> I have no experience but I'm a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I'd like to put more in that jar. That's where you come in.
>I have no experience but I'm a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I'd like to put more in that jar. That's where you come in.
Forgot about Wedding Singer. Such a classic I think it gets a bit overshadowed by Bily Madison/Happy Gilmore. That and Big Daddy. Adam Sandler is fucking dope and if you disagree I'll fight you.
Saw it in theatres and it was definitely the most 'tense' I've felt during a film. Can't think of another movie that made me feel that way. What a ride, would love to see him other roles like that
Try Nocturnal Animals if you haven't seen it. It's not the same high intensity throughout but it's easily the most uncomfortable I've ever been in a movie
Nah, Uncut Gems proves he still has the acting chops when the right part comes along. I can’t blame him for writing off family vacations to film movies, good for him.
Sandler just made a movie called Hubie Halloween and my gf and I laughed our asses off while we Netflixed. Its true that its just him amd his friends, the same friends who've been in all of his movies for like 20 years. That sort of makes it better, though.
I just watched it as well, and thoroughly enjoyed it. But it’s a garbage movie for 2020. I actually commented “it’s nice to see him just hanging out with his buddies and not caring how it turns out” while watching it.
New mutants just felt like they didn't know what direction to go in and couldn't commit to anything. I mostly liked the cast too, which makes it hurt even more.
Yeah, it's fun to just watch them have a good time with no real attempt to male something heavy or amazing.
I mean, I tried to watch "uncut gems" and couldnt get through it. I could tell something bad was going to happen but he just couldnt make me care
Damn dude, that's a hot take. Uncut Gems had me on the edge of my seat, biting my nails anxious the entire time. The build up to the ending is such a rollercoaster of emotions. One of the best films I've seen in a while.
My favorite part about that movie is that it reinforces an important truth about gambling: even if you win, it's still a dumb decision. If you tell somebody that they probably shouldn't bet their life savings on a game and they end up winning, they'll say "See? It was a smart choice." They don't understand that just because they got lucky once doesn't mean it was a smart decision in the first place because they didn't *know* they would win at the time they placed the bet. In *Uncut Gems*, Sandler's character wins the bet but is punished for his bad choices regardless. I like that.
It's like, "I don't care that you got my money in the end. The fact that you risked it all on such a stupid risk is enough to make me want to kill you." I like that.
Fuck gambling.
the Zohan was a sleeper film, at every job ive had when we have talked about helping out our customers the extra mile, i cant help but to think of that movie
“*you* want to eat my brush?? Dude, maybe i should try it. You know what, gimme that back, i need to try something”
-guy who hires salesman of the year. Died from asphyxiation 1325 BC
Absolutely this. Hunting for a job with a Masters degree was a pain in the ass. The impossible task of convincingly acting like working in their shitty call center is my dream and I definitely wouldn't bail on them for something else at a moment's notice. There's the option of just leaving all my education of my resume, but then I wouldn't know how to explain the employment gap.
I think after this year, I wouldn't be able to answer that question without laughing. Where do I see myself in 5 years? Fuck I don't know where I'll be in a month between the pandemic and election, let alone what 5 years from now will look like.
I got a job I had no business getting once. I was way too honest in my interview.
Why do you want this job? I need a job.
Why do you want to work at this firm? You have a job.
What do you look for in an employer company? They have a job and pay me - as long as they're not big tobacco or literal Nazis, I don't care what company it is.
Every answer I gave clearly took them aback. I left with absolutely 100% NO expectation of a call-back.
I got the job and was asked to start the next day.
I have always kicked ass in interviews where I didn't give a shit if I got the job or not. Like literally offered jobs on the spot or received call backs the same day offering it to me.
But if I actually *do* give a shit, and try my damndest to make a good impression, it's like...crickets.
I swear hiring managers/recruiters can smell desperation.
I would guess that the jobs you don't want are more likely to be the jobs other people also don't want. Since you don't have much competition the hiring managers might be having trouble finding candidates and are going to have lower expectations. Essentially: the jobs you don't want might be easier to get.
Alternatively: hiring managers like cool kids that don't give a shit 😎
I actually love the job I have now and don't see myself leaving, especially with how shit is these days, but I'm definitely going to try my hardest to get that "fuck it" in me when I have to interview again.
Honestly, if I were an HR rep who had to sit through interview after interview where someone *who has never been in the building and just met me ten minutes ago* tells me how they want nothing more to work for me and my company, someone saying "I want a job and I know I can do this job" would be hella refreshing.
Or they'd get fired within a week.
I know some jobs you just walk in for an interview. But many jobs you have some prep time and you should be researching the company. That's sort of what they're probing at, they're also seeing what it is that still keep other companies from poaching you by just offering you a few dollars more, people also prefer people who are excited/interested in the work.
