and listen.’
Employer schedules interview at 7 AM and keeps candidates waiting for 8+ hours, to see how they respond: ‘It was a test of desperation’
There are a few rules you simply must follow when you’re looking for a new job. Sure, it might come down to your resume, your connections, and the timing, but there are a few rules of politeness that will get you everywhere. Being on time is one of them. Especially in the early stages of …
Seguir leyendo Employer schedules interview at 7 AM and keeps candidates waiting for 8+ hours, to see how they respond: ‘It was a test of desperation’
HR boss rejects one candidate for being 2 minutes early to the interview instead of 5 minutes, rejects another for wearing brown shoes with a black belt: ‘These people had better qualifications than our current team.’
Job interviews are a lot like dates…a lot of times, people are actively looking for a reason to reject someone instead of looking for reasons to stick with them. For dating, a lot of this comes down to that initial feeling of attraction. If you don’t feel attracted to someone in the first moments of …
Seguir leyendo HR boss rejects one candidate for being 2 minutes early to the interview instead of 5 minutes, rejects another for wearing brown shoes with a black belt: ‘These people had better qualifications than our current team.’
Job interviewer asks job candidate his favorite drink, candidate says ‘water’ and refuses to elaborate: ‘C’mon, you can do better than that’
Everybody knows that job interviews are not merely about whether you’re qualified to do a job. If that was the case, companies could just hire people based on a written test and their resume. Job interviews serve the very specific function of determining whether someone would be pleasant to be around for 8 hours a …
Seguir leyendo Job interviewer asks job candidate his favorite drink, candidate says ‘water’ and refuses to elaborate: ‘C’mon, you can do better than that’
There Are Too Many ‘Man-On-the-Street’ Interviewers On Social Media and They’re Only Getting Worse
You’re walking down the street and enjoying your day. You have your headphones on and you’re running late to work. Out of nowhere, someone stops you. You don’t have time to sign a petition or pledge money to Greenpeace, but what’s this? They’re using a lav mic and someone is holding an iPhone nearby. Oh …
Seguir leyendo There Are Too Many ‘Man-On-the-Street’ Interviewers On Social Media and They’re Only Getting Worse
22-year-old college student interviews sister-in-law about giving baby up for adoption at 20, gets angry when she says she doesn’t regret it: ‘This was the only good decision for him’
Deciding to give a baby up for adoption isn’t often a choice that an expecting mom makes easily. Even if she doesn’t want a child or does not feel like she is in the right position to be a mom, it is still a hugely difficult process to go through an entire pregnancy and birth …
Seguir leyendo 22-year-old college student interviews sister-in-law about giving baby up for adoption at 20, gets angry when she says she doesn’t regret it: ‘This was the only good decision for him’
‘The front desk clerk looked horrified and apologized’: Woman drives 30 minutes to job interview at hotel chain, is sent away before the interview starts
Interviewing for a job is one of the most nerve-racking experiences we all must go through. Having to sell yourself to a stranger on the spot is not something that most of us are comfortable with. You come with your talking points, ready to run through your work history and share your skills, and you …
Seguir leyendo ‘The front desk clerk looked horrified and apologized’: Woman drives 30 minutes to job interview at hotel chain, is sent away before the interview starts
New hire shows up to his first day at the office, only one employee notices he’s not the person they interviewed : ‘No one else seems to notice that it’s a completely different guy’
Interviewing is so different when it’s done over Zoom. As an interviewee, you can have a Google Doc open with all of your stock interview answers (and the answers specific to this job) written down so you can read them right off the page. It will be obvious you’re doing this if you’re an amateur, …
Seguir leyendo New hire shows up to his first day at the office, only one employee notices he’s not the person they interviewed : ‘No one else seems to notice that it’s a completely different guy’