| ThoughtWrong | wants | more advice from his pleeps on job interviews, preparing for/ attending them. I have one tomorrow and could really use input  |
Aug 10, 2008 -
07:36PM
| ThoughtWrong | wants | more advice from his pleeps on job interviews, preparing for/ attending them. I have one tomorrow and could really use input |
| rosasay | says | Always ask prospective employers what their core values are, then you choose them based on if they demonstrate them or not. |
| rosasay | says | Most of us don't ask enough questions in interviews; we passively let them do the asking |
| Veribatim | says | Be yourself, gosh that's so important, if you try to be someone else and then they hire you it can make your life miserable |
| rosasay | says | 1st choice may be theirs (to make you an offer or not) but 2nd choice is WAY more important: Will you say yes or no, and keep looking? |
| rosasay | says | good advice berk581 and Novelistkat |
| AsKatKnits | says | when they ask you about something you would have done better have one to tell them |
| ThoughtWrong | shares | that I already work for this employer I am just putting in for a transfer to a different position at a different location. |
| rosasay | says | tricky... you have to tell them what value you will bring to the transfer while you assure them it will also remain where you already are |
| germaine | goes back to what she told you last time... have an answer for goals, strengths, weaknesses... don't be cliche... look them in the eye |
| germaine | agrees with ask questions... |
| ThoughtWrong | says | ok germaine I have been pondering that one all weekend as well an would like to ask a question to you and al my pleeps. *see my next thread* |
| th13rteen | says | be nice and friendly. ask them if they play CS, if they have a 360, if they smoke weed, etc, etc. |
| beminedesign | um...current employer so they already know you. They should know you are good and ready to move, so say that and they will agree. Good to |
| beminedesign | reinforce something they already think. |
| ThoughtWrong | th13rteen: dude, I hope you never attend a job interview with that mentality unless its for high times magazine or something. |
| AZJazzyJ | says | remember that this job interview is both ways, you want to make sure they meet your qualifications too. You don't want a dead-end job. |
| AZJazzyJ | says | find out why the last person who had this job left, it might be a telling sign of company behavior or give you insight to opportunities |
| AZJazzyJ | says | we all want a new job but how many after getting it wish they would have asked more questions before hand. |
| AZJazzyJ | says | if you are transferring to a different department knowing what happened to the last person could be a tell as to management style. |
| ThoughtWrong | feels | that even though this new job may not be his ideal one it is guarenteed to be 10x better than the one he currently has |
| germaine | says | he wants it more than what he is doing... if it doesn't work out... then he can move on... it's the same employer |
| Jane Chin | one of my personal fav q to ask "suppose I'm a member of your team, it's 30 days later, you tell me I'm doing a great job. What have I |
| Jane Chin | accomplished?" |
| beminedesign | thinks | janechin would be a tough interviewer. |
| Jane Chin | no i mean you as interviewee ask this q... |
| beminedesign | OH! Cool. |
| DebInAustin | says | I like that question Jane! |
| Jane Chin | yea, one of my past mentees asked this q and got offered the job on his way back to the airport. |
| DebInAustin | says | I always ask, "what kind of boss would you make?" or "What can I learn from you?" |
| Jane Chin | (i used to do a lot of career consulting & mentoring on my past life) |
| AZJazzyJ | says | as an interviewer I always end each interview with "Is there 1 question you wish I would have asked but didn't?" |
| AZJazzyJ | says | as an interviewee I always ask "what are the 5 most important challenges you must solve in the next 12 months and how are you doing on them" |
| ThoughtWrong | says | that is the best question I have ever heard janechin and I will use that tommorrow. Thanks for that tidbit of advice  |
| Jane Chin | my pleasure thoughtwrong! and really knowing the corp's competitors and corp culture helps too. |
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