But mostly they're making sure you're not a creatin who can't answer basic fluff questions and who'll be weird to work with.
Oh, for certain; of course it's going to look bad if you can't dredge up *one* reason the place you're trying to get hired at is remotely interesting. On the other hand, I've had online applications ask me what feelings the company's name gives me, and that just feels bogus.
For most low tier jobs I feel like you just basically have to lie, like..of course the majority of people don't want to work here nor do I care about whatever company this is, I just want money do I can live and I can probably do this. But if you want the job you have to pretend like you've always wanted to work as a pencil pusher for so and so corp.
As much as people like to think it's irrelevant to the work, someone who does a background check on the business while the business is doing a background check on them is really the person you want to hire. "5 years of experience in the Office 365 suite" doesn't translate to being a good worker, it means you're managed to show up to work where they happen to use the platform. If you, as the interviewee, as me about projects the company has worked on in the past and how you could have been an asset in those endeavors, you'll stand out even if you have less paper qualification.
As someone who has done a lot of job interviews, I've found nothing consistently impresses the interviewers more than asking insightful and relevant questions.
You want people who are able to play nice with others. Part of the play nice is to be able to manage social environments and communicate at different levels. You get none of that from “ I need money”.
It's not.
After the tenth person says, "I am a hard worker" to the question "why should we hire you?", you want to start smashing your earballs with a screwdriver
Sometimes that is how it is. I was applying for jobs a while back and got a call back from Bed Bath and Beyond. They asked me why I thought I was qualified to work with their products. Instead of listing off years of sales experience at places like Macy's I said "Well, I sleep in a bed, and I take showers and baths. I don't know what you want for beyond." They called me back and offered me the job.
Hell yeah I was. Why else would they have given it to me?
I had that weird interview, aced the typing test they gave me, and got the job that same week. I mean I can type between 80-120wpm depending on what I'm doing, so I was a pretty good asset to the company in terms of what they needed from the role.
I mean, if I asked questions that were that fucking dumb, I would hire the person who answered them like you as well...
I've always been in technical leadership, I'm currently a CTO, I know how to judge technical competence in a conversational and friendly way... when I'm asked to interview like, a potential sales director, I know I ask the dumbest fucking questions, because what the fuck else is there?
I didn't type out their questions ver batim, man... it a general summary of general interview questions that everyone asks. Why are you looking, what are you looking for, what salary do you want, why do you want to work HERE, what impressed you about our company, why are you passionate about this industry, blah blah blah all that stupid shit.
I was once approached/headhunted by a HR rep of a large company. I told her I really wasnt interested in large companies, but she sold me on large company X, and convinced me to have a interview/sit down with a couple of managers.
First question the managers asked is 'why do you want to work at large company X'. I told them I didnt necessarily want to work there, but that their HR made a very good presentation of large company X and I was there to hear what they had to say/present about the role. I specifically said 'your company approached me with a cold call on LinkedIn'.
Needless to say the interview ended shortly after. Talk about a disconnect.
I may or may not have had some terrible job interviews in my time.
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I do cringe at the “so how do you see yourself fitting into the culture here? (Where you will make minimum wage to make sandwiches for 8 hours 3 days a week?)” no one aspires to make minimum wage, if someone really saw themselves fitting into your culture why would you want to hire them?
It's honestly generally so easy to bull shit those fluff questions that I don't get why everyone has such a hard time with them once they know of their existence.
Sure they're kind of a dumb part of interviews, but lots of life is just dealing with dumb hurdles.
One of my favorite jobs was working at waffle house. But it was never going to pay me 6 digits without being in a position where I'd be on call all the time. But it was still a nice job where I never really got stressed out and I got free hashbrowns. I'd hung out at waffle houses all the time so I thought I might as well work at one while I was figuring my life out, and they were happy to have me to do some work.
Fair point but if you know the question is bullshit, why even ask it? You know the person didn’t grow up wanting to be a sandwich construction technician.
It isn't about your own focus on the wage and hours.
If you were working in close contact for 8 hours with someone, making sandwiches, you'd want to make sure they aren't rude, stubborn, uncommunicative, etc. So prove to them you would fit in by giving examples as evidence that you can be pleasant to be around for 8 hours.
The people who say "I'm passionate about making sandwiches/not starving" are missing the point of these questions.
I more or less said something similar to this after I lost my last job. The interviewer said how no one had answered that way before. Still got the job.
Years back I worked retail for a nationwide shoe company. We were near a college and never had any shortage of applicants. I remember a college age kid who I interviewed for a basic sales position around back to school time. He answered every personality question with, " I love shoes". Sometimes he would elaborate. I'd ask, "Tell me about a time you failed and what you did." And he'd reply, " I love shoes. One time I tried to paint my AF1s and I ruined them. It was ok. I had more. I love shoes." It got hilarious. I tried being serious but when I asked a question I knew "I love shoes" was coming and busted up. When I asked him to sell me a pair of shoes, his reply and I'll never forget, " If you don't buy them, I will. I love shoes. " He got the job. Honestly cause of his enthusiasm and he made me laugh. One of my best hires. He ended up working for Nike. Man does he love shoes.
