[ SECRET POST #3730 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3730 ⌋

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[Movie: 8Uppers, Actor/Singer: Nishikido Ryo]


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[Psych, Shawn/Jules]


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[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]


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[Yuri on Ice]


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[Irish comedian Ed Byrne and the Great British Bake Off]


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[Pokemon B/W]


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[Overwatch]







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Comments

Re: Job/Job Search Thread

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

But - again - how much of that kind of blatant putting-up-hoops-for-you-to-jump-through stuff is actually useful and predictive when it comes to actual future job performance and fit?

Re: Job/Job Search Thread

[(Anonymous)]

They do this because they can. In an increasingly cutthroat capitalistic society (some would say "late stages capitalism"), people put up or shut up. You dance to their tune, humble yourself and kiss ass, and if you're lucky, you get a job so you can afford not to die. Welcome to capitalism.

Maybe it's more complicated than that. But I don't think so. Workplaces regularly do things that hurt the moral and output of their employees...because they fucking can. Some workplaces will literally rather pay the (slap on the wrist) OSHA fine for killing someone that prevent workplace accidents. They'd rather let people DIE, anon. Think about that.

They want you to be afraid, hopping in place, and desperate. They don't have to pretend, but of course most of it's coded in bullshit language. There are hoops, they are artificial, if you won't jump, they'll look for someone who will.

It's not about job performance. It never was. It's about POWER and its ruthless display. This is the machine and people are the cogs.

tl;dr wake up sheeple I guess? :/

Re: Job/Job Search Thread

[(Anonymous)]

sorry for all the bold; only four words were supposed to be bold.

Re: Job/Job Search Thread

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

There might be people out there whose job it is to do nothing but hire new people every day. But usually when you're interviewing for a job the person doing the interview is just winging it as well. Even if they've had to hire others before, it's probably not something they do all that often. So they ask the same stuff they were asked, maybe look around for some interesting new questions. It's getting-to-know-you stuff.

I'll admit there might be a cultural difference though. I'm not in the US. So we might get questions like that on interviews, but we don't have forms like that. We just have to send our CV and a letter or a form that has that info. And yeah, on an interview we technically can expect questions like that, but from what I've seen it really does just turn into a conversation to see how you'd fit into the department, if you could handle the job.

I don't think the questions and answers themselves matter that much, it's the conversation they start. It's sort of like the questions on online dating profiles. It's not just what you say, but how you say it. Often the person interviewing you will also be your colleague, so they want someone they can picture themselves getting along with, as well as someone who will do their work properly.

Re: Job/Job Search Thread

[(Anonymous)]

It isn't, but that's not what they're interviewing for. They interview to see which suitably-qualified candidate is a good cultural fit with that company.

Re: Job/Job Search Thread

[(Anonymous)]

I'm aware of that - I would just consider it part of job performance. I don't think it's a good indicator of culture fit, either.

Re: Job/Job Search Thread

[(Anonymous)]

If you're willing to jump through those hoops, and prove yourself willing, that's a positive trait in the corporate world. I'm not saying it's a good thing in and of itself, it's just seen as a positive checkmark.