Quote: Nat Wicks @ April 15 2011, 2:03 PM BSTGood girl.
Oh yeahhhhh!
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Quote: zooo @ April 15 2011, 1:47 PM BSTAfter all, how many rich old men are on this site?
Riley has been out of the job market for too long. What the hell is a competency based interview and why does the employer need to know about a 'project in which I successfully partciapted as part of a team in the past two years'?
I love competency based interviews. I'm dead good at them.
Basically, interviews are 100% bullshit. They generally have nothing to do with how good you'd be at the job. And are designed to be hellish and torturous and utterly irrelevant.
Unless you are Nat or Ellie, who seem to enjoy them.
Quote: zooo @ April 15 2011, 2:25 PM BSTBasically, interviews are 100% bullshit. They generally have nothing to do with how good you'd be at the job. And are designed to be hellish and torturous and utterly irrelevant.
Unless you are Nat or Ellie, who seem to enjoy them.
I agree with zooo. Hate interviews "Why do you want this job?" Well rent is due on the 30th and you pay weekly so...There it is.
Exactly. It's just 30 minutes of them asking questions they think they're supposed to ask but don't give a shit about, and you replying with crap you've memorised that isn't true/that you know they want to hear. Just to tick boxes on both sides.
Such a complete waste of time.
(That's *most* interviews, not all. I'm sure there are some - maybe 1% - that are actually relevant, but I haven't come across any yet.)
Quote: KLRiley @ April 15 2011, 2:17 PM BSTRiley has been out of the job market for too long. What the hell is a competency based interview and why does the employer need to know about a 'project in which I successfully partciapted as part of a team in the past two years'?
Most employers of a reasonable size appear to use them. Actually quite helfpul if you stick to it. They tend to use SMART objectives. This may help:
http://changingminds.org/disciplines/hr/performance_management/smart_objectives.htm
Quote: zooo @ April 15 2011, 2:39 PM BSTExactly. It's just 30 minutes of them asking questions they think they're supposed to ask but don't give a shit about, and you replying with crap you've memorised that isn't true/that you know they want to hear. Just to tick boxes on both sides.
Such a complete waste of time.(That's *most* interviews, not all. I'm sure there are some - maybe 1% - that are actually relevant, but I haven't come across any yet.)
How many succesful interviews have you had, zooo? 
Quote: zooo @ April 15 2011, 2:25 PM BSTBasically, interviews are 100% bullshit. They generally have nothing to do with how good you'd be at the job. And are designed to be hellish and torturous and utterly irrelevant.
Unless you are Nat or Ellie, who seem to enjoy them.
I quite like them as well. As long as I've prepared first, of course. Although the last job I got was the shit one I've got now.
Ugh.
Just a bunch of meaningless keywords that you have to hit during the interview.
It's all so soul destroying.
I bet in the old days you'd just have a chat about the job, they'd check you weren't mental and that'd be it. Sigh.
This form says it must be something that you have actually done and they will check if you nursed aids orphans in Peru. Or just got it off Google.
Quote: chipolata @ April 15 2011, 2:42 PM BSTHow many succesful interviews have you had, zooo?
HOW MANY DO YOU THINK?
Job interviews are not designed for shy or quiet people.
I've had plenty of jobs, but I'm not one of those jammy c**ts that gets every job they apply for.
Quote: zooo @ April 15 2011, 2:45 PM BSTUgh.
Just a bunch of meaningless keywords that you have to hit during the interview.
It's all so soul destroying.I bet in the old days you'd just have a chat about the job, they'd check you weren't mental and that'd be it. Sigh.
And that one of the others wasn't younger and cheaper. But yes, it was a simpler time when I was last in the job market.
How much do I earn?
Surprisingly slightly more than I thought I did. Only by about £150.
How much will I be earning in three months time?
Sod all.
At the moment, I have to say I am King of The World. A fanny magnet, if you will.