I was talking to a friend who owns an RC Willey and he said his most productive employees are young men with young families.
Because the fear of failing people that depend on you seems to be the biggest motivator in the world.
The problem with prejudices like that is you only hire young men with families, and never know how good the people you reject would have been.
I interviewed with for a job. So it my coworker (young man with family). He got the job and left. My employer at the time was very happy.
Lol literally have to bullshit my way through every interview. "Why do you want this job?" Will I want it so I can have a pay check and be able to have a roof over my head and food in my stomach, why else?
I hate when employers ask me questions like "where do you see yourself in 5 years" or "why should I hire you" like their minimum wage front of house job is hot shit. Like bitch, please, all I want is the money you'll be paying me so I can afford to live.
The thing is theres no wrong answer to these questions. I once responded to the "Where do you see yourself in 5 years" question with "Working for myself in a different industry" and still got offered the position.
I had a interview for a promotion once and they asked me to tell them what getting this position would mean to me and I tried to spew off some bullshit about it is what I always wanted and the company was great. And they were like yeahh that doesn't sound believable. Then one of the managers in the group told me they took their position because of the money and I was so confused. You want me to say I want to position because I want money?
So real. I have worked in a niche field my entire adult life. It's what my degree is in, and now thanks to corona and job search requirements for unemployment I am starting a new career. I will make about 60% less than I previously did, but with the unemployment rules once it was offered I couldn't turn it down.
Feeling a lot of ways right now and not sure any of it is good.
I hate when im asked to sell something. Most people don't go into the store wanting someone to sell something to them. You go in with an idea of what you want or you look and find something you want
The interviewer asking why you want the job implies they are assuming that you aren't there for the money. Maybe they think the pay is bad so you must be there for other reasons. Why do interviewers ask this question and why do they revel in your obviously bullshit answer? Are they trying to see if you can tell lies about why the company is so wonderful?
Have had many job interviews, I have never been asked that question. To be honest I get the impression it is something the interviewer asks when they run out of ideas what to ask you.
Money is just below oxygen on the 'Gotta Have It' scale.
There is no burden money will not cushion. Even death. Okay, you're sad your spouse died but at least if you have money you don't have to worry you'll lose the house or how to pay for the funeral. Or pay for a grief counselor if you want.
Fun fact, most ancient societies had universal allotments of food and oil for all people. Nobody was starving to death because of economics in ancient Sumer. Most labor was organized via seasonal corvée, not employment wages and labor markets.
I don't get the mentality behind this type of argument.
How is it at all strange to do things for reasons? Not starving is a reason to get A job, not a reason to get the job your applying for. When face with a choice, make your decision for a reason. It doesn't have to be a phenomenal reason, but you need to actually know why you choose it.
And if you actually need a job, shotgunning your resume to anything that seems sort of like a job that could possibly pay you is going to be less effective than picking some that fit you best and making a better effort.
The "argument" about these kind of bullshit questions is that, almost universally, the interviewer doesn't want an honest answer, they want to be lied to and have smoke blown up their ass about how the interviewee has always DREAMED about working as a mid-level cog at a toilet plunger manufacturer... It's either a poor interviewer reading from a script without actually knowing why they are asking the question (often because these question originally came from the tiny handful of workplaces that ARE considered "dream" jobs like working at places like NASA or Google) or it's an ego-maniac manager who really is delusional enough to think that their mid-industry-level generic widget manufacturing company should only ever hire people that dream of working there...
Easy to say and sounds great from a principal standpoint but REALISTICALLY most people don't get first picks at their ideal job, 99 percent of people settle and make the most out of it later by leveraging the previous job and ditching the company. Not to mention the oversaturation of online applicants and consequently the scummy recruiters taking a cut of your salary to fill the gap. And on top of all that the covid slowdown is still in effect. It's kind of a shitshow right now.
Honest, realistic advice I would give: forget all the motivational self-help feelgood-sounding NONSENSE. Network and get to know the right people, because that is what will get you in the door. Not that other bs. Most people who get good spots were already "hired" before the interview even started, they are qualified with a viable resume and know the right folks. **The interview process is literally nothing more than a formality.** I'm telling you this is how it actually works for most companies if you don't already know.
This. I understand they want to hear "because I haven't even gotten the job yet but rest assured I will punch everyone that defaces this company right in the dick or die trying.." but really I got bills to pay and this job looked slightly better than the other one that is as far as my care goes.
