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I personally really hate interviews cuz I've never had one ever where the hiring crew seemed serious to me. Or it could be I'm just good enough for simple office clerk type jobs. |
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03-22-2017, 03:25 PM | #29528 | |
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When I say "stressful" I don't mean they are screaming at you or poking you with sharp sticks but simply not making you feel real comfortable. One of those tricks can indeed be not seeming to pay attention and writing stuff down. A few years back I interviewed for an OSHA Inspector position. It was a behavioral interview and I found it hilarious. Since I had been using the same methods for years I knew exactly what they were looking for and totally played them. I was one of 50 people out of 5,000+ applicant to get offered the job and I ended up turning it down because it was a 30% pay cut from what I was making in automotive.
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Exactly, and pretty much what I told them.
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I would hope it was an agency doing the prescreening. If it was the actual employer and they went through enough people to warrant an automated system then you probably didn't want to work there anyway.
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Nope, it was the employer, and not a large one. I have found that smaller employers do sometimes have some of the quirkier ideas about what a good hiring practice is.
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Maybe it was meant to test your quick thinking skills, not sure, but this was for a Sr level position so applicants would typically have way more than 2 minutes worth of information to provide. Made me wish I was the FedEx Guy so I could answer by reading my resume in two minutes.
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Had it been the Mom that was buck naked, I might have hired him...
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I can see an automated system that asks you to explain your past work history and such but when getting into those questions then it is worse than useless.
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Noodle boy is back lol.
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Parole again? Don't make them send you back this time.
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I won't I'll stop humping poles then
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Yea, you could re-record once. Like I said it was the most bizarre thing I experienced in a job interview. I didn't have the interest in finding out why they thought it was a good idea. It was enough for me to know I didn't want to work there.
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Ya I would have walked away as well. That is one weird set up and things probably got worse from there.
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