Maybe McDonald's Is Hiring ...
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bloodyrosemccoyY’all, I have no damn clue how that interview went.
I think I did all right, but I keep seesawing between that and thinking of the dumb shit that must have come out of my mouth at some point. I am completely at a loss in judging the reactions Nice Reserved Ladies have to whatever garbage I spew out in response to useless questions like “Describe your weaknesses.” (“Sometimes I work too hard and can be too much of a perfectionist! Ha ha!”)*
If only job interviews were more like internet memes. Ask me about cake vs. pie and I will be ready to defend my position with logic, rhetoric, sources, examples, and even dry-erase board illustrations. Come up with the wacky hijinks of Sherlock Holmes and the Phantom of the Opera? I could get you an elaborate scenario in a minute flat! But ask me to “provide examples of your creative problem solving,” and all I can think is “Durr, I can stack up boxes until I reach the banana.”**
Well, if I just blew this interview, at least my supervisor has offered me a consolation job boost. (Ooh, FIFTEEN hours a week! Hooray …) Still … woulda been nice.
*Damn it, I should have said I have trouble integrating my efforts with other people’s and require a lot of communication. Oh, well, next job interview, I guess.
**“And one time I totally figured out how to open a jar to get at the delicious candy inside! The secret is twisting.”
I think I did all right, but I keep seesawing between that and thinking of the dumb shit that must have come out of my mouth at some point. I am completely at a loss in judging the reactions Nice Reserved Ladies have to whatever garbage I spew out in response to useless questions like “Describe your weaknesses.” (“Sometimes I work too hard and can be too much of a perfectionist! Ha ha!”)*
If only job interviews were more like internet memes. Ask me about cake vs. pie and I will be ready to defend my position with logic, rhetoric, sources, examples, and even dry-erase board illustrations. Come up with the wacky hijinks of Sherlock Holmes and the Phantom of the Opera? I could get you an elaborate scenario in a minute flat! But ask me to “provide examples of your creative problem solving,” and all I can think is “Durr, I can stack up boxes until I reach the banana.”**
Well, if I just blew this interview, at least my supervisor has offered me a consolation job boost. (Ooh, FIFTEEN hours a week! Hooray …) Still … woulda been nice.
*Damn it, I should have said I have trouble integrating my efforts with other people’s and require a lot of communication. Oh, well, next job interview, I guess.
**“And one time I totally figured out how to open a jar to get at the delicious candy inside! The secret is twisting.”
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Date: 2011-04-27 02:43 pm (UTC)Nevermind that I did a pretty shit job and was dragged into the whole thing kicking and screaming and I still have a terrible crippling fear of public speaking. Just refrain from mentioning the ugly parts. XD;;