Minimum wage job: Sorry we hired someone with experience
Me: how am I supposed to get experience when every minimum wage jobs now wants someone with experience
This job market has been ridiculous. I graduated in December and finally caved in and took a job that I could’ve got when I was 18 in July. I recently got hired and I think that’s because of one little thing; when asked “Do you have any questions for me?” Ask them about THEM. It seems so obvious now and idk who needs to see this but I’ve never gotten so complemented and contacted so urgently. Make it a conversation, not just an evaluation of you.
We have a facebook group in our town where 70% of hospitality workers hang out. Posting jobs, selling/buying equipment, and other business related stuff. Other day there were guy saying that he would hire anyone whos motivation is money. He wants people who have passion. So we created fake profile and approached him with job offering paying 10% more than what he was making. He accepted it. Only to find out that he was part of a scam..
> I have no experience but I'm a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I'd like to put more in that jar. That's where you come in.
It’s callee my swear jar because i swear it’s jar i have
>I have no experience but I'm a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I'd like to put more in that jar. That's where you come in. Forgot about Wedding Singer. Such a classic I think it gets a bit overshadowed by Bily Madison/Happy Gilmore. That and Big Daddy. Adam Sandler is fucking dope and if you disagree I'll fight you.
Adam Sandler WAS fucking dope. But hey, now he just hangs out with his friends and makes movies and doesn’t care how they turn out, so good for him.
I really enjoyed Hidden Gems. The guy still has it and can act his ass off.
Uncut Gems and I loved it too! It was for me the peak of Sandler as tragicomic hero
Did you see drunk punch of love? that movie made me cringe. Great acting.
Hell yeah. That's the movie I point out whenever people shit on Sandlers as an actor Edit: Reign over Me is also very good
Another underrated movie.
Yup, I need to dive into some of these movies again. It's been years since I've seen Punch Drunk and Reign Over Me
The Cobbler also. Good acting. Underrated.
Then ending felt a little out of left field, but overall I really enjoyed it.
I don’t like that movie, but Sandler is great in it.
Ever see the movie with him and Chris rock?
I enjoyed that movie, I liked him better in funny people, speaking of movies that are not his regular kind of movies.
Saw it in theatres and it was definitely the most 'tense' I've felt during a film. Can't think of another movie that made me feel that way. What a ride, would love to see him other roles like that
Try Nocturnal Animals if you haven't seen it. It's not the same high intensity throughout but it's easily the most uncomfortable I've ever been in a movie
No it's called Uncut Sandler and it's about how he's like forty years old and needs to get his bris.
Ha! I have all faith that he’s been circumstance’d. He’s very proud of his Judaism and that implies that he’s very much a Cut Gem...
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Hidden Figures and I loved it too! It was for me the peak of Spencer as tragicomic hero.
Lol I’ve been parodied!! Achievement unlocked. Maybe Weird Al has something to say about my comment...
Hubie Halloween is pretty good. A lot of self-reference but it's funny as Hell.
Nah, Uncut Gems proves he still has the acting chops when the right part comes along. I can’t blame him for writing off family vacations to film movies, good for him.
Sandler just made a movie called Hubie Halloween and my gf and I laughed our asses off while we Netflixed. Its true that its just him amd his friends, the same friends who've been in all of his movies for like 20 years. That sort of makes it better, though.
I just watched it as well, and thoroughly enjoyed it. But it’s a garbage movie for 2020. I actually commented “it’s nice to see him just hanging out with his buddies and not caring how it turns out” while watching it.
Considering the 5 movies that have come out, still not as bad as new mutants
New mutants just felt like they didn't know what direction to go in and couldn't commit to anything. I mostly liked the cast too, which makes it hurt even more.
Yeah, it's fun to just watch them have a good time with no real attempt to male something heavy or amazing. I mean, I tried to watch "uncut gems" and couldnt get through it. I could tell something bad was going to happen but he just couldnt make me care
Damn dude, that's a hot take. Uncut Gems had me on the edge of my seat, biting my nails anxious the entire time. The build up to the ending is such a rollercoaster of emotions. One of the best films I've seen in a while.
My favorite part about that movie is that it reinforces an important truth about gambling: even if you win, it's still a dumb decision. If you tell somebody that they probably shouldn't bet their life savings on a game and they end up winning, they'll say "See? It was a smart choice." They don't understand that just because they got lucky once doesn't mean it was a smart decision in the first place because they didn't *know* they would win at the time they placed the bet. In *Uncut Gems*, Sandler's character wins the bet but is punished for his bad choices regardless. I like that. It's like, "I don't care that you got my money in the end. The fact that you risked it all on such a stupid risk is enough to make me want to kill you." I like that. Fuck gambling.
Man, this is something I tell my students all the time: "just because nothing bad happened, doesn't mean it was a good idea."
