Monday, January 09, 2012

How not to Interview for a Job

This is from a friend and I could not help but sharing

(not) Me: I noticed on your resume you have assisted with editing manuscripts, can you walk me through your process of doing that?
Her: I didn’t actually edit anything, my boss did the editing and changes, I just looked over those changes.

(not) Me: What type of management style  do you like best?
Her: What do you mean?

(not) Me: What qualities would you like your boss to have?
Her: Qualities like my boss at (previous job)

(not) Me: Ok, and what qualities are those?
Her: He’s a friend……………(long pause)……. But he still make sure my work gets done.

(not) Me: Tell me about a time you were on a team project and it failed, what can you do next time to avoid that?
Her: Like I said, I was an English major, we don’t have “team” projects.

Her questions for (not) me: Tell me about the gym membership reimbursement and how does the parking garage reimbursement work. 
She didn’t seem nervous and that’s what made the situation so weird.

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