What the @#$%%##??

Interviews...suck

from JoeUser Forums

Since the beginning of the year, people have come to me for advice, a listening ear, and help with either homework or infromation about events on campus.  Because of my...um...ocd, I know these things.  Not because I like to get involved on-campus, but because I like to be informed.  Anyway, with all of this I have been encouraged since last fall to apply to be a resident assistant for next fall.

I got into it.  I thought it would be a good idea.  Now I REALLY want this job.

It's a chance to do what I have been doing, to be a mentor, an example, and a friend. 

It helps that RA's also get their housing and meal plans paid for.

Also, in light of my experiences with, um, medical...things, I am also familiar with the campus Wellness Clinic, the local InstaCare, and basic first aid.  We've already discussed this part...

http://cedarbird.joeuser.com/article/167035/Stupid_Stupid_stupid_stupid

http://cedarbird.joeuser.com/article/300721/All_Yalls_better_read_this_one

I needed to convince "them."  The interviewers.  Now realize that I've never really interviewed before.  My job at the bank was easy because the people knew me already.  I wasn't GIVEN the job, but I had the "know who."  My custodian job is a given..."are you willing to wake up at six?"  "sure," "okay, you're hired."

 

Easy.  Not so with this one.  Tell me if this is a normal interview question:  "If you were on an island with no chance of escape, what would you bring and why?"

          A gun.  (gasp from them) to shoot me some food-stuffs.  Matches, to cook my food.................and........(this is where I went terribly, terribly wrong)...a computer, with magical internet, to email my friends to come and get me.

 

Later:  "If you were a shoe, what type would you be and why?"

          I nearly said my hooker boots just to see how they would react, but I decided on my old cross trainers.  Because, "they, like me, are dependable, comfortable, useful, and will never let you down."  I thought that was a good one.

The worst was "Tell us a little about yourself."  Crap.  I totally had no idea what to say.  I talked about my major, my previous job, and where I was from.  And that's it.

 

I fail at life.  I know I didn't get it.  I suck, I suck, I suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I had a panic attack, hyperventilation, rapid heartbeat, panicy mind...it was not fun.

Doesn't help that my best friend keeps mentioning how they were talking to one of his references, and how more girls applied than guys,,,I'm THIS close to exacting revenge for all the crap he put me through this year, just for comments like those.  And I've told him as much.  Grr.  I SUCK!!!

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Eh, you were nervous...chalk it up as a learning experience.

You should have brought a knife, by the way...a sharp knife is your very best friend in a survival situation. 

~Zoo

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Meh. Links are dumb, anyway.

I kind of feel bad for the people who know me, but not very well. One of this year's RA's came up to me yesterday and asked me how my interview went, and, well, I kind of panicked again. It wasn't pretty, and I think I freaked him out a little. Oh well.

It was actually kind of funny.
And I know it's not the end of the world if I don't get the job, but I still want it.

Really bad.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
You should have brought a knife, by the way...a sharp knife is your very best friend in a survival situation.
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So I've heard. But did I think of that in the heat of the moment? NOOOOOOO!!!!

For someone so good at improv games and acting, you'd think I'd be better at thinking on my feet.

Huh.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
For someone so good at improv games and acting, you'd think I'd be better at thinking on my feet.
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Also you'd expect them not to be humble about how good they are at improv games and acting. ;)

 :LOL: 

~Zoo
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Humility? I don't know the meaning of the word.

That's just honesty. I'm not bragging. I just know what I'm good at. Acting, yes. Interviewing...not so much.

Ugh.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Interviews are the worst.  I think those were unusual questions.  There horror at the gun question is funny.  They are probably calling campus security to mark you as a campus shooter threat.  Okay, I guess that's not really funny ha ha but you know what I mean right?  I know you do because you are so good at improve games ;)

BTW, I can top this for horrifying interview experience.  I went to a job interview and there were ten people in the waiting room all with appointments for the same time.  I had to wait my terms and take a "personality test" with the instructions that there are no wrong answers.  I was then called back and told that I FAILED MY PERSONALITY TEST and they wouldn't even consider hiring me.  I left with my head held high and cried when I got home. 

