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(Daily Dot)   Career coach reveals top five things to lie about during job interview. Number 6: "Fark.com? Never heard of her"   (dailydot.com) divider line
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406 clicks; posted to Discussion » on 08 Feb 2023 at 4:10 AM (6 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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I Ate Shergar [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 2:15:50 AM  
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LordBeavis [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 4:36:06 AM  
Family Guy already covered the "Where do you see yourself in 5 years question."

Family Guy | Where do you see yourself in five years?
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bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 5:42:57 AM  
Whether you want to have children in the future or how many children you already have or whether you are pregnant now.

/ Israeli job interviews can be very personal even though it's illegal
 
Gramma
2023-02-08 6:17:43 AM  
I am so grateful that I will never have to endure another job interview.  If something happens where I lose (or quit)  my current job, I'm simply going to be retired.
 
CFitzDE
2023-02-08 6:32:09 AM  
At the third interview, "What part of this job do you anticipate being the most difficult for you?"

My answer was quoted back to me in the sorry-not-you phone call. I should have lied.
 
Cythraul
2023-02-08 7:08:28 AM  
I once had an interview for an entry level position at a grocery store.  It should be noted that I was approaching middle age at this point.

I had been getting no luck as an uneducated person with odd job experience looking for work, with one prospect after another completely failing.  Then this grocery store manager asked me the canned question of "where do you see yourself in five years?"

By this point of the interview, it had become clear it probably wasn't going to work out.  And I had been through enough degrading and embarrassing interviews that I just snapped.

"Lady, if planning my life successfully was a 'thing' for me, do you think I'd be here as a 29 year old man, applying for a job as a stock boy?"

After an amused combined with annoyed look from the manager for a couple of seconds: "Well, I don't think this is going to happen."

Lol

Got a job later at a public transportation company and worked my way up.
 
bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 7:32:25 AM  

Cythraul: once had an interview for an entry level position at a grocery store.  It should be noted that I was approaching middle age at this point.

I had been getting no luck as an uneducated person with odd job experience looking for work, with one prospect after another completely failing.  Then this grocery store manager asked me the canned question of "where do you see yourself in five years?"

By this point of the interview, it had become clear it probably wasn't going to work out.  And I had been through enough degrading and embarrassing interviews that I just snapped.

"Lady, if planning my life successfully was a 'thing' for me, do you think I'd be here as a 29 year old man, applying for a job as a stock boy?"


29 is "approaching middle age"?
 
Nick Nostril
2023-02-08 8:13:25 AM  
Penis size?
 
bughunter [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-08 9:32:01 AM  

bostonguy: Cythraul: once had an interview for an entry level position at a grocery store.  It should be noted that I was approaching middle age at this point.

I had been getting no luck as an uneducated person with odd job experience looking for work, with one prospect after another completely failing.  Then this grocery store manager asked me the canned question of "where do you see yourself in five years?"

By this point of the interview, it had become clear it probably wasn't going to work out.  And I had been through enough degrading and embarrassing interviews that I just snapped.

"Lady, if planning my life successfully was a 'thing' for me, do you think I'd be here as a 29 year old man, applying for a job as a stock boy?"

29 is "approaching middle age"?


He's only expecting to live to 60, I guess.
 
abhorrent1
2023-02-08 9:47:08 AM  
Papalia commented that employers ask about hobbies "To get to know you , to see if we like you, if you'll be a good fit at the company etc etc."

I don't want you to "get to know me", I want a job. I don't want to be your friend. I don't care about your hobbies or kids or what you're doing this weekend.
 
Clash City Farker
2023-02-08 9:47:36 AM  

Cythraul: I once had an interview for an entry level position at a grocery store.  It should be noted that I was approaching middle age at this point.

I had been getting no luck as an uneducated person with odd job experience looking for work, with one prospect after another completely failing.  Then this grocery store manager asked me the canned question of "where do you see yourself in five years?"

By this point of the interview, it had become clear it probably wasn't going to work out.  And I had been through enough degrading and embarrassing interviews that I just snapped.

"Lady, if planning my life successfully was a 'thing' for me, do you think I'd be here as a 29 year old man, applying for a job as a stock boy?"

After an amused combined with annoyed look from the manager for a couple of seconds: "Well, I don't think this is going to happen."

Lol

Got a job later at a public transportation company and worked my way up.


You should have applied for fry cook. There's farkin' room to move as a fry cook.
 
drewogatory
2023-02-08 10:25:07 AM  

abhorrent1: Papalia commented that employers ask about hobbies "To get to know you , to see if we like you, if you'll be a good fit at the company etc etc."

I don't want you to "get to know me", I want a job. I don't want to be your friend. I don't care about your hobbies or kids or what you're doing this weekend.


Yeah, I don't understand that shiat either. You'll be lucky if I bother to learn your name.
 
gonegirl
2023-02-08 11:55:19 AM  

bostonguy: Whether you want to have children in the future or how many children you already have or whether you are pregnant now.

/ Israeli job interviews can be very personal even though it's illegal


I sometimes help people with school applications, because I'm pretty good at navigating academia. I had one young woman mention repeatedly in her med school application materials that she also wanted to be a mother. I made her take all references to it out. They don't want a future mom, Jenny; they want an insane workaholic who doesn't even have sex. Just pretend you are one until you get in.

