I blew a job interview yesterday

[Zoid]

Not that it was a great job or anything, but still. I had the skillz, I had the experience, I had them laughing at my jokes and whatnot (it was a group interview and the interviewers were nice looking women in their late 20s). I was generally being a nice funny reliable guy. But in the one on one interview I mention that I've been fired twice (but for different reasons). And suddenly she's all "Ok, maybe you shouldn't have said that" and lose all interest in me. So I say, "Come on I've been fired twice in 7 years. Does that make me unreliable all of a sudden?" And I go on to say that I don't do drugs, I'm not an alcoholic, I just have trouble with authority and I can't respect idiots even if they're my boss. But I'm working on it, dammit!

So she very politely tells me that she will contact me if they'll consider hiring me and that I'm welcome to check back with them next week or so (fat chance *****!)

I really need to rewrite my CV and invent another Zoid...

[Asher]

This would have been 100x better had you acted like you were being interviewed by me yesterday...

[Solver]

Were you, by chance, interviewed by Asher ?

[Zoid]

Not unless Asher's a nice looking 26 year old woman

[Solver]

Damn you Asher, I was supposed to post first .

[Asher]

Originally posted by Solver
Damn you Asher, I was supposed to post first .

This is why North American businesses are more successful. We're on the ball.

[Solver]

Does being on the ball have something to do with not having balls ?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Solver
Does being on the ball have something to do with not having balls ?

No, they are just so large we straddle them.

[DanS]

I've blown an interview, and it didn't feel good. My sympathies.

I know this need not be repeated often, but a job interview is not for bearing your soul and seeking self-improvement.

She probably was a little PO'd that you had support among the group to be hired, and that she would be the office NAZI to have to put a stop to it. Not an ideal situation for her.

[Zoid]

I know. I just can't make myself lie about things for a ****ty job as a temp worker in the car industry. "Yes, I'd like to drive a fork lift very much. I've dreamt of this my whole life! And I'd very much like to be shuffled about from company to company doing menial jobs and pretend I like it!"

[Asher]

Originally posted by Zoid
I know. I just can't make myself lie about things for a ****ty job as a temp worker in the car industry. "Yes, I'd like to drive a fork lift very much. I've dreamt of this my whole life! And I'd very much like to be shuffled about from company to company doing menial jobs and pretend I like it!"

That kind of attitude is obvious to people...and a no-hire.

You gotta try to be pumped. Fake it, like a woman does.

[Zoid]

The thing is it was going very well in the beginning, but as soon as she started to probe a little deeper I folded like a house of cards... I have serious issues about being anyones b1tch

[Asher]

Originally posted by Zoid
The thing is it was going very well in the beginning, but as soon as she started to probe a little deeper I folded like a house of cards... I have serious issues about being anyones b1tch

Consider Academia then. Or go into consulting.

[Zoid]

Yeah, I have to do something. I'm approaching the big 4-0 here...

[Stuie]

You should have asked for her urine soaked panties while you were at it.