 |
| Generated by Google Gemini Advanced text-to-image AI software, powered by Imagen 2, and by Pixlr AI image editor |
I had a couple of interviews today, with people who already work for the
company. I don’t mind admitting that they did not go so great. I’ve been on
the other side of the proverbial desk before, but not as often as you might
guess based on how many places I’ve worked. I became a lifeguard after the
guy who trained me just signed the paperwork. No interview necessary. I
don’t recall interviewing for the maintenance work I did either. I think
they just needed warm bodies. Most of the time when I was looking for work,
I couldn’t even get past the application step, which I guess says something
about my skills as an interviewee. I didn’t get them all, but looking back
on it, my success rate is pretty high, as long as you ignore all the times
my app just got thrown in the trash. It tended to go okay once a hiring
manager actually bothered to give me a chance. Anyway, my dad worked in
human resources, so I picked up a thing or two from him, along with my own
personal experience. For instance, I know not to ask people for their
greatest weakness, or what kind of animal they would be. These are stupid
and pointless questions that have no business in a serious job interview.
Even so, I didn’t do the best job. I wasn’t as prepared as I thought I was.
They weren’t the worst ever, and the candidates themselves did fine, so it
will be okay, but I really need to work on it before the next round begins.
One girl worked in the same department as I did before, so I had heard of
her, but we had never met, because we weren’t on the same team. She picked
up on my inexperience issue, so she only applied to give me the practice,
and I’m grateful for that. She’s offered to keep helping me with practice
interviews, and her boss has approved to loan her out to me for that for
just a couple of days. She’s been really getting into it. She started a
video chat while not wearing pants, and that’s something that I may have to
learn to deal with Apparently that’s a common problem in the telepresence
community. My instinct tells me to not care, because personally, I don’t.
They could show up to an in-person interview completely naked, and it
wouldn’t bother me in the least, whether they were attractive, or not. But
there are all these policies and laws that we have to follow, so I have to
pretend to be a normal person, and react like a normal person would in some
of these less typical situations. I’m curious to see what she comes up with
our next dry run. I’m sure she’ll be fully clothed, but she may be dressed
as a clone, or insist that she already has the job, which is also a thing.
No comments :
Post a Comment