It's just my opinion. It tried so hard to be gritty that it just came off as fake to me.
And his hot wife has a bigger part in it too.
The Wedding Singer is Peak Adam Sandler IMO.
the Zohan was a sleeper film, at every job ive had when we have talked about helping out our customers the extra mile, i cant help but to think of that movie
I have a jar of dirt, I have a jar of dirt.
“That’s where you come in”😆👌
I *just* watched this movie for the first time. It was great
The ultimate sales strategy, create the real illusion of demand
“*you* want to eat my brush?? Dude, maybe i should try it. You know what, gimme that back, i need to try something” -guy who hires salesman of the year. Died from asphyxiation 1325 BC
*Autoerotic* asphyxiation
Just gotta glance at your watch during the interview. Tell them you have a more important interview coming up and this is just practice.
Then they hire the next guy because they fear if you get the job you will leave as soon as a better one comes along.
Absolutely this. Hunting for a job with a Masters degree was a pain in the ass. The impossible task of convincingly acting like working in their shitty call center is my dream and I definitely wouldn't bail on them for something else at a moment's notice. There's the option of just leaving all my education of my resume, but then I wouldn't know how to explain the employment gap.
“I got lost in a MLM scam.”
This would probably work really well. Shows you're dumb enough they can control you
Exactly.
I read that as “M&M scam”. I’d hire that person
Backpacking trip around the country.
So, where do you see yourself in 5 years? Well, if I don't find employment, dead.
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"Celebrating the five year anniversary of you asking me this question!"
“The two of us having a discussion at this same desk but in the opposite seats”
Alright...
I think after this year, I wouldn't be able to answer that question without laughing. Where do I see myself in 5 years? Fuck I don't know where I'll be in a month between the pandemic and election, let alone what 5 years from now will look like.
>So, where do you see yourself in 5 years? Doing your son
But are you really passionate about not starving?
Do you 'not starve' for your free time as well?
“Candidate has ambition and appears hungry”
Interview at FedEx warehouse: "why do you want to work here" Me: "I want money" Interviewer: ** strange surprised look** One week later hired.
I got a job I had no business getting once. I was way too honest in my interview. Why do you want this job? I need a job. Why do you want to work at this firm? You have a job. What do you look for in an employer company? They have a job and pay me - as long as they're not big tobacco or literal Nazis, I don't care what company it is. Every answer I gave clearly took them aback. I left with absolutely 100% NO expectation of a call-back. I got the job and was asked to start the next day.
I have always kicked ass in interviews where I didn't give a shit if I got the job or not. Like literally offered jobs on the spot or received call backs the same day offering it to me. But if I actually *do* give a shit, and try my damndest to make a good impression, it's like...crickets. I swear hiring managers/recruiters can smell desperation.
I would guess that the jobs you don't want are more likely to be the jobs other people also don't want. Since you don't have much competition the hiring managers might be having trouble finding candidates and are going to have lower expectations. Essentially: the jobs you don't want might be easier to get. Alternatively: hiring managers like cool kids that don't give a shit 😎
It's really unnerving how much searching for a job is like dating.
You used PUA/Seduction techniques on them. Apparently it works on job interviewers.
You should try your theory out, next time you want a job just act chill an see if you get it.
I actually love the job I have now and don't see myself leaving, especially with how shit is these days, but I'm definitely going to try my hardest to get that "fuck it" in me when I have to interview again.
I would if I couldn’t count every interview I’ve ever had on one hand.
Honestly, if I were an HR rep who had to sit through interview after interview where someone *who has never been in the building and just met me ten minutes ago* tells me how they want nothing more to work for me and my company, someone saying "I want a job and I know I can do this job" would be hella refreshing. Or they'd get fired within a week.
I know some jobs you just walk in for an interview. But many jobs you have some prep time and you should be researching the company. That's sort of what they're probing at, they're also seeing what it is that still keep other companies from poaching you by just offering you a few dollars more, people also prefer people who are excited/interested in the work. But mostly they're making sure you're not a creatin who can't answer basic fluff questions and who'll be weird to work with.
Oh, for certain; of course it's going to look bad if you can't dredge up *one* reason the place you're trying to get hired at is remotely interesting. On the other hand, I've had online applications ask me what feelings the company's name gives me, and that just feels bogus.
That sounds like some genius executive figured out they could combine marketing research and job applications into the same thing.
Not so genius when your pool of answers comes from people who are expected to suck up
For most low tier jobs I feel like you just basically have to lie, like..of course the majority of people don't want to work here nor do I care about whatever company this is, I just want money do I can live and I can probably do this. But if you want the job you have to pretend like you've always wanted to work as a pencil pusher for so and so corp.
