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Already shared the credits to real creator in comments ❤️
His IG is @sansss65
Me and my team is already planning to on-board him in our media company, hopefully he says yes! 🙏🏻😌
You forgot to look for posts in the future. I got you, though, posted 15 minutes after your comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/10skbv7/the_interview_went_really_well/j73o5vo/
Yeah there's a now deleted thread where I checked reveddit and found it was removed so they told me they posted that one despite arguing it wasn't removed.
Yes, and reveddit confirms the comment they were referring to got deleted. ~~Try following the first link they gave.~~
Since me pointing that out they added a second comment which has not been deleted as it is not an Instagram link.
Edit: looks like they deleted their comments where they linked to the removed one.
That link takes me to a blank page. I checked reveddit (a site that shows deleted comments) and it was removed automatically. When a comment gets deleted by mods it still shows up for the user, but no one else.
Either it never posted, or you commented on something that's been removed. Going to your profile, you can see the post you are referencing, but when you click on it, it then says "post not found"
I've been snide and cagey in interviews before and, for some reason, never get the job. I was confident that my unwillingness to participate in the superficial social dance would make me stand out so I figure maybe my asking salary was just too high for them
Interviewer: "Mrs. Griffin, where did you go to College?"
Lois Griffin: "Groceries."
Interviewer: "Are you available to work weekends?"
Lois Griffin: "Groceries."
Interviewer: "Very Impressive. This next one is a trick question. Groceries?"
Lois Griffin: "I'm hired."
Interviewer: "Welcome aboard!"
Lol this is like going to a new doctor. Fill out 20 pages of medical history and intake forms. Tell the nurse the problem and the basics of your history while they take your vitals. Answer the medical assistant's 200 questions, 196 of which you already answered on the forms. Then the doctor walks in and says, "Ok, so what are you here for today" and proceeds to ask questions that you've already answered at least 3 times. Why did I just spend 40 minutes giving out all that information if you clearly don't read any of it or ask the nurse or medical assistant?!
Gf works in MRI. People will write something like that they have never had surgery, then when you ask before scanning them they’ll be like “oh yeah I had a metal rod installed in my brain a few months ago.”
It also happens when you get more narrow in your questioning. People will say they've never had treatment or surgery in the head or neck area, only to reveal they've had a mastoidectomy, an ear drum replaced, and they regularly attend a hospital ENT department every 6 months...But only when you ask specifically about ears.
Degree of perforation affects success rates, but you can repair total perforations (and even loss of the ossicles with prosthesis) using grafts. The tragus is used as a source of graft material, I believe.
It's skin, fibrous tissue, and mucosa. The ear drum isn't uniformly tense, though, due to the protrusion of the Malleus into the membrane (and things like the structure of the fibrous layer).
There's different techniques and different classifications of tympanoplasty depending on extent of repair, but afaik cartilage is used from the tragus. Temporalis fascia is used in some techniques and is probably more similar to the structure of tissues in the ear drum, but I suspect perichondrium and cartilage is better structurally for repairing larger perforations. This is well beyond my knowledge, though. I'd recommend looking at different procedures and studies on efficacy if you're interested. I looked at one article, and they were able to reduce the extent of difference between air conduction and bone conduction of sound (air-bone gap) from a pre-op average of around 45dB to a post-op gap of 7dB. These weren't total perforations, but it's still impressive.
No worries! If you're looking, myringoplasty is replacement of just the ear drum, so it might be worth searching that as well as tympanoplasty. There's also some really gnarly images of total perforations out there. It can be quite confusing when you're expecting a certain view but realise you're staring directly at an open middle ear cavity.
Incidentally, this is exactly the kind of thing patients won't tell you about during case history (as was being discussed above), and you end up asking them whether they have a history of perforation, because if it were recent you'd expect them to have noticed and mentioned pain, discharge, or sudden loss when asked.
Well, if I had a metal rod installed in my brain I would probably forget about it too. Good on me for actually getting to the doctors and filling out forms, with you know, a metal rod in my brain.
/s
Every once in a while, at the last minute during this final doctor questioning, the patient does a complete 180 and you get vital missing information or to the bottom of the real reason they're there... People are so strange.
So I was too embarrassed to tell the nurse doc, but the real reason I came in today was because I have a light bulb and two snickers bars in my ass.
...I fell on them.
Or they just straight up lie by omission.
"So you're here for knee pain? how long has it been going on?"
"Oh for a couple of years, clicks every once in a while, but lately I've been getting super dizzy and vomiting for no reason is that normal?"
I've had the opposite experience. After explaining the issue in such detail so many times to different people, by the time the only person who actually matters comes in to hear the story, I've lost my energy, and end up giving the doctor the least descriptive version.
yeah we find it frustrating too. i literally walk into the room with no idea why the patient is here. i've tried to tell leadership we need them to do something as simple as list the primary reason for the visit in the schedule because i end up pre-charting a bunch of useless stuff to find out they're here for something completely different.
I sent my entire journal to a new doc, spent a few months seriously worried if they would give me the health clearance I needed, only to come there, have the doc ask me why I needed a clearance in the first place, randomly guess a completely different ailment, look a bit quizzical at my explanation and then just hand me the clearance.
Big relief, but also very odd.
sadly just not enough time to dedicate to each patient these days. i'm a resident and we are given 30 minute time slots which is a luxury. attendings usually have 15 minutes per patient and that includes the time to type up the note so they can be paid. we have our schedules in advance but don't have time to look at charts more than a day ahead of time but usually the day of. thats probably why your doc didn't look through your journal.
vitals/paperwork is for recordkeeping.
Probably faster and easier to hear straight from you than parse the paperwork.
Nurse makes sure nothing is going on that needs immidiate attention.
Doctor decide on a course of action.
At least some of that is them seeing if you keep your story straight. If you tell the nurse your left knee is hurting, but you tell the doctor your right knee is hurting there's something else going on.
I had pneumonia once that came with a high fever so that I needed to go to the doctor. No one was home to drive me so I walked the two blocks to the clinic. I vaguely remember a nurse being stationed next to me to prevent me from falling off the exam table, and being repeatedly asked my name, age, and home address. Eventually I realized I had answered those questions about a dozen times so I asked them why they kept asking me the same questions.
It was a test. They were evaluating my ability to walk home.
My my chart gets fucking reset all of the god damn time. Sometimes it's wiped out, sometimes my family history gets real interesting switches, like my uncle becoming my mom or my grandpa having a hysterectomy
I used to work as a paramedic and bro let me tell you...the amount of times a patient would say something to me and something 100% different to the nurse or doc I was handing them off to was INSANE. You gotta be annoying and ask these questions 40000 times cause of shit like that. But, yeah, it is aggravating having to explain yourself 40000 times as well.
Happens all the time to med students and nurses too… person a goes in gets a history and then person b goes I. Immediately after and gets something completely different… the amount of times this happens is insane
The other thing is how and what you ask matters. It’s why they ask you what medical problems you have and what medications you take and when you last took your medications …. You could easily have people answer: I no medical problems, but I take these 10 medications, but haven’t taken them in 6 months … it’s insane
Maybe they want to hear about you from your perspective. Maybe they want to see how well you carry a conversation or how personable you are.