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
I had to wait my terms and take a "personality test" with the instructions that there are no wrong answers. I was then called back and told that I FAILED MY PERSONALITY TEST and they wouldn't even consider hiring me.
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Um, how do you fail a personality test with no wrong answers? Oh...maybe you had the wrong personality!

Yikes, yeah, yours is worse. Ugh. Thanks for the sympathy!
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

That's just honesty. I'm not bragging. I just know what I'm good at.
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Heh, heh.  Gotta admire that kind of style. :)

~Zoo

Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Acting, yes. Interviewing...not so much.
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Next time make it an acting lesson. Pretend your playing the part of the job winning interviewee.

Even though you think you bombed ... Good luck.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thanks! Man, it's going to be an intense two weeks until I find out...
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Yo sis.  Hope it works out for you.  I have to admit, there is no way I could be an RA.  I would become homicidal.  With a personality like that, I suppose it is good I am a doctor, no?  ;)

Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
I have to admit, there is no way I could be an RA. I would become homicidal.
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Me too. We're talking massive, massive bodycounts. Like Crackdown style, man.

(Because I would also be able to leap from building to building like a madman, you see . . . )
Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

RA interviews are always really hectic...at my school they make applicants go through a series of 3 or 4 and they have to do some ridiculous crap...one part of the process is you have to make a college/drawing of what the "perfect resident" is. Yeah, it's a joke. I live off campus now :)

Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
one part of the process is you have to make a college/drawing of what the "perfect resident" is.
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A smiley stick figure is the perfect resident. :)


That would suck, I can't draw...and collages are so irritating.

~Zoo
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
With a personality like that, I suppose it is good I am a doctor, no?
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Remind me never to go to you for surgery....

A smiley stick figure is the perfect resident.
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Even my stick figures suck. :(


Every time I manage to not think about it SOMEBODY has to go and remind me. Stupid kid is certain both of us are going to get it. I'll kill him if he brings it up again.
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
What the hell does 'what type of shoe would you be' have to do with the skills needed for the job?
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Unfortunately the correct response is not, "The one that's going to be up your ass if you keep asking these stupid fucking questions!"

;)

~Zoo
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
What the hell does 'what type of shoe would you be' have to do with the skills needed for the job?
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I don't know! Maybe it was to find out about my personality??? Whatever. I still want the job. Free housing, free meal plan, and the experience will definitely be worth it. Or so I'm told.
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
I don't know! Maybe it was to find out about my personality??? Whatever
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To weed out the sociopaths.

"What kind of shoe would you be?"
"A death shoe"
"Well thanks for coming in..."

~Zoo
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top

You like to act?

Treat the interview like an ad lib acting session.....have a character all made up in your head before you arrive (the character being the best you of course) and then ad lib.

Interviews are alike acting in a stageless theater.  Right there among the audience.;)

Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top

have a character all made up in your head before you arrive (the character being the best you of course) and then ad lib.
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We wantsss our job, don'tsss we precious?  Yesss, we'd likesss to be the RA...precious.  *gollum*

I'm here all week people, the jokes just keep coming.

~Zoo

Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top
"What kind of shoe would you be?"
"A death shoe"
"Well thanks for coming in..."
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 :LOL: 

"What kind of shoe would you be?"
"A shoe-in for the job"
Reply #22 from Stardock Forums Top

"What kind of shoe would you be?" "A shoe-in for the job"
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:NOTSURE: ...

Okay, that's pretty funny because it's so corny. :LOL:

~Zoo

Reply #23 from JoeUser Forums Top
Okay, that's pretty funny because it's so corny.
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 :LOL: 

Unfortunately for Rose, she has to hear a hundred of those a day.  :SURPRISED: 
Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top
Unfortunately for Rose, she has to hear a hundred of those a day.
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Heh, as long as you're aware of its inherent corniness then it's not so bad. I throw a few out there once in awhile for a chuckle.


The problem is when someone thinks it's genuine hilarity...then it's a little hard to take.

 X-( 

~Zoo
Reply #25 from JoeUser Forums Top

LOL!:LOL:  Oh CB, you're too much!LOL!  I really hope you do get that job, you would be perfect!  You can kill them with your SOH (sense of humor)!