This past Monday, I interviewed with an organization that holds the key to my dream job. I didn’t think that my dream job existed but it does and it restores my faith that if you dream it, you can do it. While I’m not certain if I landed this gig, it was a most interesting interview. I leave these events literally in a WTF state of mind. I study, I prepare, obsess, prepare, practice, and prepare a little more, but there are probably 500 interview questions that you can ask a candidate in an interview, and 500 different ways to ask them. It is impossible to prepare for what an interviewer will ask. It is also really frustrating and very unfair, and honestly I’m sick and tired of these head games. It’s borderline abuse, and yet an accepted practice. In any case, I have to say it was one of the best interviews I’ve ever had. These weren’t HR people either, just your hiring managers –folks that do the job or have done the job you are applying for – therefore it wasn’t a psycho HR person, with templated job description in hand waiting for answers that only a psychopathic pathological liar is good at answering and that is most refreshing!
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
WTF Moments
This past Monday, I interviewed with an organization that holds the key to my dream job. I didn’t think that my dream job existed but it does and it restores my faith that if you dream it, you can do it. While I’m not certain if I landed this gig, it was a most interesting interview. I leave these events literally in a WTF state of mind. I study, I prepare, obsess, prepare, practice, and prepare a little more, but there are probably 500 interview questions that you can ask a candidate in an interview, and 500 different ways to ask them. It is impossible to prepare for what an interviewer will ask. It is also really frustrating and very unfair, and honestly I’m sick and tired of these head games. It’s borderline abuse, and yet an accepted practice. In any case, I have to say it was one of the best interviews I’ve ever had. These weren’t HR people either, just your hiring managers –folks that do the job or have done the job you are applying for – therefore it wasn’t a psycho HR person, with templated job description in hand waiting for answers that only a psychopathic pathological liar is good at answering and that is most refreshing!
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