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EgosXII
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Registered: Apr 2007
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quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
I think you're missing the point. I'm not talking about going into an interview and then flying into a tearful confession about how I hate myself and think I'm an idiot (which I don't, in any case). LOL! I know I have a few skills, and I can portray those positively.
I'm talking about responding to very common questions like "Why do you want to work for this company?" and "What motivates you?" and "Where do you see yourself in five years?" with anything like a truthful answer. |
read my first paragraph, i'm exagerating to more accurately explain my position
i'm saying take the questions, and give your answers from a positive truth, NOT a negative truth.
both are true, but one is beneficial, and one is not. Life sucks, life is also grey, and you're able to CHOOSE which side you would prefer to deal with.
both the positive and negative truths are true, but the positive ones help you, and the negative ones fuck you up.
You're entirely capable of tellign the positive truths, and getting positive results from the situation, while maintaining your honesty.
Stop being negative about everything, and look on the bright side. It's as honest as the negative truth EXCEPT everyone involved benefits.
edit: You actually did answer my point in your post, I pretty much just elaborated on what i said because I still think it covers what you said in response.
They know you don't want to work for them, you don't have to say that. Say why you would prefer to work for them than their competition (there must be a reason since you applied for the interview) etc...
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Oct-31-2010 11:34
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EddieZilker
This is the dance.
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Marijuana Sex Camp
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quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
if i formulate a 5 year plan, then that's a lie |
Wild speculation is never a lie.
It really is a useless question, though. It proves absolutely nothing about who you are or what kind of employee you'll be. At best, it shows you can mirror the hiring manager's sensibilities. I think I'm just going to try being radically honest at my next interview.
"Well, I don't really care for Accounts Receivables in your box company but I need something which pays the rent. There's just no satisfaction in auditing a spreadsheet downloaded from a payment gateway just to make sure your prematurely rolled out, proprietary computer program didn't double charge the customer because your programmers are too fucking lazy to allocate memory. Your method of handling checks, being a boggy morning nightmare rivaling the combined French and American entanglement in Vietnam, notwithstanding, am I to derive some form of job satisfaction when I come home and announce that I just prevented five customers from having to request a chargeback from their credit-card company which would convince you that I was an excellent hiring decision. That's a pretty fucking pathetic existence, if you ask me, and there are much better things to be thinking about than the self-aggrandizing fantasy of AR rock-star at AAA Corrugated. My five year plan? Wake up, come to work, drink coffee, make sure my job is done at the end of the day, go home, get stoned, work on music, go to sleep, lather, rinse, repeat."
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Oct-31-2010 13:55
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