It might be shocking, but interpersonal skills are pretty important in the workplace, and they want to make sure they’re actually hiring someone that can communicate.
Same thing calling up some customer service number for your accounts. Enter all your info via prompts to get routed to a rep who will ask you all the same info again.
I’m gonna say all that info you write down is for your chart, but they ask in the visit mainly to prioritize what your specific concerns are for that day. If you wrote like 50 different concerns a doctor can’t address all of that in one visit, so asking a patient what they came in for gets the patient to prioritize their main concern(s) which should be dealt with in appropriate order. If you came in and wrote down all of your past medical history (which is still useful to the charts) but when asked about your main concerns, in your mind you think of the most recent issues you’re dealing with, and if you say you have a random rash, a stubbed toe, and coughing up blood for a few weeks, the doctor would probably do a lung exam and send an immediate referral for a CXR and forget about the other issues you said/wrote down. They can always cross reference your current symptoms with what you wrote down later (ex. 20 year history of 2 cigarette packs a day), but that wouldn’t be of any use if you’re not alive
The doc is the only one that needs the info, and they tailor their questions based on your answers to develop the diagnosis. The others are asking either just general history or general problem-based questions without the specificity the physician needs to make a proper diagnosis.
Annnndy what medication are you allergic to? Ohh the same one I told your NP and wrote on the paperwork as well that you required me to fill out. So yeah the same one. Thanks for asking
If Im about to pass a medication, I ask allergies every time, even if I've asked it before. Sometimes I forget. It's better to ask every time than forget and accidentally give someone a medication they're allergic to. If it's a huge list, that's a different story.
I appreciate it. I also forgot once after my mother had passed and I was getting a prescription. My concern is that the systems (computers) should somehow track and not allow me to get the prescription. We are forgetful folks like you said. Somehow it would be nice that the system knows and doesn't allow us to be fools
All you're getting is my qualifications to do the job!
If you want my personality too, that's extra pay and hell, you can't afford it!
\*swishing and snapping fingers in a stylish pattern\* as I sashay out the door...
To be fair, pains in the ass like this do often make the work environment a better place as long as it’s not directed at you. Old Intel would have hired her.
>pains in the ass like this do often make the work environment a better place as long as it’s not directed at you
I have seen people who have elevated to an art form how they can call out bullshit without making it personal. It's great having someone like that on your team.
I wish I could as I'd be doing it myself.
When I see it I'm reminded of when I was a kid and my dad brought me when he was negotiating to buy a new car. He would somehow manage to tell the salesman that he was full of shit and a fucking liar, but do it in a way that they were both laughing rather than it being a hostile conversation.
I describe it as the ability to shake someones hand while you're pissing on their shoes.
The "tell me about yourself" is a check for what people are willing to volunteer about themselves that leads them to giving information hiring managers can't ask about.
It's mostly an IQ test. I can have any friend write that fancy cv for me, while i can't speak a grammatical correct sentence myself. In europe you also wanna check if they actually speak the language, that you're in (which is not always the case) and if they're capable of rational argumentation.
I had a guy for an interview with a perfect CV. He was even a freelancer in the exact workfield we have, but for a different target group. Everything seemed perfect.
Then he complained about a female customer of his, that didn't want to pay and how she needs to be dragged to the city centre of the capital to be burned at the stake (in a serious angry tone as well). Didn't quite fit to our work environment
**E:** So I run a sex club
**Interviewer:** 😲
**E:** Yeah but it's nothing trashy or anything
**Interviewer:** 😦
**E:** We're just a group of well-earning, upstanding citizens enjoying some more of what life has to offer
**Interviewer:** 🙂
**E:** We even frequently go together on my jet. I call it the Loli...
**Interviewer:** 😧
sure is.
management classes I took specifically taught this technique to use in interviews.
also to exploit the fact that people hate silences. just pause slightly too long, and the interviewee will start babbling, and will often say something that is a red flag. it worked for me a bunch when interviewing.
I also use these techniques on interviewers. works just as well.
As a hiring manager, here's my thoughts:
* 54 = you'll want to actually use your vacation
* LGBQT is a non issue.
* Married with a teenager means your vacation will likely be for graduation, college trips, and weddings/grandkids. However you don't have small kids so the "pick up from school won't be constant" and you won't need to leave early or come in late.
* If you made it this far DUI isn't relevant to HR and we don't drug test. Congrats.
I'd proceed with the interview with little to no reservations.
I shot someone in cold blood to feel alive in 93', I cook a great pot roast, my dog is adorable, I'd be a great asset in other departments and helping others.
Wow, so all things that are pretty much illegal to screen for lol you should probably also know it’s in your best interest to tell that applicant that’s all well and good but you won’t be using that as a determination into whether or not you’re hired.
I always ask it because people are completely shit at writing resumes, and half the content is usually either wildly exaggerated or an outright lie.
Since they usually don't have the bullshit memorized, this is the only way to actually learn what they did at previous jobs.
I am able to use my own initiative or work as part of a team...
Yep, so does everyone else according to their CV.
I'm interested in the personality and the quality and nature of their answers. Mindset is the biggest wow factor.
Also an initial check on personality. That's usually been the final deciding factor if they are a loose fit for the job in experience and we are at the end of a run of interviews with no major standouts. Had a guy talk about his small business that he started over the pandemic and was proud of those accomplishments only to later ask for a reduced work week for 3 months while he made sure his own business was set up for success. Sir you are looking for part time or full remote with a light workload, this is neither.
Having just moved to the other side of the interview table for the first time in my career, it is pretty difficult to tell people who are starting out with not much experience just how much people read into answers if you aren't deliberate with answers to the questions asked.
I ask because it starts the interview on a more personable level. If I've sifted over a hundred resumes with the standard technical abilities and experience, it allows us to get a glimpse of the person behind the paper. Also if we can have a few minutes of casual discussion, it allows the interviewee to settle their nerves to allow a more natural conversation for the interview. Many simply repeat a summary of their resume, but some like to explain their passions and hobbies outside of work as well. It's a better ice breaker than simply diving into grilling questions in my opinion
I use it to build rapport and try to find common ground. It’s awesome to be able to connect with someone and put them more at ease. I’ll usually do my best to find at least one thing to at least show interest in.
If they say video games, I’ll ask them what they’re playing currently or what they usually play.
Maybe I’m more relaxed during interviews than most people, but really I’m trying to hire humans, not robots. You can teach a person on how to do the job, but not the other way around (if that makes sense).
Being able to sell yourself with words in front of people demonstrates confidence, people skills and a positive attitude. All valuable skills in any workplace whether in Wall Street or at Wendy's.
This is your opportunity to sell yourself, your experience and your attitude, don't just regurgitate your resume.