/she was super smart
//and super empathic
///and totally deserved to be both a mom and a doctor
 
Cythraul
2023-02-08 11:58:59 AM  

bughunter: bostonguy: Cythraul: once had an interview for an entry level position at a grocery store.  It should be noted that I was approaching middle age at this point.

I had been getting no luck as an uneducated person with odd job experience looking for work, with one prospect after another completely failing.  Then this grocery store manager asked me the canned question of "where do you see yourself in five years?"

By this point of the interview, it had become clear it probably wasn't going to work out.  And I had been through enough degrading and embarrassing interviews that I just snapped.

"Lady, if planning my life successfully was a 'thing' for me, do you think I'd be here as a 29 year old man, applying for a job as a stock boy?"

29 is "approaching middle age"?

He's only expecting to live to 60, I guess.


If you think 30's aren't middle-aged, then I got some news for you: you're old.
 
bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 12:02:02 PM  

gonegirl: I had one young woman mention repeatedly in her med school application materials that she also wanted to be a mother. I made her take all references to it out. They don't want a future mom, Jenny; they want an insane workaholic who doesn't even have sex.


You mean Scrubs LIED to us?
 
bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 12:03:57 PM  

Cythraul: If you think 30's aren't middle-aged, then I got some news for you: you're old.


I'm pretty sure -- hope? -- that 40-60 is middle-aged, and 60+ is old.

In Israel, they refer to 60+ as the "third age."
 
Needlessly Complicated [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 12:43:29 PM  

bostonguy: gonegirl: I had one young woman mention repeatedly in her med school application materials that she also wanted to be a mother. I made her take all references to it out. They don't want a future mom, Jenny; they want an insane workaholic who doesn't even have sex.

You mean Scrubs LIED to us?


They were right about some stuff (like all the stuff they said about medicine for profit) except things in healthcare have gotten worse since then.
 
stuff [BareFark]
2023-02-08 1:30:00 PM  

bostonguy: Cythraul: If you think 30's aren't middle-aged, then I got some news for you: you're old.

I'm pretty sure -- hope? -- that 40-60 is middle-aged, and 60+ is old.

In Israel, they refer to 60+ as the "third age."



If you expect to live to 90 then 0-29 = youth, 30-59 = middle, 60+ = senior.

You could exclude childhood to try to split up only the adult time; with a more realistic life expectancy of 78 you get 20 year segments instead of 30. So 18-37 = whippersnapper, 38-57 = middle, 58+ = senior.
 
Gramma
2023-02-08 2:27:35 PM  

stuff: bostonguy: Cythraul: If you think 30's aren't middle-aged, then I got some news for you: you're old.

I'm pretty sure -- hope? -- that 40-60 is middle-aged, and 60+ is old.

In Israel, they refer to 60+ as the "third age."


If you expect to live to 90 then 0-29 = youth, 30-59 = middle, 60+ = senior.

You could exclude childhood to try to split up only the adult time; with a more realistic life expectancy of 78 you get 20 year segments instead of 30. So 18-37 = whippersnapper, 38-57 = middle, 58+ = senior.



Most people seem to think it goes like this when referring to themselves.:

0 -20  childhood
21-45 young adult
46 -70 middle age
71+ late middle age
 
bughunter [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-08 3:12:38 PM  

Cythraul: bughunter: bostonguy: Cythraul: once had an interview for an entry level position at a grocery store.  It should be noted that I was approaching middle age at this point.

I had been getting no luck as an uneducated person with odd job experience looking for work, with one prospect after another completely failing.  Then this grocery store manager asked me the canned question of "where do you see yourself in five years?"

By this point of the interview, it had become clear it probably wasn't going to work out.  And I had been through enough degrading and embarrassing interviews that I just snapped.

"Lady, if planning my life successfully was a 'thing' for me, do you think I'd be here as a 29 year old man, applying for a job as a stock boy?"

29 is "approaching middle age"?

He's only expecting to live to 60, I guess.

If you think 30's aren't middle-aged, then I got some news for you: you're old.


No, I'm middle-aged.
 
Almea Tarrant
2023-02-08 4:21:04 PM  
Apparently "under your husband" is also something you should fib about.
 
Petite Mel
2023-02-08 4:33:25 PM  
#6: "Fark? Never heard of it."
 
CoonAce
2023-02-09 5:11:06 AM  

bostonguy: Cythraul: once had an interview for an entry level position at a grocery store.  It should be noted that I was approaching middle age at this point.

I had been getting no luck as an uneducated person with odd job experience looking for work, with one prospect after another completely failing.  Then this grocery store manager asked me the canned question of "where do you see yourself in five years?"

By this point of the interview, it had become clear it probably wasn't going to work out.  And I had been through enough degrading and embarrassing interviews that I just snapped.

"Lady, if planning my life successfully was a 'thing' for me, do you think I'd be here as a 29 year old man, applying for a job as a stock boy?"

29 is "approaching middle age"?


Yes.  58 is wayyyy over the hill, baby.  35 is half of 70.
 
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