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- captinherb, on 10/11/2007, -2/+71Feel free to ask: "Wow, you're exotic looking, was your dad a G.I.?"
- silverchrysalis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27"You don't have any allergies that would prevent you from putting that slice of cheese on that sesame seed bun?"
- RDHerm, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1811) Asking generic, stupid questions.
Where do you see yourself in five years? What would you say is your greatest weakness? etc. I'm fairly certain that no one has ever give an honest answer to those questions in the history of those questions being asked. - cr4ft, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14Yeah, I know what you're saying dude.
It's like those people who refer to themselves as "IT Pro's" and feel the need to point out all their accomplishments and years of experience.
You know the kind of idiots I'm talking about? - phunlee, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10you spelled "losers" wrong and used "off" incorrectly.
That's gotta sting, too, huh? - Godlesswanderer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Simple, just reverse the points.
"1. You Talk Too Much" becomes "1. You Don't Talk Enough"
And so on. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7What about losers that never bothered to learn how to spell?
- KidVicious, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Look, I already told you; I deal with the God damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills! I am good at dealing with people, can't you understand that?! What the hell is wrong with you people?!?!
*fixed it for you - Elliuotatar, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5When I first got started in the industry, I applied for a job as an artist at a game developer in Boston whose name I don't recall, and when I called them to do the interview, they sounded hostile and the first question out of their mouth was "Do you use pirated software?". This got me flustered, as I'd never had an interview start off THAT way before, and I told them I didn't and they called me a liar and said they didn't think I was right for their company and that was the end of the interview.
- cr4ft, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6It'd be nice if they produced a list next to it for the candidate as well.
The biggest mistake candidates do is talk too much about themselves and how they'll benefit instead of the company they're working for.
For example, you'll run into people who say things like:
"I think if I got the job at your company I'd not only get the experience I need but the benefits I receive will advance my career."
The employer doesn't give a ***** about how the job will help YOU, they want to hear about how it'll help them, so you _should_ say something like:
"The experience I'll bring to your company and your organization will not only help you make money, I'll also help arouse enthusiasm in all the projects that you'll require me and my fellow co-workers to do."
I can write much more on this, but you get the people. Just remember, contrary to popular belief, the interview is never really about YOU. - Phatrician, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Wow. You can't spell, and you're HUMBLE too? What a catch you must be.
- aboyd, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Your response is amusing, but the OP does have a point that he's trying to make. He wants to show that certs are not the only way a person can be qualified. Yet there are many who think that's the only way.
I recently interviewed for a job at a big Internet company. I met 5 members of the team, and sailed through short interviews with each. Then I met the VP. He took something I was very proud of, and trashed it. I told him that about 3 years ago I had used my life savings to fund my own startup. Although the startup is now sorta hibernating, I still feel it speaks volumes about me -- I am a self-starter, I am willing to take risks, I have learned a huge amount outside of the Web itself (such as financing, marketing, managing clients, and so on). I felt it gave me good perspective that would be valuable to a company. However, he cut me off before I could even start. He said, "Wait, you had a pile of money and free time? Why didn't you GO BACK TO SCHOOL?" I was taken aback, as it was my time & money. He was insistent. "You could have earned multiple certifications! Why did you fail to do that? Don't you have any interest in learning?" At that point, I was pretty much done with the interview. It was stunning. He honestly could not imagine why anyone with cash would ever do anything EXCEPT buy some certs. To him, the challenge I took upon myself (starting up my own company) was utterly inane. He couldn't imagine ever doing it. So, I couldn't imagine ever working for him. - dave2112, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Great.... I actually have to interview someone for a job in my department tomorrow. I might have to rethink my whole strategy.
- MasterThief117, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Dammit, you are supposed to hide articles like these, until most of us diggers can get good jobs.
- Rikkochet, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Don't apologize. That is not the way of the internet. You must retort with snarky comments directly attacking those who made snarky comments.
- eric0213, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Or read any other article on job interview tips.
- crazydiode, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2exactly. If i knew what i would be in five years, i would be a soothsayer not a java developer.... last time i replied "making money". i got the job...
- twister17e, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Ok??? And why?
- blueskydiver76, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Get your resume redone and print it with something better than a dot matrix and get some nice paper instead of college ruled.
- DforSpiD, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2What line of work is this that's so high above everyone else?
- Rikkochet, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I dunno, man. If I was interviewing and a candidate said anything remotely like that my ***** detectors would be roaring and I'd be a lot more critical of everything they said or claimed to achieve than actually feeling them out for their fit to the team...
I think a lot of it boils down to *WHO* is doing the interview. If you're interviewing someone that YOU will be working with day to day, you're far more concerned with how they will mesh socially in your department rather than how they answer a few challenge questions.
Someone who is not necessarily educated in every facet of what they'll need can be taught. An ***** is just bad for the company. - inactionman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2He's in Tattoo Removal.
- LordofShadows, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1See on the bottom where it says "Also on Yahoo! HotJobs:"? It's the first link.
- tetsuo316, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Pardon me if I don't take advice on how to hire people from a company that's seeing its personnel flee like rats from a sinking ship...
http://valleywag.com/tech/yahoo/10-down-16-to-go-271911.php - SnakeO, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1lll
- filefly, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Pardon my shotgun; I'm from West Virginia.
- bipolarruledout, on 01/03/2009, -0/+1You don't have to ask personal questions. The best way to bring this up is simply to ask if you have any "personal issues" that will prevent you from making your shift or working certain kinds of shifts. I find that most managers outright fail to notify employees of meetings during interviews even through they typically take place during consistent times. I feel the biggest problem is not accurately representing the job. Your company sucks and you know it. It's not an employee utopia despite what your mission statement might say and employees know it. Best to be upfront about the job what what they typical day is going to be like. You will retain more people and they can't claim that they didn't know what they were getting into when you hired them.