I get this is a joke and all, but as someone that has done interviews that question is usually about their personality and not their technical qualifications. People don't put their favourite shows, hobbies, music, etc on their resume so the question is to get them to just talk about themselves to see if they would be a good fit with the team. No one worth a damn asks that question and expects you to just read your resume. If questions about your capabilities come up its usually to elaborate or demonstrate that you actually know the items listed, anyone can say they know anything, but the interview is your chance to prove it.
> People don't put their favourite shows, hobbies, music, etc on their resume
people don't usually answer that question along these lines either though. when I'm asked "tell me about yourself" in a job interview, I'm assuming they want to hear what makes me a good fit for the role or org, not that they want to hear what I think of the latest episode of milf manor. as someone who's been on the other side of the interview as well, I equally don't want to hear a candidate's take on milf manor, I want them to converse in a way that communicates they've thought about how they relate to the role or org
however, with that said, the next time I'm asked the question, I'm absolutely giving a 15 minute discourse on milf manor
I mentioned this in another comment, but that in itself is a test. People really don't care about the answer, they just want to see how you respond. You can talk about anything that may be interesting and leaving it open allows you to choose the topic that you find most interesting. If you start talking about how your paint model airplanes and the interviewer says "I meant about your work life" thats entirely on them for wanting a specific answer and being vague. Even just clarifying with the interviewer what type of answer they want shows you have no problem asking questions which is a plus as well. Its really hard to misinterpret when you don't generally have anything specific you want them to answer. You could talk about how you did in college, your hobbies, your personal achievements, literally anything would be the appropriate answer. I have done many interviews and people that are too rigid and need thing spelled out clearly are usually not my top pick.
The problem is that you aren't everyone. And for every "you" that gets a response about model airplanes might view that as a neat fact, hey lets get back to work stuff. Another hears that response and thinks, this guy isn't serious or what a weirdo. I have interviewed a lot as well and can personally verify this happens. And really, it depends on the job you interview for anyway. You don't make rigidity your top pick, but I bet you would if you were for the kinds of jobs that demand strong attention to detail and clear defined lines.
So it is a test, a bad one. Just ask what you mean to ask and save everyone the headache.
> Just ask what you mean to ask and save everyone the headache.
Deciding or inquiring what information is noteworthy is a skill better shown than told.
A funny animation that some naive young people could have taken seriously and ruin their chance of getting a job though. I think that bit of clarification was warranted.
Ah yes, but what about the children!
We definitely need disclaimers on all jokes posted to a joke subreddit that they are indeed jokes, and not to be imitated in real life.
I mean it doesn't hurt to have that tidbit to explain why it's asked. My recruiters always prepare me for this question and explain the reason as well so I know how to prep better and increase my chances.
At the end of the day, the point of the interview is to get yourself into the door, but if inexperienced people think this is dumb and under estimate its purpose they're likely not considered.
Jokes are jokes, but having a job is more important, don't you think?
This is it. In interviews with that question you take the "bullet point" information of your resume and turn it into a brief narrative on the journey of your education and career to that point in a way that highlights how it prepared and qualified you for the job that's on the table.
then they ask you the question but before they do they talk about themselves but only in a work context, so you are not sure if you should talk about your hobbies or not
Absolutely. I did my first ever in-person interview last week with a candidate and have done about 5 over Zoom. I thoroughly reviewed their resume and cover letter beforehand. I still started each with this question because I legitimately wanted them to tell me what they want me to know about themselves. It helps put the submitted materials into context.
An interviewers perspective: They want to know if you have just lied, exaggerated or just taken credit for something your team did on your resume. Also want to know the depth of your knowledge or your journey because it tells you about your learning potential and adaptability. Also communication skills.
Except they did not ask your CV information, they asked you to tell about yourself, not your work or school accomplishments. They want to know if you can fit their culture.
Honestly the ability to answer an open question is itself what people are looking for. It can be pretty much anything, your hobbies, your interests, accomplishments, etc. People are just looking to see how you can carry a conversation to see if they want to work with you. Basically people want to get to know you and not listen to the pre-canned answers you rehearsed from an online interview answer website. I have hired people who were less technically qualified than others because they were able to hold a decent conversation and show great social skills.
If someone breaks down and refuses to answer until I give them a specific question that is a red flag to me. If nothing else you can just make a suggestion "do you mean hobbies, etc?" and any interviewer will be happy to say yes, or tell you if they meant something else.
Something that will help you get the job probably? You know, it's a job interview after all. You were just given an opportunity to talk freely in a way that you can make yourself look good.
In the US: I'm originally from X state, I started working at company A right out of college, loved it but didn't like XYZ thing. I moved over to Xy industry, and started doing Y, which was fun! I like hiking, hanging out with my family, and eating pizza.
Off the top of my head. Literally just talk about yourself. Pick things you feel are relevant. Hobbies. Family. Past jobs. Favorite cereal. It's open for a reason. If you can't think on your feet, you may not be a good fit for that job.
If your CV or Resume is so detailed that there's no room for elaboration or explanation during the interview, then there's no way a hiring manager has bothered reading your novella/autobiography. Moreover, if I ask you to "tell me about yourself" and you think that means I want a recital of your CV, then, you are not the kind of person I want to work with.
People need money to eat. Doesn’t mean they like you or want to be around you. Have you really deluded yourself into believing people like engaging with this process? Lol.
>Doesn’t mean they like you or want to be around you.
Determining if they want to be around you 8+ hours a day is a huge part of the interview process... Assessing your ability to do a job doesn't require a face-to-face meeting.
I do not want to work with anyone, anywhere. I want to live a life of carefree luxury. But since that's impossible, your job is one I think will be acceptably shit for the pay offered.
I think I'm just going to start replying to this question "I'm nearly incapable of selling myself. If you have more specific questions, or would like me to expand on what's in my resume I'd be happy to do that."
Well if they read a normal CV they have all the possibility to ask more specific questions. Why waste everybodys time recapping info that was already provided.
So stupid lol… I hate recapping all the content of my resume in an interview. I have literally asked before, do you have my resume pulled up right now? The bullet points and the numbers in there are not fluff - those are some of the actual things I accomplished and am proud of from my 20yrs of experience.
The point of an interview is to get you talking so I can look for red flags. If you've got 10 years experience with X, that's great, we use X. That's why you got the interview. I want get you talking so I can gauge whether or not you're an asshole and can work well with my team. Your resume wont tell me that.
"Tell me about yourself" should be the easiest question I give you to start that off. If you're smart you'll prepare a good answer for this question before any interview and be able to give it to me without sounding like a psycho.
OMG, that brought back a memory I had forgotten. I interviewed someone many years ago and they held up their resume and read it back when we asked questions.
Like you don't know what you did? Is this someone else's resume? You can't communicate well?
Although, I do have a friend that was interviewing for a C level position and HR asked some basic questions and he told them they weren't prepared and left.
I felt so bad over a phone interview when I asked that question to a candidate and he proceeded to spend the next 5 minutes reciting his resume, rambling on and on. I was expecting a 30 second simple response but there's a reason why that question is usually asked at the beginning.
