I hate my job/I need a job/I've got an interview MEGATHREAD

2012-10-03 13:24:20

#376

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6932|Riva, MD

west-phoenix-az wrote:
question examples requested

"In the past how did adhering to a certain rule and convincing others to do this help you increase efficiency?" or something along the lines of that. That was the most corporate one, it's basically like saying "Assuming you like our rules and would suck their proverbial dicks if they asked you to, how did this increase how much money you would make for us" in my opinion

I gave some bullshit story about teaching people how to use Norton Ghost because they were using something else on the Hiren's disc that didn't do things as fast.

2012-10-03 13:25:58

#377

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6715|so randum

lots of companies do a first phone call as an interview.

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2012-10-03 13:28:39

#378

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6932|Riva, MD

FatherTed wrote:
lots of companies do a first phone call as an interview.

Somebody on some job-finding forums from 2008 mentioned that for Best Buy, as your first interview you would normally go in and sit down for what they asked me over the phone on Monday so I think they might've changed it

2012-10-03 13:29:27

#379

PrivateVendetta: I DEMAND XMAS THEME; +704|6406|Roma

It's always harder to answer those questions from normal school/friends existence, you need ot do something different, then think of examples that relate to that and show how you do something different.

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/29388/stopped%20scrolling%21.png

2012-10-03 13:31:28

#380

west-phoenix-az: Guns don't kill people. . . joe bidens advice does; +632|6604

_j5689_ wrote:
"In the past how did adhering to a certain rule and convincing others to do this help you increase efficiency?"

Well I used to work at a place that had a 'must wear pants' rule. wtf right? Well when we adhered to the rule we no longer got our dicks stuck in the copy machine. The copy machine efficiency was much increased.

https://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p123/west-phoenix-az/BF2S/bf2s_sig_9mmbrass.jpg

2012-10-03 13:34:21

#381

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6932|Riva, MD

Interviews suck, I know I have what they want but I have everything invested into this job so it's only right that I'm gonna get nervous for the one major determining but also inconveniently socially oriented event. I don't want minimum wage flipping burgers, I know I'm qualified to do this, but because I can't play the bullshit questions and answers game correctly, I probably won't get the job.

I fucking knew this was gonna happen as soon as I had to do one

2012-10-03 13:36:06

#382

PrivateVendetta: I DEMAND XMAS THEME; +704|6406|Roma

Do lots of interviews for any job going. Turn them down if you get offered, then you get free practice for the job you do want.

2012-10-03 13:41:06

#383

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6180|London, England

_j5689_ wrote:
inconveniently socially oriented event

wat

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

2012-10-03 13:43:11

#384

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6738|...

_j5689_ wrote:
Interviews suck, I know I have what they want but I have everything invested into this job so it's only right that I'm gonna get nervous for the one major determining but also inconveniently socially oriented event. I don't want minimum wage flipping burgers, I know I'm qualified to do this, but because I can't play the bullshit questions and answers game correctly, I probably won't get the job.

I fucking knew this was gonna happen as soon as I had to do one

you sound like butters

2012-10-03 13:44:01

#385

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6715|so randum

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2012-10-04 05:12:06

#386

UnkleRukus: That Guy; +236|5251|Massachusetts, USA

Sounds like someone needs to grow the fuck up and look for a different job. Best Buy sucks as a job anyways.

If the women don't find ya handsome. They should at least find ya handy.

2012-10-11 14:35:40

#387

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5801

Quit my job at the dealership I worked at. I was making 2 hours a day while being there for 8 so it wasn't worth my time. If anything I was losing money with my commute. Going from making 10+ hours in an 8 hour day plus to making shit sucks. My old boss could get me a full time at the Honda dealership he now manages but I won't be able to go to school if I took it. First time I will be unemployed for more than a week since I was 16.

2012-10-11 14:38:17

#388

west-phoenix-az: Guns don't kill people. . . joe bidens advice does; +632|6604

what did you do there?

2012-10-11 14:42:15

#389

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5801

Auto tech. Strange day job I know. Better than being unemployed though.

2012-10-11 14:44:56

#390

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5758|Toronto

Macbeth wrote:
Quit my job at the dealership I worked at. I was making 2 hours a day while being there for 8 so it wasn't worth my time. If anything I was losing money with my commute. Going from making 10+ hours in an 8 hour day plus to making shit sucks. My old boss could get me a full time at the Honda dealership he now manages but I won't be able to go to school if I took it. First time I will be unemployed for more than a week since I was 16.

