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Old 02-02-2015, 01:11 PM
 
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He told me to come in for an interview. After the interview, he had group of us in a room and told us that we would be selling knives and paid commission. We were all teens and I rolled my eyes. This wouldn't work. Even my own parents wouldn't buy knives.
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Old 02-02-2015, 01:14 PM
 
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15 minutes before is the soonest. I arrived the the interview 15 minutes early as I always do and then the supervisor arrived 5 minutes late, and his employee who are also suppose to be at the interview arrived another 15 minutes late. If you and your employees don't care to be on time for an interview that they all scheduled why should I even be interested in the job? I'm interviewing them as much as they are interviewing me.
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Old 02-02-2015, 04:52 PM
 
Location: Somehere Dreamin of the Ol' West!
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Reread the original post please
I did read the original post. But just feel that thinking positively and being positive works wonders in life, especially when job searching!
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Old 02-02-2015, 05:02 PM
 
Location: Somehere Dreamin of the Ol' West!
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Mod cut: Orphaned (quoted post has been deleted).

Not to attack the OP but there seems to be a lot of negativity on the work and employment forums. Wish there were more positive or inspirational posts.

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Old 02-02-2015, 05:05 PM
 
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I interviewed for a job five weeks ago till they contact me I still think I have the job
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Old 02-02-2015, 05:07 PM
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Location: Tall Building down by the river
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The deadpan tone was enough for me to realize I wasn't getting the administrative assistant position.
I think the question was asking when did he applicant feel they were not impressed during the interview not the interviewer. Your situation sounds like the interviewer felt you wasn't the person for the job instead of the other way around.
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Old 02-02-2015, 05:57 PM
 
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In the video game industry for a design position...

I asked my interviewers what they liked about the company and what they thought their strong point was. They replied super enthusiastically that all their game design is based off empirical data and market research, therefore every game is guaranteed to be profitable.

For me personally, it put a super sour taste in my mouth because I strongly believe something as creative as game design shouldn't be limited by the constraints of quantitative data. They basically were making cookie cutter games and reskins and were thrilled to be doing it...
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Old 02-02-2015, 06:36 PM
 
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I think the question was asking when did he applicant feel they were not impressed during the interview not the interviewer. Your situation sounds like the interviewer felt you wasn't the person for the job instead of the other way around.
Eh.

I also felt the job wasn't for me either.
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Old 02-02-2015, 08:14 PM
 
Location: NYC, CHI, UK
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I worked at a company for 11 years. When I first interviewed there, it was for the position of allocator and I realized a few minutes into the interview that the position was vastly different than what I had known it from at another workplace. The person interviewing me realized at the same time that we had two different expectations of the job description. The interview lasted about 5 minutes and we were both laughing about it. I ended up working there for someone else in a different position.
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Old 02-02-2015, 09:25 PM
 
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I actually almost did that for a job in 2003. Interview was nice but I asked for a walkthrough of the call center. It was an absolute dump. Paper files scattered all over the floor, stains, tiny cubicles, loud/no white noise suppressors, etc. A far cry from Cox Communications which has quite possibly the most attractive overall call center I've personally seen.

Not taking that job would have been a mistake, as it jump started where I am today and gave me critical skills, just by sticking with it and getting promoted from within.

Once when I was a young adult I applied for a job in the newspaper that indicated they needed "call center support". Talked to her on the phone and they did disclose it was a sales position. Scheduled an interview. I drove out to the address, it was a dump building in the middle of nowhere; no cars, no windows, nothing. I didn't even stop the car, just U-Turn and left. They never did bother to follow up with me either.
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