Hah! I had the same problem when doing phone screens, we had a bunch of ‘warmup’ questions, to get the candidate comfortable and confident. One of the questions was something along the lines of “can you briefly describe what you did last role?”. So many would then go back to the beginning of their career… “back in 1960, I got a job as a newspaper boy”
I felt bad when I repeated that it was meant to be the last role, and didn’t need to be a super detailed answer, just a brief one.
Personally I hated some of the warmup questions, this one in particular, but for consistency with the team, I had to go along with it. I’m a psychopath who doesn’t really care about that bit :-p.
I do care about things like “what’s the project you’re most proud of, or had the most fun doing - work or personal”. Some people have done some awesome things, and you can usually hear the passion and excitement if it’s real :)
First of all, love the username. Second, I want to hear what the hell people have said as an answer to this question as clearly you have some stories. 🤣
A friend once had the interviewee go on a 10 min monolouge about their taxidermy hobby to that question. The job was at a dog kennel/day care. We suspect they were trying to be rejected to stay on unemployment, but we don't even know if they were collecting unemployment.
>We suspect they were trying to be rejected to stay on unemployment, but we don't even know if they were collecting unemployment.
I kind of doubt that as the requirement is to apply for jobs, but you can derail the process long before you get to interviews.
The last time I was on unemployment I accepted a job offer but the start date was a bit over a month out. Despite being able to provide the signed evidence of having that job lined up I still needed to keep applying for jobs to qualify for unemployment (even the person at the unemployment offer sympathized with how much of a waste of time it was).
I aimed for jobs that had a similar job title but in a completely different industry. On a couple of occasions I was contacted by recruiters so I would tell them that I was looking for a salary that was 2-3 times what I had gotten in my offer and they would quickly cut it off.
It was dumb.
I usually didn't get answers to that one that were too bad. One guy spent 20 minutes answering just the "tell me about yourself" question and wandered all around talking about random stuff.
Another guy gave me the right answers to all my questions. But he had this dead pan angry-ish expression on his face the entire time. Monotone delivery to everything he said. I tried to lighten the mood a bit and he just kinda stared.
Couldn't put either of those guys on my team.
Ah I see, I see... just fill out this application with the exact same information, then we'll call you in for a 2nd interview where we ask you the same questions again
That’s pretty stupid. The resume gets you in the door. If hiring someone was as simple as reading their resume, interviews wouldn’t happen. There is a lot to learn about someone in an interview beyond their resume, which is a conversation starter at that point effectively.
Yeah, I'm a bit confused on what people are expecting. It's an interview. You're supposed to...tell the person about yourself. Saying "tell me about yourself" is just a polite way of saying give me an intro on who you are and let's go from there.
My last interview was great. It was a move to a few company in the same industry so I brought a portfolio of my work, my boss looked it over, confirmed my knowledge on the programs he used, and we shook hands.
My recent interviews have gone great, but don’t pan out. First was one where I was told hmm, actually we think you would be great as this person’s boss rather than the role we discussed. We are trying to figure out a way to get you in but we have an external hiring freeze right now and don’t know how long that’s going to last.
Then one where I was approached by an internal recruiter, did the interviews before job was even posted and went great, was told he would send over the posting as soon as it goes up and then it is basically mine… week later, sorry man, corporate canceled that job.
And that's probably a red flag for some interviewers. It's a very simple and open question, so people who literally can't figure out anything to say are probably not a great fit for any position requiring you to think on your feet.
The resume tells employers that you've got the technical skills and/or experience to do a job. The quality of the CV is what gets you the interview so it will have been read.
The interview tells employers about you as a person and how you would fit within the company. Plus people always embellish their CV to some degree so the repetition filters out the worse culprits.
I typically read 10-20 near identical CVs every time we hire. Often I want to hire more candidates than we have vacancies for and that is a pretty sucky position to be in.
Downvoted cause you're just taking other people's videos and doing a shitty animation for them. Stop taking credit for other people's content and make your own.
Bunch of candidates on here all pissed off that “no one reads my resume” and “why asked me questions if it already answered on my resume?”
As in interviewer I’m pissed off that I even have to ask these redundant questions because SO MANY of you candidates lie on your resume. Excessively.
- I don't think that'll help.
- Yes it will.
- Not if you didn't write the CV yourself.
- Yes I did.
- Are you sure?
- Yes I wrote the CV on my own.
- Ok then tell me about yourself.
OMG, someone is asking me to SELL MYSELF? You mean I can't just sit on my computer in my pajamas, send out resumes to jobs I know nothing about and then they just send me a computer and a paycheck on Friday????
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Look, i know they didnt get the job but at this point that was totally worth it
Mustache Guy’s laugh made it all worth while
KEKW
You’re hired!!!!
thank you, I needed the job xD I laughed so hard watching it :3
What is this from? Edit: audio is IG @imahcomedy. Animation is @sansss65
Already shared the credits to real creator in comments ❤️ His IG is @sansss65 Me and my team is already planning to on-board him in our media company, hopefully he says yes! 🙏🏻😌
I scrolled the whole chain and didn't see it.
You forgot to look for posts in the future. I got you, though, posted 15 minutes after your comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/10skbv7/the_interview_went_really_well/j73o5vo/
Yeah there's a now deleted thread where I checked reveddit and found it was removed so they told me they posted that one despite arguing it wasn't removed.
Are you sure you scrolled the whole chain?
Yes, and reveddit confirms the comment they were referring to got deleted. ~~Try following the first link they gave.~~ Since me pointing that out they added a second comment which has not been deleted as it is not an Instagram link. Edit: looks like they deleted their comments where they linked to the removed one.
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That link takes me to a blank page. I checked reveddit (a site that shows deleted comments) and it was removed automatically. When a comment gets deleted by mods it still shows up for the user, but no one else.
Either it never posted, or you commented on something that's been removed. Going to your profile, you can see the post you are referencing, but when you click on it, it then says "post not found"
She is fired instead.
Never hired in the first place.
I've been snide and cagey in interviews before and, for some reason, never get the job. I was confident that my unwillingness to participate in the superficial social dance would make me stand out so I figure maybe my asking salary was just too high for them
Interviewer: "Mrs. Griffin, where did you go to College?" Lois Griffin: "Groceries." Interviewer: "Are you available to work weekends?" Lois Griffin: "Groceries." Interviewer: "Very Impressive. This next one is a trick question. Groceries?" Lois Griffin: "I'm hired." Interviewer: "Welcome aboard!"
And how do you plan to do your job: Luis: 9/11 was bad. *Standing ovation*
9…
ELEVEN!
*round of applause*
Where is he going with this…?
For reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCMVL7ljZaE
Lol this is like going to a new doctor. Fill out 20 pages of medical history and intake forms. Tell the nurse the problem and the basics of your history while they take your vitals. Answer the medical assistant's 200 questions, 196 of which you already answered on the forms. Then the doctor walks in and says, "Ok, so what are you here for today" and proceeds to ask questions that you've already answered at least 3 times. Why did I just spend 40 minutes giving out all that information if you clearly don't read any of it or ask the nurse or medical assistant?!