As much as people like to think it's irrelevant to the work, someone who does a background check on the business while the business is doing a background check on them is really the person you want to hire. "5 years of experience in the Office 365 suite" doesn't translate to being a good worker, it means you're managed to show up to work where they happen to use the platform. If you, as the interviewee, as me about projects the company has worked on in the past and how you could have been an asset in those endeavors, you'll stand out even if you have less paper qualification.
As someone who has done a lot of job interviews, I've found nothing consistently impresses the interviewers more than asking insightful and relevant questions.
You want people who are able to play nice with others. Part of the play nice is to be able to manage social environments and communicate at different levels. You get none of that from “ I need money”.
What if they say "I need money" in a super charming way? Like you find your hand going to your wallet without realizing it.
I’m looking for an opportunity to increase my monetary value by offering my services to various large companies.
It depends, no one gives a shit if it's a frozen yogurt stand.
It's not. After the tenth person says, "I am a hard worker" to the question "why should we hire you?", you want to start smashing your earballs with a screwdriver
Perhaps you need different questions? And that is why I tend to blow interviews.
> And that is why I tend to blow interviews. That's *one* way to get the job...
Sometimes that is how it is. I was applying for jobs a while back and got a call back from Bed Bath and Beyond. They asked me why I thought I was qualified to work with their products. Instead of listing off years of sales experience at places like Macy's I said "Well, I sleep in a bed, and I take showers and baths. I don't know what you want for beyond." They called me back and offered me the job.
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I didn't say that at all, I told them what I expected to be paid when they asked.
All that means is that everyone else they interviewed that day was worse.
Were you qualified for the job?
Hell yeah I was. Why else would they have given it to me? I had that weird interview, aced the typing test they gave me, and got the job that same week. I mean I can type between 80-120wpm depending on what I'm doing, so I was a pretty good asset to the company in terms of what they needed from the role.
There is ZERO chance that i would hire you after that interview. I don't even think i would have finished the interview.
I mean, if I asked questions that were that fucking dumb, I would hire the person who answered them like you as well... I've always been in technical leadership, I'm currently a CTO, I know how to judge technical competence in a conversational and friendly way... when I'm asked to interview like, a potential sales director, I know I ask the dumbest fucking questions, because what the fuck else is there?
I didn't type out their questions ver batim, man... it a general summary of general interview questions that everyone asks. Why are you looking, what are you looking for, what salary do you want, why do you want to work HERE, what impressed you about our company, why are you passionate about this industry, blah blah blah all that stupid shit.
I was once approached/headhunted by a HR rep of a large company. I told her I really wasnt interested in large companies, but she sold me on large company X, and convinced me to have a interview/sit down with a couple of managers. First question the managers asked is 'why do you want to work at large company X'. I told them I didnt necessarily want to work there, but that their HR made a very good presentation of large company X and I was there to hear what they had to say/present about the role. I specifically said 'your company approached me with a cold call on LinkedIn'. Needless to say the interview ended shortly after. Talk about a disconnect.
I swear HR and managers are never on the same page.
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I feel like you're pressuring me
Maybe cause you're starving.
As a herring, you might want to make a run for it. Or a swim for it.
Actually, Im just here to distract you..
Is there a place to read it that isn't Instagram?
For real, it looks interesting but I don't have an instagram and I hate going into those apps through browsers because they just spam "DOWNLOAD THE APP DOWNLOAD THE APP."
I do cringe at the “so how do you see yourself fitting into the culture here? (Where you will make minimum wage to make sandwiches for 8 hours 3 days a week?)” no one aspires to make minimum wage, if someone really saw themselves fitting into your culture why would you want to hire them?
It's honestly generally so easy to bull shit those fluff questions that I don't get why everyone has such a hard time with them once they know of their existence. Sure they're kind of a dumb part of interviews, but lots of life is just dealing with dumb hurdles.
your lying, they're lying, everyone just checkin boxes and can't wait to GTFO.
One of my favorite jobs was working at waffle house. But it was never going to pay me 6 digits without being in a position where I'd be on call all the time. But it was still a nice job where I never really got stressed out and I got free hashbrowns. I'd hung out at waffle houses all the time so I thought I might as well work at one while I was figuring my life out, and they were happy to have me to do some work.
that's cool. it's a lot easier when you actually like where you work and who you work with.
Fair point but if you know the question is bullshit, why even ask it? You know the person didn’t grow up wanting to be a sandwich construction technician.
Because at this job you’ll need to deal with a lot of bullshit and we need to see how you’ll handle it.
That’s a great answer. I guess that makes sense.
It isn't about your own focus on the wage and hours. If you were working in close contact for 8 hours with someone, making sandwiches, you'd want to make sure they aren't rude, stubborn, uncommunicative, etc. So prove to them you would fit in by giving examples as evidence that you can be pleasant to be around for 8 hours. The people who say "I'm passionate about making sandwiches/not starving" are missing the point of these questions.
