Monday, May 16, 2005
Job Interviews
Time to find myself a career and start doing our economy some good. I have been very selective of who gets ahold of my resume... Luckily, response rate has been very high, so I certainly do not feel guilty for refusing to hand it out to every Tom, Dick and Harriet.
One interview, however, had a great deal of potential until I lost a large amount of respect for their organization when the SECOND question was "What type of car do you drive?". Ugh! What motivation do I have to work for a company where my vehicle make & model is the second piece of information they use to better understand who I am?
I understand that they need to find out if I can handle the travel that is involved. Some companies even offer company cars or new cars to motivate new employees but this was not one of them. They just wanted to ensure that the material goods I possess are up to par with company standards.
That being said, I do understand the "interview process" and the importance of starting it off with a few easy questions so that the applicant will relax and begin to show his or her true colours. However, couldn't they figure out a better way to word it? Perhaps something like:
"There will be a lot of travel involved with this position. Do you have access to a vehicle?"
or
"Many of our customers are shallow and materialistic so we don't want you pulling up to their offices in a junker. Do you have enough money in the bank to buy yourself a car that we feel is suitable?"Heh heh heh... :) All in all, the interview went pretty well -- my only hope is that I can find and employer who is more impressed with the work I'm doing for the community than with my preferred pollution producer. That was not the case today. :(
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