Here's an interesting job interview question that I was asked which I felt totally unprepared for.
I had a job interview yesterday and I was asked as to why I left my old job (in reality, I was accidentally rude to a couple of people while working under a lot of pressure from school and such).
I told the guy that "I wasn't my best, I wasn't feeling well and that's when I parted from my job which gave me better opportunities." For the record, I'm not rude at all in real life; I was just under a lot of pressure from the job and from school.
The guy asked me what my former manager would say if he called him so I said the usual; "Polite, willing to please, etc." Then here's the kicker. To paraphrase the interviewer, he said "Well, then, if you were so good, then why did he let you go?" I was shocked speechless for about a second or so.
But he did say this "Or would you rather not talk about it." Of course, I opted not to talk about it. Do you think I might have the job?
2006-09-08
05:29:20
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