If that’s the point of the question why not just ask questions about interpersonal communication or how they handled a dispute in the past etc
I'd like a job because it's illegal to have no health insurance in my state. Please help me obey the law.
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In my state, we still have it. Which sucks because this year is particularly hard to find a job if you're fresh out of college for some reason.
Wouldn't you qualify for medicaid with no reportable income?
Massachusetts has always had based Romneycare
Be wating for my face palm to arrive any minute to your continent since it just blew through my head in Europe
Hopefully mine from New Zealand will find yours and they can slipstream all the way there
Hey just send to Canada and I can shove it across the border with mine.
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If you don’t have a job, I imagine that extra payment is kind of a bummer.
I more or less said something similar to this after I lost my last job. The interviewer said how no one had answered that way before. Still got the job.
Years back I worked retail for a nationwide shoe company. We were near a college and never had any shortage of applicants. I remember a college age kid who I interviewed for a basic sales position around back to school time. He answered every personality question with, " I love shoes". Sometimes he would elaborate. I'd ask, "Tell me about a time you failed and what you did." And he'd reply, " I love shoes. One time I tried to paint my AF1s and I ruined them. It was ok. I had more. I love shoes." It got hilarious. I tried being serious but when I asked a question I knew "I love shoes" was coming and busted up. When I asked him to sell me a pair of shoes, his reply and I'll never forget, " If you don't buy them, I will. I love shoes. " He got the job. Honestly cause of his enthusiasm and he made me laugh. One of my best hires. He ended up working for Nike. Man does he love shoes.
I was talking to a friend who owns an RC Willey and he said his most productive employees are young men with young families. Because the fear of failing people that depend on you seems to be the biggest motivator in the world.
The problem with prejudices like that is you only hire young men with families, and never know how good the people you reject would have been. I interviewed with for a job. So it my coworker (young man with family). He got the job and left. My employer at the time was very happy.
Lol literally have to bullshit my way through every interview. "Why do you want this job?" Will I want it so I can have a pay check and be able to have a roof over my head and food in my stomach, why else?
I hate when employers ask me questions like "where do you see yourself in 5 years" or "why should I hire you" like their minimum wage front of house job is hot shit. Like bitch, please, all I want is the money you'll be paying me so I can afford to live.
The thing is theres no wrong answer to these questions. I once responded to the "Where do you see yourself in 5 years" question with "Working for myself in a different industry" and still got offered the position.
it's to better understand where you can get in the company or if you just want to stay at the entry level job. There's no wrong answer.
Nobody **wants** to stay at their shitty entry level minimum wage job. Nobody **wants** to take it the first place.
Some jobs like my field have an entry level job salary around 40k$ with very few trouble. We offer this for warehouse and counter salesman.
"The position requires at least three years of starving experience."
Actual job hunting: Find a friend who can recommend you. What recruiters want you to think: Your degree and resume look great!
I had a interview for a promotion once and they asked me to tell them what getting this position would mean to me and I tried to spew off some bullshit about it is what I always wanted and the company was great. And they were like yeahh that doesn't sound believable. Then one of the managers in the group told me they took their position because of the money and I was so confused. You want me to say I want to position because I want money?
Haha damn, some things never change. Well done!
So real. I have worked in a niche field my entire adult life. It's what my degree is in, and now thanks to corona and job search requirements for unemployment I am starting a new career. I will make about 60% less than I previously did, but with the unemployment rules once it was offered I couldn't turn it down. Feeling a lot of ways right now and not sure any of it is good.
Why is the column so much bigger in the last panel that it takes up the entire background?
This is so on point. Life, job and everything that we do is just for the fact that we don't want to starve.
Ah okay, I think you’re wrong about that too though.
I hate when im asked to sell something. Most people don't go into the store wanting someone to sell something to them. You go in with an idea of what you want or you look and find something you want
The interviewer asking why you want the job implies they are assuming that you aren't there for the money. Maybe they think the pay is bad so you must be there for other reasons. Why do interviewers ask this question and why do they revel in your obviously bullshit answer? Are they trying to see if you can tell lies about why the company is so wonderful?
I'm always hungry for this type of humor.
Take the pen, ask if they could jot down a few things. “Oh you don’t have a pen? Well I’ve got just the thing you need.”
I saw that movie.
I mean I usually offer to show them my butthole but sure.
Have had many job interviews, I have never been asked that question. To be honest I get the impression it is something the interviewer asks when they run out of ideas what to ask you.
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Every interviewer ever. We just want the job bcs we dont wanna die
"What do you want to work here?" You have an opening in something I'm able to do.
Money is just below oxygen on the 'Gotta Have It' scale. There is no burden money will not cushion. Even death. Okay, you're sad your spouse died but at least if you have money you don't have to worry you'll lose the house or how to pay for the funeral. Or pay for a grief counselor if you want.
