At work I interview a lot of people. As the store manager it’s part of the job requirements. A manager must staff his store.<\/p>\n
I also do second interviews. Other store managers interview an applicant, then send the applicant my way for a second opinion.<\/p>\n
I’ve done some interviews recently where, quite honestly, I’d have liked to say after two minutes, “You know, this isn’t going to work out.” An interview today was like that. I had one last week where, after stepping into the store’s backroom to conduct the interview, I wanted to tell the applicant that, no, he hadn’t a chance in hell when he picked my aspirin bottle up off the lunch table and said, “Oh, this isn’t a good sign at all,” when in fact I take aspirin (and ibuprofen, and sometimes both<\/i> at the same time) because of migraines.<\/p>\n
The thing I don’t want to hear in an interview is “I need a job” or “You had a sign in the window.” Those are good reasons to apply, but they’re not good reasons to work for me<\/i>. An interview is a sales opportunity. The applicant has to sell me on himself. I have to be able to envision the applicant on the sales floor, talking to customers about our products enthusiastically. I don’t see that very often. Wanting to work for me because the applicant needs a job doesn’t sell me on the person. It doesn’t paint an appealing picture. That’s just the reality of the situation.<\/p>\n
I do get to talk to some fascinating people, though. The amusement factor in that almost makes up for the painful interviews. Almost<\/i>. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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