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A sign that you don't want the job. 27 26.73%
A sign that you can't manage the basic requirements of life. 56 55.45%
A good negotiating strategy, since it shows that you don't need the job. 8 7.92%
A way to exert control over a situation that historically favors the hiring party. 4 3.96%
The way things work in the modern world. Only the uncool show up on time. 5 4.95%
Sometimes necessary if you're watching the end of a really good TV show. 5 4.95%
A colossally stupid move. 60 59.41%
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Old 09-23-2014, 11:11 AM  
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Show up at your freakin' interview on time. Seriously. If you show up 45 minutes late to a JOB INTERVIEW, it makes a BAD IMPRESSION. I don't care if you missed your bus or overslept or had other things going on. I don't care at all.

There are no excuses for being late to a job interview. Zero. If you were pulling people out of a burning car en route to the interview, that's great and I commend you for it, but it only takes three minutes to pull people out of a burning car. You should have planned ahead to be within sight of the interview location an hour before your interview. You should still be on time, but with a slight aroma of burning rubber and a great story for me.

I guess possibly if you were on your way to an interview in Holland and you saw a dam breaking, and you put your finger in the dam, and it then took an hour for the dam repairers to show up, then that might be a feasible excuse since you saved countless lives. But I'd still want to see it on the news that evening, and I'd want to know that there were no other people around who could have switched fingers with you.

Here's how you go to a job interview:

1. Drive to the interview with plans to be there an hour early.
2. Walk to the front door of the place an hour early just to be sure you know where it is.
3. Go to the nearest coffee shop and check out the company's web site and come up with some good questions and talking points.
4. Show up 10 minutes early.

Sheesh. Humanity amazes me sometimes.
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Old 09-24-2014, 01:31 PM   #106
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Old 09-24-2014, 01:45 PM   #107
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During an application process I had to go in and take a test. Apparently they gave me the management test and I actually did pretty good on it but those bastards didn't give me the management job.
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Old 09-24-2014, 02:01 PM   #108
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I actually did pretty good on it but those bastards didn't give me the management job.
Maybe it was because you didn't know how to use "good" and "well" correctly.




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Old 09-24-2014, 02:09 PM   #109
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Old 09-24-2014, 02:27 PM   #110
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The problem I have seen, is that when the company lists the requirments for my jobs they put such high level of wants that the person would be nearly impossible to find. So I'll apply to a gig if I'm even close.
I love when they want 5 years experience in a technology that's only been around 2.
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Old 09-24-2014, 02:29 PM   #111
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I love when they want 5 years experience in a technology that's only been around 2.
According to my SHRM friend, companies mostly put those experience requirements in job postings so people self filter themselves and don't apply for the job.

Two jobs that I've gotten over the years had experience requirements that I didn't meet but I still got the job.

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Old 09-24-2014, 02:34 PM   #112
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"why do you want this job" or a question of that sort.. stupid ****** question.

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Old 09-24-2014, 02:36 PM   #113
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"why do you want this job" or a question of that sort.. stupid ****** question.

$$$$. Eff you and your business, i just want $$$$
You haven't gotten jobs because your attention to detail sucks balls.
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Old 09-24-2014, 02:36 PM   #114
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The interviewer knows that everyone wants to know the salary and benefits and they'll get to that.

Ask what your typical duties might be, what training opportunities are available, room for advancement. Ask how you might be evaluated each year, travel requirements, typical overtime. There are always relevant questions, and during an interview, I WANT you to ask a couple of questions. Then....ask about salary and benefits and probationary period.


If the first question you have for me relates to how many days you can be gone each year, You're probably not going to be seriously considered.


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I've probably done that myself in the past.

Honestly, that's the most important in my case. I can eat a lot of $3it for the right money and I've passed on jobs I know I would have loved because it just wasn't enough to pay the bills.

On second thought, sure seems fair. The employer is asking whatever they can to get the right person, why shouldn't the employee ask the only two questions that really matter?...
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Old 09-24-2014, 02:45 PM   #115
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The interviewer knows that everyone wants to know the salary and benefits and they'll get to that.

Ask what your typical duties might be, what training opportunities are available, room for advancement. Ask how you might be evaluated each year, travel requirements, typical overtime. There are always relevant questions, and during an interview, I WANT you to ask a couple of questions. Then....ask about salary and benefits and probationary period.


If the first question you have for me relates to how many days you can be gone each year, You're probably not going to be seriously considered.
The thing is, if I need to make X to survive and you're only going to offer y, then we're wasting each others time by even doing the interview. What the job pays should be disclosed before we even get to the interview stage.
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Old 09-24-2014, 02:47 PM   #116
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The thing is, if I need to make X to survive and you're only going to offer y, then we're wasting each others time by even doing the interview. What the job pays should be disclosed before we even get to the interview stage.
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Old 09-24-2014, 02:51 PM   #117
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Lowe's has a policy that they have to interview a minimum of three people for an opening. So even if they've predetermined who they want for the position, they'll completely waste the time of two other people.
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Old 09-24-2014, 02:56 PM   #118
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The thing is, if I need to make X to survive and you're only going to offer y, then we're wasting each others time by even doing the interview. What the job pays should be disclosed before we even get to the interview stage.
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I know where I work the initial interview is handled by recruiting. That is where those details are discussed. Basically a short interview to catch any obvious red flags and so we don't waste either of our times if you aren't really interested. After that you get to the more behavioral/technical interview questions. Salary negotiations are handled by HR, I just decide if I think you can do the job.
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Old 09-24-2014, 02:59 PM   #119
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Old 09-24-2014, 03:06 PM   #120
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How important is putting your GPA on a resume? Can it help get the job?

I have a job now, but it wouldn't hurt to know this for the future.
I suspect that some hiring people don't care and others do. It probably matters more on some jobs than others.

In my field, I value native intelligence and work ethic, and I think that gpa is a good measure of the combination. A high GPA in a hard major really impresses me, and a low GPA will pretty much knock a person out of the running.

If I don't see a GPA, I'll ask, and then I'll be skeptical about whether you're telling me the truth. If you're young and you say something like, "I don't remember exactly, but it was around a 3.0", I'm going to assume it was a 2.5. So I'd rather see a GPA on the resume.

If you're 30 years out of school, other things may be more important, but I still like to see it because I think it measures a lot.

Also, I don't care about grad school GPA because I don't think I've ever seen one under a 3.7. I wish the grading in grad school mattered more.
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