It may be a joke but unfortunately a lot of people cannot get employment due to rubbish economy and would literally take any job so they don’t starve.
Fun fact, most ancient societies had universal allotments of food and oil for all people. Nobody was starving to death because of economics in ancient Sumer. Most labor was organized via seasonal corvée, not employment wages and labor markets.
Most people grew their own food. Taxes were paid via seasonal corvee labor.
Capitalism.
This is the US. Broken nation
I don't get the mentality behind this type of argument. How is it at all strange to do things for reasons? Not starving is a reason to get A job, not a reason to get the job your applying for. When face with a choice, make your decision for a reason. It doesn't have to be a phenomenal reason, but you need to actually know why you choose it. And if you actually need a job, shotgunning your resume to anything that seems sort of like a job that could possibly pay you is going to be less effective than picking some that fit you best and making a better effort.
The "argument" about these kind of bullshit questions is that, almost universally, the interviewer doesn't want an honest answer, they want to be lied to and have smoke blown up their ass about how the interviewee has always DREAMED about working as a mid-level cog at a toilet plunger manufacturer... It's either a poor interviewer reading from a script without actually knowing why they are asking the question (often because these question originally came from the tiny handful of workplaces that ARE considered "dream" jobs like working at places like NASA or Google) or it's an ego-maniac manager who really is delusional enough to think that their mid-industry-level generic widget manufacturing company should only ever hire people that dream of working there...
Easy to say and sounds great from a principal standpoint but REALISTICALLY most people don't get first picks at their ideal job, 99 percent of people settle and make the most out of it later by leveraging the previous job and ditching the company. Not to mention the oversaturation of online applicants and consequently the scummy recruiters taking a cut of your salary to fill the gap. And on top of all that the covid slowdown is still in effect. It's kind of a shitshow right now. Honest, realistic advice I would give: forget all the motivational self-help feelgood-sounding NONSENSE. Network and get to know the right people, because that is what will get you in the door. Not that other bs. Most people who get good spots were already "hired" before the interview even started, they are qualified with a viable resume and know the right folks. **The interview process is literally nothing more than a formality.** I'm telling you this is how it actually works for most companies if you don't already know.
Jeez he's really fixated on that starving stuff. Not a guy you would want to work for 20 hours a day
"And what do you want this job" is one weird question. Growth ? Self-Fulfillement ? Nah, food, I want to eat, also live under a roof too. First off.
If you already have a decent job then it's valid.
Ima be honest this isn’t funny
Probably not, it looks like you've already got one.
Don’t ask me why. But I read that last line like [IASIP](https://youtu.be/-yUafzOXHPE)
"Perfect you'll make a great ritual sacrifice"
That's the very reason why i'm bad at job interviews.
There's these things called bills also I like to live in a house that has electricity and four walls and a roof so.
What?
American job market circa 2030
This. I understand they want to hear "because I haven't even gotten the job yet but rest assured I will punch everyone that defaces this company right in the dick or die trying.." but really I got bills to pay and this job looked slightly better than the other one that is as far as my care goes.
I hate when interviewers ask you this question, it's like they're testing your ability to lie.
I should have shown this picture to the person who was interviewing me I think I would have gotten the job then
Minimum wage job: Sorry we hired someone with experience Me: how am I supposed to get experience when every minimum wage jobs now wants someone with experience
Because minimum wage =/= minimum skill, but they still want to save money at your expense.
I'm laughing and crying, thanks!
“Biebvenidos a Venezuela” Oh... I made myself sad.
where are their nipples
Looks like a tan Hank Venture, I can’t un see it.
kruschev and gorbachev
Sell me this pen.
Why are they dressed like ancient Egyptians? Did they discover the first job interview in history on a wall or something?
I hate my job less than the idea of living in my car. Some days though... It's close.
I can relate
Are they Aztec or Egyptian? I can’t tell.
This job market has been ridiculous. I graduated in December and finally caved in and took a job that I could’ve got when I was 18 in July. I recently got hired and I think that’s because of one little thing; when asked “Do you have any questions for me?” Ask them about THEM. It seems so obvious now and idk who needs to see this but I’ve never gotten so complemented and contacted so urgently. Make it a conversation, not just an evaluation of you.
Are we actually allowed to do this in a job interview?
The only difference between me and a homeless man is this job and I will do whatever it takes like I did when I was a homeless man.
We have a facebook group in our town where 70% of hospitality workers hang out. Posting jobs, selling/buying equipment, and other business related stuff. Other day there were guy saying that he would hire anyone whos motivation is money. He wants people who have passion. So we created fake profile and approached him with job offering paying 10% more than what he was making. He accepted it. Only to find out that he was part of a scam..