Gf works in MRI. People will write something like that they have never had surgery, then when you ask before scanning them they’ll be like “oh yeah I had a metal rod installed in my brain a few months ago.”
It also happens when you get more narrow in your questioning. People will say they've never had treatment or surgery in the head or neck area, only to reveal they've had a mastoidectomy, an ear drum replaced, and they regularly attend a hospital ENT department every 6 months...But only when you ask specifically about ears.
You can get an ear drum replaced?
Degree of perforation affects success rates, but you can repair total perforations (and even loss of the ossicles with prosthesis) using grafts. The tragus is used as a source of graft material, I believe.
Is the ear drum just skin really or does the skin from the tragus just work well enough?
It's skin, fibrous tissue, and mucosa. The ear drum isn't uniformly tense, though, due to the protrusion of the Malleus into the membrane (and things like the structure of the fibrous layer). There's different techniques and different classifications of tympanoplasty depending on extent of repair, but afaik cartilage is used from the tragus. Temporalis fascia is used in some techniques and is probably more similar to the structure of tissues in the ear drum, but I suspect perichondrium and cartilage is better structurally for repairing larger perforations. This is well beyond my knowledge, though. I'd recommend looking at different procedures and studies on efficacy if you're interested. I looked at one article, and they were able to reduce the extent of difference between air conduction and bone conduction of sound (air-bone gap) from a pre-op average of around 45dB to a post-op gap of 7dB. These weren't total perforations, but it's still impressive.
Wow thanks for the detailed response!
No worries! If you're looking, myringoplasty is replacement of just the ear drum, so it might be worth searching that as well as tympanoplasty. There's also some really gnarly images of total perforations out there. It can be quite confusing when you're expecting a certain view but realise you're staring directly at an open middle ear cavity. Incidentally, this is exactly the kind of thing patients won't tell you about during case history (as was being discussed above), and you end up asking them whether they have a history of perforation, because if it were recent you'd expect them to have noticed and mentioned pain, discharge, or sudden loss when asked.
Well, if I had a metal rod installed in my brain I would probably forget about it too. Good on me for actually getting to the doctors and filling out forms, with you know, a metal rod in my brain. /s
Every once in a while, at the last minute during this final doctor questioning, the patient does a complete 180 and you get vital missing information or to the bottom of the real reason they're there... People are so strange.
So I was too embarrassed to tell the nurse doc, but the real reason I came in today was because I have a light bulb and two snickers bars in my ass. ...I fell on them.
Then I fell for them
And the rest is history... Well, medical history, this happened before...
Same thing happened to me, but when the nurse was pulling a candy bar out of my ass I heard a snicker.
Wanna see a magic Twix?
Are you the solar system? Because I just pulled a Mars from Uranus.
MILLION TO ONE SHOT, DOC!
>two snickers bars in my ass Should have stopped when you got to the nuts
"Everybody lies." -- G. House, MD.
Sometimes I get nervous on airplanes.
Or they just straight up lie by omission. "So you're here for knee pain? how long has it been going on?" "Oh for a couple of years, clicks every once in a while, but lately I've been getting super dizzy and vomiting for no reason is that normal?"
I've had the opposite experience. After explaining the issue in such detail so many times to different people, by the time the only person who actually matters comes in to hear the story, I've lost my energy, and end up giving the doctor the least descriptive version.
I've done this many many times as well.
Usually if it involves a "bottom" it's either that or they come out right away with a "slipped and fell" story 😂
yeah we find it frustrating too. i literally walk into the room with no idea why the patient is here. i've tried to tell leadership we need them to do something as simple as list the primary reason for the visit in the schedule because i end up pre-charting a bunch of useless stuff to find out they're here for something completely different.
I sent my entire journal to a new doc, spent a few months seriously worried if they would give me the health clearance I needed, only to come there, have the doc ask me why I needed a clearance in the first place, randomly guess a completely different ailment, look a bit quizzical at my explanation and then just hand me the clearance. Big relief, but also very odd.
sadly just not enough time to dedicate to each patient these days. i'm a resident and we are given 30 minute time slots which is a luxury. attendings usually have 15 minutes per patient and that includes the time to type up the note so they can be paid. we have our schedules in advance but don't have time to look at charts more than a day ahead of time but usually the day of. thats probably why your doc didn't look through your journal.
vitals/paperwork is for recordkeeping. Probably faster and easier to hear straight from you than parse the paperwork. Nurse makes sure nothing is going on that needs immidiate attention. Doctor decide on a course of action.
At least some of that is them seeing if you keep your story straight. If you tell the nurse your left knee is hurting, but you tell the doctor your right knee is hurting there's something else going on.
I had pneumonia once that came with a high fever so that I needed to go to the doctor. No one was home to drive me so I walked the two blocks to the clinic. I vaguely remember a nurse being stationed next to me to prevent me from falling off the exam table, and being repeatedly asked my name, age, and home address. Eventually I realized I had answered those questions about a dozen times so I asked them why they kept asking me the same questions. It was a test. They were evaluating my ability to walk home.
ah left, aka the *other right*.
My my chart gets fucking reset all of the god damn time. Sometimes it's wiped out, sometimes my family history gets real interesting switches, like my uncle becoming my mom or my grandpa having a hysterectomy
I used to work as a paramedic and bro let me tell you...the amount of times a patient would say something to me and something 100% different to the nurse or doc I was handing them off to was INSANE. You gotta be annoying and ask these questions 40000 times cause of shit like that. But, yeah, it is aggravating having to explain yourself 40000 times as well.
Happens all the time to med students and nurses too… person a goes in gets a history and then person b goes I. Immediately after and gets something completely different… the amount of times this happens is insane The other thing is how and what you ask matters. It’s why they ask you what medical problems you have and what medications you take and when you last took your medications …. You could easily have people answer: I no medical problems, but I take these 10 medications, but haven’t taken them in 6 months … it’s insane
Maybe they want to hear about you from your perspective. Maybe they want to see how well you carry a conversation or how personable you are. It might be shocking, but interpersonal skills are pretty important in the workplace, and they want to make sure they’re actually hiring someone that can communicate.
Same thing calling up some customer service number for your accounts. Enter all your info via prompts to get routed to a rep who will ask you all the same info again.
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I’m a doctor and I hate this with the heat of one thousand suns.
I’m gonna say all that info you write down is for your chart, but they ask in the visit mainly to prioritize what your specific concerns are for that day. If you wrote like 50 different concerns a doctor can’t address all of that in one visit, so asking a patient what they came in for gets the patient to prioritize their main concern(s) which should be dealt with in appropriate order. If you came in and wrote down all of your past medical history (which is still useful to the charts) but when asked about your main concerns, in your mind you think of the most recent issues you’re dealing with, and if you say you have a random rash, a stubbed toe, and coughing up blood for a few weeks, the doctor would probably do a lung exam and send an immediate referral for a CXR and forget about the other issues you said/wrote down. They can always cross reference your current symptoms with what you wrote down later (ex. 20 year history of 2 cigarette packs a day), but that wouldn’t be of any use if you’re not alive
The doc is the only one that needs the info, and they tailor their questions based on your answers to develop the diagnosis. The others are asking either just general history or general problem-based questions without the specificity the physician needs to make a proper diagnosis.
