Friday OT #1 - Working for the Weekend

[CascadeClone]

I don't have anything rap related, but we have been hiring lately, and I do a lot of phone screens.

One gal wasn't super qualified for the role, but resume was interesting enough to screen her. She was also going back to college to get her masters in something idr. Got to talking, and asked why she was looking to leave her current job. She said her boss wouldn't let her work on her masters homework while on the job, and was hoping to find a different job where she could work on her homework instead of the job, while actually on the job.

I mean, I guess she was honest about it. She did not receive a call back.

 

[Bipolarcy]

I think I've told these two stories before but I'll do it again. One is my experience and the other I'm only peripherally involved in.

I was interviewing for a job and I already had one where I was paid $16K a year plus health insurance (this was a long time ago). When it came time to discus salary at the job interview, he said the pay was $16K a year. Then he dropped the bombshell. "We don't have a health insurance plan, that's why we can pay a little more than everyone else," he had the audacity to say. I never bothered to mention to him that I made that much at my current job with health insurance included, but just left him to his delusions and never contacted him again.

This is the one I was only peripherally involved in:

A former co-worker and friend who for some reason, thought I had some pull in the industry, contacted me through email and begged me to give her a recommendation for a job she was interviewing for. She said she was desperate for work and hadn't been employed for a while. She was a flighty person, prone to ... not hysteria, but right on that edge ... but she was good enough at her job that I felt comfortable giving her a recommendation at a company that was owned by the same people who owned my company.

I wasn't there for the interview, but it later got back to me that she had no sooner sat down at the interview than she asked the interviewer if they did drug testing. When she was told yes, she said, "well, then we shouldn't waste each other's time anymore," and got up and left. I was disappointed for two reasons. First, I had used my good name to recommend this b---- to that company and she had shat all over it. Second, I thought she was desperate for a job, any job. So I emailed her back and told her to clean herself up and never contact me again after pulling a stunt like that.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

In college, I worked for a recruiting company and I would drive to Marshalltown to conduct preliminary interviews for entry level jobs. One time, a guy came in, smelling of booze and clearly drunk, tried to sit down, and completely whiffed on the chair. He wasn't even close, probably a good two feet away. It was like he was sitting in an imaginary chair.

He never tried to brace himself or catch his fall. He just plopped down on his ass, fell over backward with his boots pointing towards the ceiling. I asked him if he was ok, but he just sat there on the floor staring at the wall for a solid five count. Then he slowly stumbled to his feet and walked out of the door, never saying a word.

Seems like he was looking for either a bathroom or a bed.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

I went recruiting once at Iowa State for my company. As its a famous large company we had droves of people waiting to talk to us.

One year a guy had his resume in an envelope with a wax seal. I opened it and it played music. I closed it and handed it back. He didn't get an interview or anything.

 

[BCClone]

Not a job interview but loan interview. Guy comes in and my eyes watered from the half a bottle of brut he had on. Talked a little and collected a little info that would be needed. I always asked what I would find on a credit check, he mentioned he had felons in two different states. Also that he got to serve them concurrently and had to try to explain to me what that meant. Looking at him, I didn’t think he probably just had OWIs on his record but something higher.

So, I asked him if he had a number to call him back at. (I wasn’t giving him a loan for what he wanted but like hell if I was telling him in person). He left and I borrowed a candle from my secretary to kill the smell. Called him back in an hour and said no.

 

[Pat]

Many years ago, an organization flew me out to Seattle for an interview. It all went pretty well. One of the managers was leading me out afterwards. Elevator doors open to the lobby… where someone had just maced a vagrant. “I promise this doesn’t happen all the time!” I also witnessed my first drug deal on that trip, and had another vagrant ask me for money while smoking a joint.

I appreciate salary discussions at the beginning because it can save everyone a lot of time, but I had a recruiter try to big-time me the other day, and it was a little uncomfortable (for him) when I had to tell him the “very important, senior position” paid less than I’m currently making.

 

[throwittoblythe]

I love awkward interview stories! Mine have all happened while being the one asking the questions:

Once I was interviewing a student at ISU for a full-time position. We asked the canned “Tell me about a time you overcame a challenge.”

“Well, last semester I had a final on a Tuesday morning. I got suuuuuper wasted on Monday night and slept through my final. I failed and had to re-take the class.”

Me “I respect the honesty, but not sure I’m good with the judgment to pick that story.”

 

[jsb]

This wasn't a job interview, but my job requires a semi-regular background check. The person doing the background check asked me what I liked to do outside of work. I mentioned going to wineries with friends. He took this as a declaration of alcoholism and proceeded to ask all of my references about my drinking.

 

[khardbored]

I had an internal job interview within my company several years back. It was at a different location in the DSM area, so had to leave my desk, go put on a suit, and drive to this other location.

After the standard 20-30 minute wait to see the interviewer, she immediately tells me "I just want you to know, you're not actually qualified for this job and we can't hire you" ... then she goes on to tell me without directly telling me that HR is making them interview a certain # of candidates before making the hire, so I'm helping to meet that quota. Then she also tells me it will be good for me to interview for the sake of practice.

The only redeeming aspect is that I was paid by the hour, so at least I wasted 2 hours of company time, not my own.

 

[Donqluione]

I had an internal job interview within my company several years back. It was at a different location in the DSM area, so had to leave my desk, go put on a suit, and drive to this other location.

After the standard 20-30 minute wait to see the interviewer, she immediately tells me "I just want you to know, you're not actually qualified for this job and we can't hire you" ... then she goes on to tell me without directly telling me that HR is making them interview a certain # of candidates before making the hire, so I'm helping to meet that quota. Then she also tells me it will be good for me to interview for the sake of practice.

The only redeeming aspect is that I was paid by the hour, so at least I wasted 2 hours of company time, not my own.

That's the same process the Hawks followed when hiring Brian Ferentz as Offensive Coordinator, and finding him to be the most qualified after interviewing numerous candidates.

 

[4cy16]

When I was nearly done with college I interviewed with a lady who told me about how she left the company to start a directly competing business then came back after it failed. Thought that was odd.

That same thing happened with Michael Scott.

 

[wxman1]

I don't have anything rap related, but we have been hiring lately, and I do a lot of phone screens.

One gal wasn't super qualified for the role, but resume was interesting enough to screen her. She was also going back to college to get her masters in something idr. Got to talking, and asked why she was looking to leave her current job. She said her boss wouldn't let her work on her masters homework while on the job, and was hoping to find a different job where she could work on her homework instead of the job, while actually on the job.

I mean, I guess she was honest about it. She did not receive a call back.

To be fair although not much (really hardly anything) my employer gives us up to half the credit hours per week to work on school work. So if it’s a four credit hour class you can take two hours a week.