Posted by TexasChic on July 25, 2008, at 21:50:22
In reply to Re: Didn't get the position..., posted by Toph on July 25, 2008, at 16:40:21
Dude, I so feel your pain. Different circumstances, but similar in many ways. It sounds like your boss was kind of baiting you by asking a bunch of stuff in a way he knew would make you nervous. What a jerk.
As for interviews, I've found its easier just to think of them as a game. You practice the answers that make you sound like a super hero because that's what they want to hear. Of course I'm not saying things are this way for every job interview and that's that. These are just some conclusions I've come to in my admittedly brief time in corporate America.
I'm like you, I like to say it like it is, but I think interviews are kind of like playing a part in a play. They don't want to hear any weaknesses, they want to hear that you can do it all. The whole thing can make you sick because its so ridiculous, but it seems to work. I always figure if I can get through the interview and get the job, THEN I will have the chance to prove myself. Either that or you get a boss that's a total PsychoBitch that you can do nothing to please... but that's digressing into my issues.
-T
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