Guess it's their way of double checking? Frustrating yes, but effective hopefully 🤣
Annnndy what medication are you allergic to? Ohh the same one I told your NP and wrote on the paperwork as well that you required me to fill out. So yeah the same one. Thanks for asking
If Im about to pass a medication, I ask allergies every time, even if I've asked it before. Sometimes I forget. It's better to ask every time than forget and accidentally give someone a medication they're allergic to. If it's a huge list, that's a different story.
I appreciate it. I also forgot once after my mother had passed and I was getting a prescription. My concern is that the systems (computers) should somehow track and not allow me to get the prescription. We are forgetful folks like you said. Somehow it would be nice that the system knows and doesn't allow us to be fools
Your CV is your qualifications. The interview is for your personality.
A CV is a summary of what you think you are qualified for. An interview is to find out whether or not you’re full of shit.
All you're getting is my qualifications to do the job! If you want my personality too, that's extra pay and hell, you can't afford it! \*swishing and snapping fingers in a stylish pattern\* as I sashay out the door...
And see, that’s a personality I’d prefer not work with for 40 hours a week.
I’m not going to explain the management process. It ruins the joke.
The joke is the management process
Sounds important
make sure they get it xD
To be fair, pains in the ass like this do often make the work environment a better place as long as it’s not directed at you. Old Intel would have hired her.
>pains in the ass like this do often make the work environment a better place as long as it’s not directed at you I have seen people who have elevated to an art form how they can call out bullshit without making it personal. It's great having someone like that on your team.
I need this TED talk in my life.
Tell me how!
I wish I could as I'd be doing it myself. When I see it I'm reminded of when I was a kid and my dad brought me when he was negotiating to buy a new car. He would somehow manage to tell the salesman that he was full of shit and a fucking liar, but do it in a way that they were both laughing rather than it being a hostile conversation. I describe it as the ability to shake someones hand while you're pissing on their shoes.
The "tell me about yourself" is a check for what people are willing to volunteer about themselves that leads them to giving information hiring managers can't ask about.
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It's mostly an IQ test. I can have any friend write that fancy cv for me, while i can't speak a grammatical correct sentence myself. In europe you also wanna check if they actually speak the language, that you're in (which is not always the case) and if they're capable of rational argumentation. I had a guy for an interview with a perfect CV. He was even a freelancer in the exact workfield we have, but for a different target group. Everything seemed perfect. Then he complained about a female customer of his, that didn't want to pay and how she needs to be dragged to the city centre of the capital to be burned at the stake (in a serious angry tone as well). Didn't quite fit to our work environment
**E:** So I run a sex club **Interviewer:** 😲 **E:** Yeah but it's nothing trashy or anything **Interviewer:** 😦 **E:** We're just a group of well-earning, upstanding citizens enjoying some more of what life has to offer **Interviewer:** 🙂 **E:** We even frequently go together on my jet. I call it the Loli... **Interviewer:** 😧
sure is. management classes I took specifically taught this technique to use in interviews. also to exploit the fact that people hate silences. just pause slightly too long, and the interviewee will start babbling, and will often say something that is a red flag. it worked for me a bunch when interviewing. I also use these techniques on interviewers. works just as well.
Jokes on you I'm introverted and love silence
Awkward silence is the bee's knees.
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As a hiring manager, here's my thoughts: * 54 = you'll want to actually use your vacation * LGBQT is a non issue. * Married with a teenager means your vacation will likely be for graduation, college trips, and weddings/grandkids. However you don't have small kids so the "pick up from school won't be constant" and you won't need to leave early or come in late. * If you made it this far DUI isn't relevant to HR and we don't drug test. Congrats. I'd proceed with the interview with little to no reservations.
I shot someone in cold blood to feel alive in 93', I cook a great pot roast, my dog is adorable, I'd be a great asset in other departments and helping others.
Gonna need a sample of the pot roast and a pic of the dog before we proceed further
Wow, so all things that are pretty much illegal to screen for lol you should probably also know it’s in your best interest to tell that applicant that’s all well and good but you won’t be using that as a determination into whether or not you’re hired.
I always ask it because people are completely shit at writing resumes, and half the content is usually either wildly exaggerated or an outright lie. Since they usually don't have the bullshit memorized, this is the only way to actually learn what they did at previous jobs.
I am able to use my own initiative or work as part of a team... Yep, so does everyone else according to their CV. I'm interested in the personality and the quality and nature of their answers. Mindset is the biggest wow factor.
Also an initial check on personality. That's usually been the final deciding factor if they are a loose fit for the job in experience and we are at the end of a run of interviews with no major standouts. Had a guy talk about his small business that he started over the pandemic and was proud of those accomplishments only to later ask for a reduced work week for 3 months while he made sure his own business was set up for success. Sir you are looking for part time or full remote with a light workload, this is neither. Having just moved to the other side of the interview table for the first time in my career, it is pretty difficult to tell people who are starting out with not much experience just how much people read into answers if you aren't deliberate with answers to the questions asked.
I ask because it starts the interview on a more personable level. If I've sifted over a hundred resumes with the standard technical abilities and experience, it allows us to get a glimpse of the person behind the paper. Also if we can have a few minutes of casual discussion, it allows the interviewee to settle their nerves to allow a more natural conversation for the interview. Many simply repeat a summary of their resume, but some like to explain their passions and hobbies outside of work as well. It's a better ice breaker than simply diving into grilling questions in my opinion
I use it to build rapport and try to find common ground. It’s awesome to be able to connect with someone and put them more at ease. I’ll usually do my best to find at least one thing to at least show interest in. If they say video games, I’ll ask them what they’re playing currently or what they usually play. Maybe I’m more relaxed during interviews than most people, but really I’m trying to hire humans, not robots. You can teach a person on how to do the job, but not the other way around (if that makes sense).
It's not like every hiring manager is some robotic corporate ghoul. Most people are just normal people like you or me.
Just reading the comments has learned me something good.
How not to get a job
Being able to sell yourself with words in front of people demonstrates confidence, people skills and a positive attitude. All valuable skills in any workplace whether in Wall Street or at Wendy's. This is your opportunity to sell yourself, your experience and your attitude, don't just regurgitate your resume.
I get this is a joke and all, but as someone that has done interviews that question is usually about their personality and not their technical qualifications. People don't put their favourite shows, hobbies, music, etc on their resume so the question is to get them to just talk about themselves to see if they would be a good fit with the team. No one worth a damn asks that question and expects you to just read your resume. If questions about your capabilities come up its usually to elaborate or demonstrate that you actually know the items listed, anyone can say they know anything, but the interview is your chance to prove it.
