Interview Tips

[sufcintheprem]

It never ceases to amaze me how much useful advice you can get in the SZ pub.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Very Good point actually, I've seen this first hand.

I once missed out on a job because I sparked a can of Lynx super on the way out of the building and offered the interviewer a can for himself.

 

[The Artful Shrimper]

Slightly deviating. It is a fact that the pitch of your voice changes with how lowly you feel in the prescence of someone.
If you feel lower than someone your pitch will be higher, this is because you are speaking in a way that is almost pleading/ appealing to the more authoritive persons merciful power.
Sychophants tend to speak higher pitch and faster than normal. When they're in the company of equals their pitch will lower.

I'm not sure this applies to women as they tend to dominate each other with slight glances of their eyes.

 

[MrB]

I once missed out on a job because I sparked a can of Lynx super on the way out of the building and offered the interviewer a can for himself.

He was clearly angling for your can as well.

 

[Cricko2]

Dont offer to go down on the ladies interviewing you ...Until after the job is secured.;)

 

[GNH]

Remember when people are recruiting they aren't just recruiting for someone who can do the job, they are also recruiting a colleague. So you need to show you have the skills to do the job, but also that you'd be someone good to work with on a personal level.

Jobs aren't just decided on the technical aspects during the 'formal' interview, but also on the small talk in the corridor on the way out after the interview.

How on earth did you ever get a job fella? :finger:

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

LOL. I don't think I mentioned football in the interview for my current job. Just as well as my boss turned out to be a Col Ewe fan!

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

LOL. I don't think I mentioned football in the interview for my current job. Just as well as my boss turned out to be a Col Ewe fan!

*Pictures Cousin Weir on his feet, pointing, and singing the "piece of string" song in the interview room*

:hilarious:

 

[Jonny_Stokes]

Always, always ask the interviewer(s) about their role and why they got into the industry. Deep down, everyone just wants to talk about themselves. Give them that opportunity, and they will think you're interested in something other than the contents of their bra/boxers*. It will also engender conversation, rather than just a process where the interviewer asks a question and you answer it before waiting for the next question. Any interview that becomes like a procession/exam is not going to have a happy outcome.

*n.b. this is very effective in any situation (pub/club), but particularly effective in an interview.

 

[sufcintheprem]

Always, always ask the interviewer(s) about their role and why they got into the industry. Deep down, everyone just wants to talk about themselves. Give them that opportunity, and they will think you're interested in something other than the contents of their bra/boxers*. It will also engender conversation, rather than just a process where the interviewer asks a question and you answer it before waiting for the next question. Any interview that becomes like a procession/exam is not going to have a happy outcome.

*n.b. this is very effective in any situation (pub/club), but particularly effective in an interview.

That's also a very good tip actually. This is pretty much the reason why i think I got my job at IBM. The team was pretty much glued together by a collection of footballing interest. I seem to remember it getting particularly heated when my team leader (a Pompey fan) had the nerve to suggest former player of the year Nathan Jones was a 'dirty little bugger'. I survived but we didn't talk about football so much and I could feel myself slipped out of favour.

Rule x: Don't let pointless partisanship influence your discussions - talk about less confrontational things.

 

[Pubey]

cheers for all the tips (especially whipping my coc k out)... went really well and the interviewers were FIT!

 

[Pubey]

thanks for everyones tips... unfortunately i didn't get the placement but it went to my mate who is a much better candidate IMO.. perhaps i shouldn't have whipped my co ck out but oh well!!

i have plenty more placement offers coming in so will have to wait it out and do many more interviews!

J

 

[Rayleigh Weir]

*Pictures Cousin Weir on his feet, pointing, and singing the "piece of string" song in the interview room*

:hilarious:

"Piece of string" song?

 

[Napster]

That's also a very good tip actually. This is pretty much the reason why i think I got my job at IBM. The team was pretty much glued together by a collection of footballing interest. I seem to remember it getting particularly heated when my team leader (a Pompey fan) had the nerve to suggest former player of the year Nathan Jones was a 'dirty little bugger'. I survived but we didn't talk about football so much and I could feel myself slipped out of favour.

The same reason I failed with Aon- they were Spurs fans and in the heat of the moment I couldnt resist saying we beat them 3-2 in 1991.

:angel:

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

"Piece of string" song?

Yes, with a Col Ewe fan tied to the end of it, and a grandmother encouraging violence towards the aforesaid fan.

 

[Rayleigh Weir]

Yes, with a Col Ewe fan tied to the end of it, and a grandmother encouraging violence towards the aforesaid fan.

Those crazy inbred farmers and their incestuous s£x games eh?

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

When you are asked if you have any questions, dont say:

"errr no not really"

 

[Napster]

oh, and if they ask if you have any weaknesses, dont say- I'm too much of a stickler for perfectionism.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

oh, and if they ask if you have any weaknesses, dont say- I'm too much of a stickler for perfectionism.

I had a friend who, in answer to the "weaknesses" question, stated "blondes". Needless to say, it didn't go down too well...

:p