re: Are you good at job interviews?

I’m god awful at phone interviews. I usually talk in circles and never know when to stop talking or when to continue. I’m solid at in persons.

For the company I work for, I failed to get past an initial phone interview twice for two separate jobs when I was out of town. I moved to the area and had an in person, and absolutely killed it, they offered me above my desired salary range even.

Tell me about a time when you did something that doesnt matter

I had only one in 1973and it went great. 43 years later retired from the same place. They loved me.

It really depends on the day. The interviews I have gone on for jobs I got, they were all very casual interviews. My jobs are sort of specific so it was more like "we need someone to do this certain thing". Someone I knew suggested me, I applied and was told to come in for an interview after work, or that day. Went in so they could make sure I was able to do the job.. Other than one job interview, I was told that day I was hired and that I could start as soon as I could. The one I wasn't told at the interview, they had to discuss it, go through a formal process that ended up taking about a month.

I had no problem doing those interviews. But when it comes to interviews where you don't know what type of person they are looking to hire.. As in, if they think a person would be a good fit for the company, they ask you irrelevent questions, etc.. I suck. I am good at bullshitting, but it is hard to bullshite in an interview.. Or at least it is for me

I’m in education, so within 5 minutes you know if they already have someone in mind and if they’re just going through the motions with other interviewees. My last interview was bullshite from the start, I caught on pretty quickly and they were done with me in ten minutes. I stayed cool and professional and when they made the mistake of asking me if I had any questions for them, I stretched that 10 minute interview out for another hour. I ended up gaining a lot of valuable info that I could use in the future by being a non-obvious, subversive dick.

“My biggest weakness? Sometimes i can be a little too AMAZING...”

I’m great at job interviews.

I’m a gorilla banging on a keyboard when it comes to getting them.

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Also, i suck at the "tell me about yourself" question. I don't feel justified to answer that question.

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I honestly feel like that question is the easiest part of any interview.. at least if youre fairly relaxed and confident. All you have to do is literally tell them about yourself.. i mean, not any deep, dark secrets— but just mostly stuff that’s pertinent to the job, and make sure to throw in a couple of personal anecdotes to keep it interesting.. i’m In Medical sales, so for me, it’s usually something like: “Well, i’m originally from _________.. I started off after college managing bars, then a health club— which gave me my first taste of sales, selling memberships.. I cant say i grew up wanting to do this, i’m sort of the ‘acccidental salesman’, but i find that i’ve developed a passion for __________ ..... “. Then i basically walk them through the other jobs on my resume , starting from that first job to where i am now... at the end i throw in something like, “in my off time my wife and i like to travel to LSU & Saints away games, and _________ “ or whatever... It helps if YOU actually think what youre saying is interesting, then theyre likely to find it interesting.. And i agree with something someone above mentioned, the interview isnt really about what you *say*, but what sort of impression or *feeling* the interviewer gets from you.. on that note— be positive.. it might seem corny, but upbeat, high energy and positive is never out of style and will always set you apart.

I'm good at everything but mostly I'm good at not getting fired so I don't have to go to job interviews

I'm not big on the "tell us some good qualities about yourself" type questions as doting on oneself is very unbecoming IMO, so it makes me feel uncomfortable to effectively be required to do it.