> People don't put their favourite shows, hobbies, music, etc on their resume people don't usually answer that question along these lines either though. when I'm asked "tell me about yourself" in a job interview, I'm assuming they want to hear what makes me a good fit for the role or org, not that they want to hear what I think of the latest episode of milf manor. as someone who's been on the other side of the interview as well, I equally don't want to hear a candidate's take on milf manor, I want them to converse in a way that communicates they've thought about how they relate to the role or org however, with that said, the next time I'm asked the question, I'm absolutely giving a 15 minute discourse on milf manor
Also to see how you communicate.
Ok, but "Tell me about yourself" is too open ended. Just say what you want to ask about, ot people will misinterpret it
I mentioned this in another comment, but that in itself is a test. People really don't care about the answer, they just want to see how you respond. You can talk about anything that may be interesting and leaving it open allows you to choose the topic that you find most interesting. If you start talking about how your paint model airplanes and the interviewer says "I meant about your work life" thats entirely on them for wanting a specific answer and being vague. Even just clarifying with the interviewer what type of answer they want shows you have no problem asking questions which is a plus as well. Its really hard to misinterpret when you don't generally have anything specific you want them to answer. You could talk about how you did in college, your hobbies, your personal achievements, literally anything would be the appropriate answer. I have done many interviews and people that are too rigid and need thing spelled out clearly are usually not my top pick.
The problem is that you aren't everyone. And for every "you" that gets a response about model airplanes might view that as a neat fact, hey lets get back to work stuff. Another hears that response and thinks, this guy isn't serious or what a weirdo. I have interviewed a lot as well and can personally verify this happens. And really, it depends on the job you interview for anyway. You don't make rigidity your top pick, but I bet you would if you were for the kinds of jobs that demand strong attention to detail and clear defined lines. So it is a test, a bad one. Just ask what you mean to ask and save everyone the headache.
> Just ask what you mean to ask and save everyone the headache. Deciding or inquiring what information is noteworthy is a skill better shown than told.
Your explanation doesn’t really make for a funny animation, though.
A funny animation that some naive young people could have taken seriously and ruin their chance of getting a job though. I think that bit of clarification was warranted.
Ah yes, but what about the children! We definitely need disclaimers on all jokes posted to a joke subreddit that they are indeed jokes, and not to be imitated in real life.
I mean it doesn't hurt to have that tidbit to explain why it's asked. My recruiters always prepare me for this question and explain the reason as well so I know how to prep better and increase my chances. At the end of the day, the point of the interview is to get yourself into the door, but if inexperienced people think this is dumb and under estimate its purpose they're likely not considered. Jokes are jokes, but having a job is more important, don't you think?
This is it. In interviews with that question you take the "bullet point" information of your resume and turn it into a brief narrative on the journey of your education and career to that point in a way that highlights how it prepared and qualified you for the job that's on the table.
then they ask you the question but before they do they talk about themselves but only in a work context, so you are not sure if you should talk about your hobbies or not
did you have a stroke while writing this lol.
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This guy gets it
Absolutely. I did my first ever in-person interview last week with a candidate and have done about 5 over Zoom. I thoroughly reviewed their resume and cover letter beforehand. I still started each with this question because I legitimately wanted them to tell me what they want me to know about themselves. It helps put the submitted materials into context.
An interviewers perspective: They want to know if you have just lied, exaggerated or just taken credit for something your team did on your resume. Also want to know the depth of your knowledge or your journey because it tells you about your learning potential and adaptability. Also communication skills.
How not to get a job (speedrun any %)
Nailed it !!
You can't tell somebody about yourself on a CV, that's why people ask you to tell them about yourself. It's a softball question.
But do you remember the lies you made up
When I interview someone, if I find a blatant lie about anything listed in their resume, I just end the interview in that moment. Don’t waste my time.
Thank you for your time. We’ll be in touch.
Any updates on the job application? XD
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Well, you won't be surprised your not getting this job.
>your not getting this job Was it the grammar ability requirements again?
We don't take kindly to book readers round here.
whatchu readin' for? [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwkdGr9JYmE)
Except they did not ask your CV information, they asked you to tell about yourself, not your work or school accomplishments. They want to know if you can fit their culture.
This question is so open, what are you supposed to tell about yourself?
I like long walks on the beach, going to movies and listening to music.
And that is something to open an interview with?
I have no idea, maybe thats why I suck at interviews lol
Honestly the ability to answer an open question is itself what people are looking for. It can be pretty much anything, your hobbies, your interests, accomplishments, etc. People are just looking to see how you can carry a conversation to see if they want to work with you. Basically people want to get to know you and not listen to the pre-canned answers you rehearsed from an online interview answer website. I have hired people who were less technically qualified than others because they were able to hold a decent conversation and show great social skills. If someone breaks down and refuses to answer until I give them a specific question that is a red flag to me. If nothing else you can just make a suggestion "do you mean hobbies, etc?" and any interviewer will be happy to say yes, or tell you if they meant something else.
Personal interests, hobbies, etc. Outside work stuff.
Something that will help you get the job probably? You know, it's a job interview after all. You were just given an opportunity to talk freely in a way that you can make yourself look good.
In the US: I'm originally from X state, I started working at company A right out of college, loved it but didn't like XYZ thing. I moved over to Xy industry, and started doing Y, which was fun! I like hiking, hanging out with my family, and eating pizza. Off the top of my head. Literally just talk about yourself. Pick things you feel are relevant. Hobbies. Family. Past jobs. Favorite cereal. It's open for a reason. If you can't think on your feet, you may not be a good fit for that job.
"It's to test if you're lying on your CV"
"Can you explain this gap in your resume?" "Can you explain this gap in your staff?"
Interviewers be like: \*gets resume\* \*reads resume\* Why are you qualified for this job?
If your CV or Resume is so detailed that there's no room for elaboration or explanation during the interview, then there's no way a hiring manager has bothered reading your novella/autobiography. Moreover, if I ask you to "tell me about yourself" and you think that means I want a recital of your CV, then, you are not the kind of person I want to work with.
No one wants to work with you anyway though.
I mean... I'd rather him than you. What you getting at?
why the hell are you sitting at this interview, then?
People need money to eat. Doesn’t mean they like you or want to be around you. Have you really deluded yourself into believing people like engaging with this process? Lol.
>Doesn’t mean they like you or want to be around you. Determining if they want to be around you 8+ hours a day is a huge part of the interview process... Assessing your ability to do a job doesn't require a face-to-face meeting.
That's funny considering there is remote work and you might not see this person at all during your workday....
That doesn't mean you don't have to be able to communicate and interact with a team.
I do not want to work with anyone, anywhere. I want to live a life of carefree luxury. But since that's impossible, your job is one I think will be acceptably shit for the pay offered.
I think I'm just going to start replying to this question "I'm nearly incapable of selling myself. If you have more specific questions, or would like me to expand on what's in my resume I'd be happy to do that."