How did they get away with paying you for 1/4 of your time? You're paid per job, then, right?

The shape of an eye in front of the ocean, digging for stones and throwing them against its window pane. Take it down dreamer, take it down deep. - Other Families

2012-10-11 14:48:29

#391

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5801

Yes. It is not as bad as it sounds. At the Honda dealership some techs are doing over a 100 hours while working 4 days week.

2012-10-11 14:53:37

#392

west-phoenix-az: Guns don't kill people. . . joe bidens advice does; +632|6604

You get screwed on warranty work hours?

2012-10-11 15:08:17

#393

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5801

Warranty pays less than CP. Hitting warranty is a nice way of making free hours...

If you get serviced at a small dealer and they tell you at the end that they did xyz recall or found abc problem and warranted it chances are there was no problem and they are just telling you that they did the job for free so that you like them better while at the same time they get free pay from corporate and warehouse the parts even though they never touched the thing they said they warrantied. Usually the dealer and the tech split the time.

So it goes.

2012-10-12 06:59:29

#394

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5183|Dundee, Scotland.

What's that boss? I've only been here 4 weeks but you want me to move desk? To a more specialist department? Well ok then!

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-10-12 07:03:27

#395

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5758|Toronto

Camm wrote:
What's that boss? I've only been here 4 weeks but you want me to move desk? To a more specialist department? Well ok then!

More specialization isn't always a good thing...at all. For example, there are plenty of guys on car assembly lines who are highly specialized in applying grease to door hinge part #39-908.

Last edited by Pochsy (2012-10-12 07:03:44)

The shape of an eye in front of the ocean, digging for stones and throwing them against its window pane. Take it down dreamer, take it down deep. - Other Families

2012-10-12 07:09:07

#396

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5183|Dundee, Scotland.

Pochsy wrote:
Camm wrote:
What's that boss? I've only been here 4 weeks but you want me to move desk? To a more specialist department? Well ok then!
More specialization isn't always a good thing...at all. For example, there are plenty of guys on car assembly lines who are highly specialized in applying grease to door hinge part #39-908.

Hahahaha you miserable bastard.

It means I get to apply my technical knowledge in a way that I wasn't able to do it my current role.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-10-12 07:17:52

#397

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5758|Toronto

Camm wrote:
Pochsy wrote:
Camm wrote:
What's that boss? I've only been here 4 weeks but you want me to move desk? To a more specialist department? Well ok then!
More specialization isn't always a good thing...at all. For example, there are plenty of guys on car assembly lines who are highly specialized in applying grease to door hinge part #39-908.
Hahahaha you miserable bastard.

It means I get to apply my technical knowledge in a way that I wasn't able to do it my current role.

Yeah, I'm not saying it can't be useful for learning/applying a new skill, but be sure that new skill doesn't become your only skill. Nobody with influence got to where they are without knowing a little bit about everything relevant to their industry.

The shape of an eye in front of the ocean, digging for stones and throwing them against its window pane. Take it down dreamer, take it down deep. - Other Families

2012-10-12 07:25:27

#398

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6947|St. Andrews / Oslo

At my old job, the guys in the 'specialist' departments slaved over computer code and weren't invited to meetings

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/26774/flickricon.png

2012-10-12 07:56:46

#399

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|6896|Disaster Free Zone

Macbeth wrote:
Yes. It is not as bad as it sounds. At the Honda dealership some techs are doing over a 100 hours while working 4 days week.

24*4<100

2012-10-12 08:00:42

#400

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5758|Toronto

DrunkFace wrote:
Macbeth wrote:
Yes. It is not as bad as it sounds. At the Honda dealership some techs are doing over a 100 hours while working 4 days week.
24*4<100

They're falsifying the time sheets. They're charging hours to the car companies on recalls that were never done.

The shape of an eye in front of the ocean, digging for stones and throwing them against its window pane. Take it down dreamer, take it down deep. - Other Families

BF2S Forums I hate my job/I need a job/I've got an interview MEGATHREAD

west-phoenix-az wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

Camm wrote:

Pochsy wrote:

Camm wrote:

Camm wrote:

Pochsy wrote:

Camm wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

DrunkFace wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

Board footer