tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post116049186909183689..comments2024-03-25T02:51:33.019-04:00Comments on NON-WORKINGMONKEY: Day 92: I Review My Interview TechniqueNON-WORKINGMONKEYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08011705498839215687noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160573348957358712006-10-11T09:29:00.000-04:002006-10-11T09:29:00.000-04:00Davenelli, for this comment alone I shall remain a...Davenelli, for this comment alone I shall remain a Pauper forever, and have my house repossessed. If I am freelance,I still count as basically non-working, I reckon.<BR/><BR/>Front of House - You get the prize.NON-WORKINGMONKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011705498839215687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160526608254514582006-10-10T20:30:00.000-04:002006-10-10T20:30:00.000-04:00But NWM if you get a job this joyous place may cea...But NWM if you get a job this joyous place may cease to exist.<BR/><BR/>Please keep fucking up the interviews (I mean that in the nicest possible way.<BR/><BR/>When you get to the kidney selling stage simply post an appeal for food and I for one will donate a multi-pack of your favourite crisps.Davenellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00788935613428347499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160522586660679712006-10-10T19:23:00.000-04:002006-10-10T19:23:00.000-04:00Dear AnonymousThank you for making me laugh immeas...Dear Anonymous<BR/>Thank you for making me laugh immeasurably. As my brother once said, "you know the problem with working? I hate working." If you have to do it, try at least to work with people you like, that's what I reckon. The rest will come naturally. Of this I am sure. Strangely, I am looking forward to going back to work. <BR/>NWMNON-WORKINGMONKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011705498839215687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160522430633552062006-10-10T19:20:00.001-04:002006-10-10T19:20:00.001-04:00Dear Everyone,Thank you for your comments of wonde...Dear Everyone,<BR/>Thank you for your comments of wonderment. Very kind TD, also very kind Z. Apprentice: yes, freelancing is the way forward. I actually enjoy doing the advertising and the marketing quite a lot, and liked my last job v. much almost all the time, but not all places are right for me, and I am not right for all places. Also I have a terrible habit of telling the Truth in interviews, which I hope will mean I work with people I like (Dave) and if they want the made-up answers, I wouldn't want to work for them anyway. So there. Nerr. <BR/>Yours unemployedly,<BR/>NWMNON-WORKINGMONKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011705498839215687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160522424859899092006-10-10T19:20:00.000-04:002006-10-10T19:20:00.000-04:00There was the office holiday party-three months af...There was the office holiday party-three months after I was hired. Boss said "and what are you wishing for the new year?. I said..a better job. Was using my caustic Freudian wit. They fired me two months laterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160519367275912302006-10-10T18:29:00.000-04:002006-10-10T18:29:00.000-04:00You may be surprised.Most recent job.TM: You're la...You may be surprised.<BR/><BR/>Most recent job.<BR/><BR/>TM: You're late for your interview. Have a shower.<BR/><BR/>Me: Had one last night.<BR/><BR/>TM: You stink of booze.<BR/><BR/>Me: Don't.<BR/><BR/>TM: What? Christ. You can't talk. Have a shower.<BR/><BR/>One shower, five minutes late for interview. So hungover do not recall interview at all.<BR/><BR/>Got the job.<BR/><BR/>If I can do it (I was in a bad place at the time)I have no doubt you can. Were I the interviewer, I would put you at the top of the list.Tired Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01463536844672270826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160517477747508872006-10-10T17:57:00.000-04:002006-10-10T17:57:00.000-04:00I do a fair bit of interviewing. I like your answ...I do a fair bit of interviewing. I like your answers. I don't go for the *correct* answers as I don't want to be told what someone thinks I want to hear.<BR/><BR/>I haven't got any jobs going in advertising I'm afraid though.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160510952067302712006-10-10T16:09:00.000-04:002006-10-10T16:09:00.000-04:00Am copying down the answer to "Would you like a dr...Am copying down the answer to "Would you like a drink?" question.<BR/><BR/>My previous answer would have been, "no thanks, I brought my flask."<BR/><BR/>I would have gotten that one wrong. Thanks for the tip.mist1https://www.blogger.com/profile/15225983360910803121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160507088818642372006-10-10T15:04:00.000-04:002006-10-10T15:04:00.000-04:00Here's one I said years ago. It was in the Meejah,...Here's one I said years ago. It was in the Meejah, hence the following question ~<BR/>Interviewer: "How do you handle working with difficult people?"<BR/>Me: "Well, I've worked with some real <EM>wankers</EM>..."<BR/><BR/>Needless to say, I didn't get the job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160500988020751132006-10-10T13:23:00.000-04:002006-10-10T13:23:00.000-04:00Yes what sort of outfit was this, an up their own ...Yes what sort of outfit was this, an up their own arses one?<BR/>Sounds like you really didn't want it, and it's healthy to know that. Doesn't pay the bills obviously, but it's healthy.<BR/><BR/>I know nothing of your industry, is there no scope for free lancing? <BR/><BR/>BTW approve of it being a single malt hangover, did Easy Jet do duty free, ;)apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160499272385968762006-10-10T12:54:00.000-04:002006-10-10T12:54:00.000-04:00But surely if you say things like:"Continuing to b...But surely if you say things like:<BR/><BR/>"Continuing to build brands and differentiate parity products with my involvement in multi-award winning advertising campaigns that transform the fortunes of my clients."<BR/><BR/>then you're trying to sell a lie. Not only that but you're trying to sell the same lie as every other interviewee. And it'll only be what they want to hear if they're twats you don't want to work for in any case. And if you did get to work for them you would presumably have to continue the lie, live the lie and live and breathe twattiness all the livelong day.<BR/><BR/>Whereas if you say:<BR/><BR/>"Well, I don't want to be the managing director of an advertising agency. I would like to enjoy what I do and be interested and happy."<BR/><BR/>then you're selling your unique self (unique = worth more) to a potentially non-twat employer and might end up working among human beings.Dave Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265971917147812508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160495576334481432006-10-10T11:52:00.000-04:002006-10-10T11:52:00.000-04:00It went well then?It went well then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1160495198408543052006-10-10T11:46:00.000-04:002006-10-10T11:46:00.000-04:00Is this thing on?I hate interviews - well done on ...Is this thing on?<BR/><BR/>I hate interviews - well done on surviving the the half hour though.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who asks the 5 year question doesn't know much about interviewing.<BR/><BR/>See also: Sell me this pencilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com