Job interview
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Normal Egg
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| Posted: Sep 17, 2009 9:36 p.m. - Subject: Job interview |
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I have one coming up for a video store, and know what to say for almost every question, except the what is your greatest weakness and strength question. I have absolutely no idea how I would answer that, that question is the reason why I didn’t get hired from the last interview.
What should I say??
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'Got Weasel?'
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| Posted: Sep 17, 2009 10:00 p.m. - Subject: |
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Say "hire me and we’ll find out" and wink at them.
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Master Egg
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| Posted: Sep 17, 2009 10:08 p.m. - Subject: |
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I never got asked that question at any of my interviews, they usually just ask me easy questions like about what I would do in different situations...
Tell them you have no weakness =]
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'Got Weasel?'
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| Posted: Sep 17, 2009 10:26 p.m. - Subject: |
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Everyone has weaknesses. If you say you don’t have any they’ll instantly think you’re a naive stupid big-headed kid who will fuck up. They’re not looking for someone to learn from mistakes they make - they want you to acknowledge you’ve made mistakes in the past and you know what they are and you’ve changed.
Say "a weakness of mine is *blah blah*, but because I lost my last job due to that, I know how I have to change to fix that problem" or something. Shows initiative and shit.
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| Posted: Sep 17, 2009 10:35 p.m. - Subject: |
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Say "Well, I don’t have many. I’m pretty much perfect. I sometimes think that if I had a bigger penis, I could rule the earth"
See what they say.
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'Got Weasel?'
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| Posted: Sep 17, 2009 10:43 p.m. - Subject: |
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You forgot the wink N0F!
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Master Egg
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| Posted: Sep 17, 2009 10:45 p.m. - Subject: |
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I wink with my sphincter
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Master Egg
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| Posted: Sep 17, 2009 10:53 p.m. - Subject: |
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Admitting that you have a weakness is weak and could count as a weakness, say that you have none =]
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'Got Weasel?'
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| Posted: Sep 17, 2009 11:03 p.m. - Subject: |
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You really think they’d choose an obvious liar over someone who tells the truth and is willing to fix/has fixed a problem? Admitting a problem is a strength in this case.
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Master Egg
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| Posted: Sep 17, 2009 11:12 p.m. - Subject: |
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Maybe you should tell them that your only weakness is a compulsion to scratch DVD’s whenever you see them, and failure to do so leads to a bloody rampage.
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Power Egg
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| Posted: Sep 18, 2009 12:53 a.m. - Subject: |
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say your biggest weakness is "being too good at everything you do thus intimidating the people around you"
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Master Egg
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| Posted: Sep 18, 2009 3:26 a.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: Posted: Sep 17, 2009 11:03 p.m. - Subject:
You really think they’d choose an obvious liar over someone who tells the truth and is willing to fix/has fixed a problem? Admitting a problem is a strength in this case.
It actually could be that they hire the liar rather than someone who is too honest. Last time I had an interview the person asked me "If you were to quit for any reason, What reason would that be?"
I told them an honest answer and they circled "*Gave reason to quit*" and that decreased my score; If I lied and told them "I don’t think that I would quit..." the person would have circled "*Did not give reason to quit" and I would have got a higher score. It shouldn’t be that hard to get a job at a video store..
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'Got Weasel?'
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| Posted: Sep 18, 2009 4:00 a.m. - Subject: |
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If we’re doing it like that, be manipulative as obviously as you can and you’ll get the job for sure!
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Master Egg
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| Posted: Sep 18, 2009 5:25 a.m. - Subject: |
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say your weakness is you’re kind of a perfectionist. and your strength rivals that of beowulf.
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Normal Egg
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YIM
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| Posted: Sep 18, 2009 6:03 a.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: I wink with my sphincter
Is it a Winchter?
I have only ever worked for farmers and a nursing home before, so I can’t tell you much about the interview, sorry.
Oh, and I painted houses for a while, too.
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Power Egg
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| Posted: Sep 18, 2009 7:15 a.m. - Subject: |
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If you really want the job I suggest picking something as close to "normal" as possible.
Ex--
My greatest weakness is probably chocolate! I’m a chocoholic.
My greatest strength is my parents! I could never have made it this far without them!
My greatest weakness is my fear of speaking in public.
My greatest strength is my religious faith.
(etc)
I mean, don’t make it so unbelievable that they’ll never fall for it (or so syrupy that they vomit), but try to think of something so boring and predictable that they’ll scarcely be able to keep their eyes open reading it. (Those psychological type questions on job applications really suck, don’t they?) Good luck! xoxoxo
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Power Egg
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| Posted: Sep 18, 2009 7:24 a.m. - Subject: |
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Quote: Say "hire me and we’ll find out" and wink at them.
Haha. That one made me chuckle.
Dude, even if I somehow managed to get a job interview, I’d still be screwed. If someone was to say to me, "Tell me about yourself," I’d seriously have no idea what to say.
Eeh.. Well, good luck, dude.
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| Posted: Sep 18, 2009 2:42 p.m. - Subject: |
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thegr8estone seems to have the right idea. The key is to pick a "weakness" which is really a strength.
Some say I work too much and am all business
I show up at least 15 minutes earlier than I’m expected. My last boss didn’t always have work ready for me.
I take challenges to heart and I won’t stop thinking about them until I have a solution.
Welcome to middle management, biotches. XD
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