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Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

Your task is to blow a job interview in the first 30 seconds. What do you do?

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Your task is to blow a job interview in the first 30 seconds. What do you do?

Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago
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    Can we first just check out the salary?

  • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOP
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    How strict is your sexual harassment policy?

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      How strict is your shitting on Debra’s desk policy?

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        Or flying into the sun?

        • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world
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          Sounds like management material to me.

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      Blow job interview, you say?

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    “The trick is to say you’re prejudiced against all races” --Homer Simpson (OK the quote was about getting out of jury duty but I think it fits here)

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    As the title suggests, blow a job interviewer in the first 30 seconds will blow a job interview in 30 seconds

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      Depends on the skill of the top.

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    Easy, just don’t come at all

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      But keep stroking it?

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        Gotta edge them for as long as you can. That way you can get a raise.

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          Establish inward dominance as well as outward dominance.

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    Ask to borrow a pen. Throw it at the interviewer’s head. Ask to borrow a pen…

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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    Dodge the handshake and go right in for the French kiss.

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      You are hereby accepted to SexyTimesPorn Co.

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    Apparently just be my own natural self.

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    “I like you guys. You’re cool. All my other bosses were asshats.”

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      I’ve actually heard this one in an interview.

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    Sit down, look at the picture of the (child aged) daughter of the person interviewing you, and ask if she’s single.

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      …and now all of a sudden you’re appointed to lead a government agency.

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    “I’ve always been on the lookout for great places to start a workers union.”

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    So, how many holidays are there and how much are you offering, if I decide I’m interested?

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    What a useless post.

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      Do you handle multiple dicks or just your own?

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    Tell the truth. Corporate drones hate that more than anything.

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    “Thanks for your time, but this job isn’t for me. I wish you good luck finding your candidate, though.”

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