are job interviews bullshit

[Lao Tzu]

Doesn't make sense, whats the point? Can you really weed out someone who is destructive or constructive on the job just by a job interview? It seems stupid, especially for unskilled labor jobs.

 

[jerkbox]

a good interviewer can.

 

[havoc]

For some jobs they are helpful.

 

[tiger88]

i am awsome at getting jobs and even better at getting fired


i just intetrview good

 

[OMGWTFBBQ]

They have done some psych studies showing that most interviews are decided visually in the first minute or so.

In my experience, that has been the case - if you get the interview, then they like you and it is yours to lose by saying stupid shit.

Although for the first time lately I have interviews and feel like I have had to justify why I am there, and it is a wholly unpleasant experience.

I have a thread up about it right now.

 

[Lao Tzu]

yeah i know, your thread made me post this.

BUt take a cashier job. does an interview matter? Can you really tell anything about how someone will function solely by an interview? I seriously doubt it, seems like more of a formality and seems like the person will get hired based on whether the interviewer 'likes' them or not more than anything else.

 

[jerkbox]

i think all interviewers are different.....i've been on some interviews where I was the one pretty much controlling it.....and I've been on some where I've been drilled hardcore with very specific questions. I think that an interview will tell you alot about your potential boss, and what kind of place you might be working at.

 

[OMGWTFBBQ]

My interviews for this job have been in stages. The programming part of it, I knew more than any of the guys asking me the questions, so they just stopped it early and moved me to the trading part.

The trader guy saw that I had never worked at a financial institution and that was pretty much the endpoint right there, but it got uglier just for fun on a bad day.

 

[Dial_tone]

They're only bullshit if you don't get the job.

 

[FitFossil]

A lot of the stupid questions they ask may be bullshit, but not the interview itself. They are as much for the potential employee as they are for the employer.

 

[mylife]

just a cheap excuse to make sure a potential employee doesn't have nuts on his chin or some other grotesque abnormality.

i have a phone interview tomorrow and am disappointed i can't meet the employer in person because in all honesty, my appearance might be my best asset for the job. [/HightIntensity]