- zonk3r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1So what mistake(s) are you making when you can't seem to get an interview in the first place?
- brockpetrie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I work in advertising, where our employees we need to interact with Fortune 500 clients daily (even hourly some days). I can honestly say that tattoos have never been a cause of problems.
But if you'd rather the B- guy with no tats versus the A+ guy with the screaming eagles on his forearms, be my guest. Then at least I'll have a chance to hire him. - Tippis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1...now combine this with the good old Joel suggestions (adapted to your personal field):
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/GuerrillaInterviewing3.html - DforSpiD, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I think i'm going to put a link to this on my resume
- cr4ft, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2boos teezee ;)
- BAmbrose, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/interview/The_10_Biggest_Interview_Killers__20061213-101036.html?subtopic=Presenting+Yourself
- Rikkochet, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1There are entire sections of libraries devoted to just that. I found this one: http://www.amazon.com/Human-Resource-Approved-Interviews-Resumes/dp/0973167505/ref=sr_1_12/102-2097686-3059368?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182827290&sr=8-12 a GREAT resource when I was job hunting out of school.
- TheCount, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Wow, I've had at least half of those "rules" broken at several interviews.
- bipolarruledout, on 01/03/2009, -0/+1This can go both ways... I have several myself and think it's really more about a candidates ability to accomplish goals and further their career. I wouldn't call all of them useless but certainly the A+ may as well be. Experience is certainly king but even the experienced can stand to adopt better best practices at times.
- bipolarruledout, on 01/03/2009, -0/+1I'm kind of indifferent. Would you hire someone in jeans and a t-shirt even through it has no bearing on their quality of work? Most even entry level jobs today have standards of professionalism they expect to be followed.
- bipolarruledout, on 01/03/2009, -0/+1I do. When I was in retail I flat out told everyone that we simply don't have time to train you and a lot of times your just going to be thrown out their. I went on to say that officially we do provide training but realistically by the time the training departments comes around it's going to be moot. I don't believe in lying, misrepresenting issues and most of all "using" quality people without any regard for their well being. But hey I'm not in management anymore so what do I know? One thing I will say is that your definitely going to hit the ceiling with this attitude.
- thebuggman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I didn't see "blatantly lie to candidates about describing job" or "lie about the amount overtime that will be required on a weekly basis".
I could have saved myself some time with my last job if they had used those.
Managers/Human Resource people: Forget all the nonsense you "learned" in that $49.99 business college, be honest, be forthcoming and tell it straight. - SuperCujo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Don't forget to tell them about your 'Jump to Conclusions' mat...
- bipolarruledout, on 01/03/2009, -0/+1Dug for humor.
- DrAtheist, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Sometimes asking personal questions is essential.
I've just done a bunch of hiring, we do shift work, the work realy impacts on your free time out of work because of the 24x7 shift coveage, we need to know that people will handle this, also, they need to know what it's like and how it will effect them, because if we don't ask "will your soccer team suffer if you can't make 1 out of 3 meetings" we end up with absence problems, they end up unhappy and quitting.
And personality has a lot to do with it, another essential is getting on with others, EXPECIALLY when it's shift work. You HAVE to be able to get on with the others when it's 4am and you're only halfway through a night shift. - bipolarruledout, on 01/04/2009, -0/+1Many will disagree with me but a manager should always be capable of doing to work of their subordinates. When they can't they have become to far removed from their people and can't be effective. If they are too far up in the company to have any idea what the job is like then why are they even interviewing people? Let a subordinate manager find the best person for the job. Of course this is almost never the case but it should be.
- bipolarruledout, on 01/03/2009, -0/+1Wow... I bet the next question was going to be "Do you masturbate?"
- riflemann, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Number one mistake is only having the manager ask the questions. Having recently joined a well known tech company, I've been introduced to their policy whereby the interviews are controlled by the peers of the position being interviewed. This allows those who know the job best to decide if the candidate knows the right stuff, rather than risk having a non-technical manager be fooled by a smooth talking but underskilled candidate.
- grumpyrain, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15. You Ask Leading Questions
Watch out for questions that telegraph to the applicant the answer you're looking for. - p51d007, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3from the article, #4 about the tattoos.......I wouldn't hire anyone who had a visible tattoo. In our line of work, you wouldn't
even rate an interview, unless it was for warehouse work. I could care less how "good" you are at your job, have a visible
tattoo that cannot be covered by a dress shirt, don't bother. Same goes for ear rings, tongue rings etc... Just not appropriate
in my line of work. - Azzitizz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1You forgot one.....No. 11.....Giving ME the job!
- BTime, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Which would exclude many of our soldiers who tend to get tattoo's while serving abroad. Not only are you an asshat, but also un-american.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Don't feel bad MeanGeno. The only people who attack others' spelling on the internet are total losers who have never been right about anything and/or who have never won anything and/or who aren't particularly intelligent themselves. Or, it could be that they disagree with what you are communicating and don't have a good counter argument so they use any little chance they get to "stick it to the man" so to speak. They spend lots of time on sites like this waiting for their moment to be "right" or to "win" or to appear "intelligent". Just smile, nod and move along when you encounter these types. For the most part they are simply simple-mindend teenagers. Remember how excited you were in elementary school (primary school) when the teacher would ask to raise your hand if you know how to spell a certain word and you knew how to spell it. Remember how you just couldn't wait to raise your hand and show the rest of the class how "smart" you were. Same thing here.
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