Job interview - URGENT TIPS NEEDED!

[Krill]

Penis size is rarely on the job description, so read it before flopping your schlong out on the table.

Other than that, good luck.

Yes they do, he is auditioning a porn star.

[duke o' york]

I've seen that video.

Oh sh**....

[Pekka]

Yes, 5000 euros I mean. But it is a starting salary, meaning that it'll go up from there. And for Finland, it is a great salary. There's this "personal bonus" part, which means anything from few hundred to a thousand or so more on top of that. It doesn't get much better in here.

Then again, 4 weeks of paid vacation per year plus other benefits sort of make up for a lot of stuff. Oh well...but still, I hope I get the job. I'm still nervous. And just turned 30 years old (40 minutes ago). Yay me.

[duke o' york]

(Will there be another thread for +2s?)

[Krill]

[KrazyHorse]

Time to move out of Finland if $5000 per month is the kind of pay you'd get for a director-level position at 50+ years of age with tons of experience.

Best of luck all the same.

QFT

[-Jrabbit]

Happy birthday and best of luck, Pekka.
Just be your own cool self and you're in.

[Pekka]

Well I had to go and buy myself a new suit, just to be on the safe side. The organization is a bit conservative.

Anyway. My strategy is this: I'll think of what my value is to the organization so I can focus on making it clear. So there's nothing really important unsaid after it's over. So they know who they will get if they hire me, or have the information enough to know not to hire me if they so choose.

I dont' think they'll hold my age too much against me, they got passed that fact when they put me on the short list I guess. So it might even be a strong point right now.

I will think of my weaknesses so I can say something but something safe but not too much of a cliche. That's it!

As of tonight, I'll just watch movies and eat candy. Tomorrow I'll go to the beach during the day, have a picnic there, swim, read some book, get back home, shower really slowly and do all that stuff, get dressed really slowly, make myself feel good about it, forget all the stuff I was supposed to say because it never works anyway, grab my resume and go and hope for the best. That's my strategy.

[Caligastia]

Don't get sunburned!

[rah]

The obvious cliche for weakness is that you sometimes work too hard and ignore your personal life.

But one that is being used more but not seen to be such a cliche is.

Sometime I spend too long trying to figure something out before getting help. I've getting better recognizing when to get help as I've gotten older but I could still use some improvement in this area.

This shows growth and maturity.

[Caligastia]

There's also "Sometimes I'm too much of a perfectionist".

[rah]

That falls under Cliche. Even I ask for a different answer when that one is used.
The better version of that one is "sometimes people accuse me of being anal".

[Caligastia]

Or "sometimes people accuse me of having anal".

[rah]

I doubt that one would come off as a positive negative.

[Caligastia]

Depends on the interviewer I guess.