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jackhammer · 09-29-2011, 05:48 PM

The two questions I absolutely hate at interviews are:

1) Why do you want to work for our company?
Unless it's a dream job (working in film or within the music industry aside), what answer do you really want to give? I'm fecking skint, my kids are badgering me for the latest X Box game. I get called every night with people wanting bills paid and I really want the new Pink Floyd boxset. This is the correct answer.

The acceptable answer is some bollocks about you admiring their company and that it has been your goal in life to sit at a desk answering the phone to goons and earning minimum wage whilst 99% of your colleagues appall you with their limited views on music, film, politics, the nature of celebrity and choice of food and I just need the money you pen pushing fuckwit.

2)What are your weaknesses?
I am not an over confident person at all but I find the process of sitting in a chair in front of a stranger and demeaning yourself rather counter productive.

I shave my head, go to music festivals and get drunk like I'm still 20. Are they weaknesses? Probably but I won't mention them so I always maintain eye contact, dress smartly and even do a little research into the company before interviews but my weaknesses should be found by said employer and then tweaked or taught if only you would give me the damn job in the first place. Even some job descriptions are spelled incorrectly in the first place and I can address that for you straight away.

I have constantly found that it's not what you know but who you know in life and I am not trying to put you off interviews at all. I have been unemployed for 9 months now and have a good employment record and references but still no work and it get's to the stage where you you cannot muster that false enthusiasm anymore.

However it seems to me that pretending to be something that you aren't is probably the best way and I am sure as you are young you will find work and don't want to put you off at all!

Good luck and I mean that sincerely with future interviews but personally I am utterly despondent with employment prospects.

09-29-2011, 05:48 PM	#17 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	The two questions I absolutely hate at interviews are: 1) Why do you want to work for our company? Unless it's a dream job (working in film or within the music industry aside), what answer do you really want to give? I'm fecking skint, my kids are badgering me for the latest X Box game. I get called every night with people wanting bills paid and I really want the new Pink Floyd boxset. This is the correct answer. The acceptable answer is some bollocks about you admiring their company and that it has been your goal in life to sit at a desk answering the phone to goons and earning minimum wage whilst 99% of your colleagues appall you with their limited views on music, film, politics, the nature of celebrity and choice of food and I just need the money you pen pushing fuckwit. 2)What are your weaknesses? I am not an over confident person at all but I find the process of sitting in a chair in front of a stranger and demeaning yourself rather counter productive. I shave my head, go to music festivals and get drunk like I'm still 20. Are they weaknesses? Probably but I won't mention them so I always maintain eye contact, dress smartly and even do a little research into the company before interviews but my weaknesses should be found by said employer and then tweaked or taught if only you would give me the damn job in the first place. Even some job descriptions are spelled incorrectly in the first place and I can address that for you straight away. I have constantly found that it's not what you know but who you know in life and I am not trying to put you off interviews at all. I have been unemployed for 9 months now and have a good employment record and references but still no work and it get's to the stage where you you cannot muster that false enthusiasm anymore. However it seems to me that pretending to be something that you aren't is probably the best way and I am sure as you are young you will find work and don't want to put you off at all! Good luck and I mean that sincerely with future interviews but personally I am utterly despondent with employment prospects. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”