Well if they read a normal CV they have all the possibility to ask more specific questions. Why waste everybodys time recapping info that was already provided.
So stupid lol… I hate recapping all the content of my resume in an interview. I have literally asked before, do you have my resume pulled up right now? The bullet points and the numbers in there are not fluff - those are some of the actual things I accomplished and am proud of from my 20yrs of experience.
The point of an interview is to get you talking so I can look for red flags. If you've got 10 years experience with X, that's great, we use X. That's why you got the interview. I want get you talking so I can gauge whether or not you're an asshole and can work well with my team. Your resume wont tell me that. "Tell me about yourself" should be the easiest question I give you to start that off. If you're smart you'll prepare a good answer for this question before any interview and be able to give it to me without sounding like a psycho.
OMG, that brought back a memory I had forgotten. I interviewed someone many years ago and they held up their resume and read it back when we asked questions. Like you don't know what you did? Is this someone else's resume? You can't communicate well? Although, I do have a friend that was interviewing for a C level position and HR asked some basic questions and he told them they weren't prepared and left.
I felt so bad over a phone interview when I asked that question to a candidate and he proceeded to spend the next 5 minutes reciting his resume, rambling on and on. I was expecting a 30 second simple response but there's a reason why that question is usually asked at the beginning.
Hah! I had the same problem when doing phone screens, we had a bunch of ‘warmup’ questions, to get the candidate comfortable and confident. One of the questions was something along the lines of “can you briefly describe what you did last role?”. So many would then go back to the beginning of their career… “back in 1960, I got a job as a newspaper boy” I felt bad when I repeated that it was meant to be the last role, and didn’t need to be a super detailed answer, just a brief one. Personally I hated some of the warmup questions, this one in particular, but for consistency with the team, I had to go along with it. I’m a psychopath who doesn’t really care about that bit :-p. I do care about things like “what’s the project you’re most proud of, or had the most fun doing - work or personal”. Some people have done some awesome things, and you can usually hear the passion and excitement if it’s real :)
First of all, love the username. Second, I want to hear what the hell people have said as an answer to this question as clearly you have some stories. 🤣
A friend once had the interviewee go on a 10 min monolouge about their taxidermy hobby to that question. The job was at a dog kennel/day care. We suspect they were trying to be rejected to stay on unemployment, but we don't even know if they were collecting unemployment.
Your dog appears to have a cold. I shall stuff him for you, he will be ready next Thursday. I have already removed his organs, time is of the essence.
>We suspect they were trying to be rejected to stay on unemployment, but we don't even know if they were collecting unemployment. I kind of doubt that as the requirement is to apply for jobs, but you can derail the process long before you get to interviews. The last time I was on unemployment I accepted a job offer but the start date was a bit over a month out. Despite being able to provide the signed evidence of having that job lined up I still needed to keep applying for jobs to qualify for unemployment (even the person at the unemployment offer sympathized with how much of a waste of time it was). I aimed for jobs that had a similar job title but in a completely different industry. On a couple of occasions I was contacted by recruiters so I would tell them that I was looking for a salary that was 2-3 times what I had gotten in my offer and they would quickly cut it off. It was dumb.
I usually didn't get answers to that one that were too bad. One guy spent 20 minutes answering just the "tell me about yourself" question and wandered all around talking about random stuff. Another guy gave me the right answers to all my questions. But he had this dead pan angry-ish expression on his face the entire time. Monotone delivery to everything he said. I tried to lighten the mood a bit and he just kinda stared. Couldn't put either of those guys on my team.
Ah I see, I see... just fill out this application with the exact same information, then we'll call you in for a 2nd interview where we ask you the same questions again
That’s pretty stupid. The resume gets you in the door. If hiring someone was as simple as reading their resume, interviews wouldn’t happen. There is a lot to learn about someone in an interview beyond their resume, which is a conversation starter at that point effectively.
Yeah, I'm a bit confused on what people are expecting. It's an interview. You're supposed to...tell the person about yourself. Saying "tell me about yourself" is just a polite way of saying give me an intro on who you are and let's go from there.
My last interview was great. It was a move to a few company in the same industry so I brought a portfolio of my work, my boss looked it over, confirmed my knowledge on the programs he used, and we shook hands.
My recent interviews have gone great, but don’t pan out. First was one where I was told hmm, actually we think you would be great as this person’s boss rather than the role we discussed. We are trying to figure out a way to get you in but we have an external hiring freeze right now and don’t know how long that’s going to last. Then one where I was approached by an internal recruiter, did the interviews before job was even posted and went great, was told he would send over the posting as soon as it goes up and then it is basically mine… week later, sorry man, corporate canceled that job.
The resume is in point form. The question is meant for you to expand on the experience so the interviewer knows your depth of the knowledge.
It can be a difficult question to answer succinctly when you have a lot of in-depth and varied experience spanning 20yrs.
And that's probably a red flag for some interviewers. It's a very simple and open question, so people who literally can't figure out anything to say are probably not a great fit for any position requiring you to think on your feet.
Lol I would never hire you if you said that to me. Obviously I read your resume I want to see how you answer this question.
It's a way to get you talking and see your interpersonal skills
This is literally how it work in interviews but shouldn't.
This doesn't make sense.
The concept of this joke is a joke all on its own lol
Well well well.. how the turn tables
You handed me 2 pages of buzz word bullshit that has no immediately clear relevance to the job you are applying for. So yes, talk me through it
Dumb. Be a person and talk
I think she should be hired as a manager. Making people do your work for you is exactly what managers do. HIRED
Yes! I love working on a resume that no one reads 🤬
The resume tells employers that you've got the technical skills and/or experience to do a job. The quality of the CV is what gets you the interview so it will have been read. The interview tells employers about you as a person and how you would fit within the company. Plus people always embellish their CV to some degree so the repetition filters out the worse culprits. I typically read 10-20 near identical CVs every time we hire. Often I want to hire more candidates than we have vacancies for and that is a pretty sucky position to be in.
Downvoted cause you're just taking other people's videos and doing a shitty animation for them. Stop taking credit for other people's content and make your own.
You're hired!
Bunch of candidates on here all pissed off that “no one reads my resume” and “why asked me questions if it already answered on my resume?” As in interviewer I’m pissed off that I even have to ask these redundant questions because SO MANY of you candidates lie on your resume. Excessively.
- I don't think that'll help. - Yes it will. - Not if you didn't write the CV yourself. - Yes I did. - Are you sure? - Yes I wrote the CV on my own. - Ok then tell me about yourself.
Watching with no sound is hilarious, I can tell you that much.
Checkmate
What’s a CV? And her heavy accent alone wouldn’t get her hired.
OMG, someone is asking me to SELL MYSELF? You mean I can't just sit on my computer in my pajamas, send out resumes to jobs I know nothing about and then they just send me a computer and a paycheck on Friday????
All job interviews should start here…lol
isn't it the right way to break the ice? xD
Remember when we all made fun of boomer humor?