Thursday, April 21, 2011
Job Interview
So I don't do well with interviews but this one was by far the worst. It all started out one afternoon when I decided to interview for a very simple, very basic, not much experience required, job parking cars for a valet service. At first it took me a while to even find the place. I was given vague directions to a purple building on an avenue downtown. The problem was, only a dark purpleish hue was painted on one side of the building. I was looking for some gosh dang good Sesame Street Purple popping out at me grabbing my attention counting to 20 with count Dracula. No no not this time, so I go into the interview where I fill out some paperwork and wait till it was my turn. Two other people were there with me and you could hear what everyone was saying and talking about so I was figuring out what to expect from there conversations. BIG WRENCH the young man who was doing all the interviews had to leave and I was interviewed by SOMEONE ELSE. By this point I didn't really care about doing the job and after hearing the other conversations and seeing the other people being interviewed I felt more and more reluctant to even apply for the job. I sit down with the new guy and the first question he asks is "what first comes to mind when you think of this job?" I knew right away he had some canned answer that he thought up because everyone he interviews says "park cars," I wasn't going to have that kind of treatment so I decided that I was going to throw him a curveball and shake that little can of his. I thought for a moment and said "I'm in charge of someone else's car and...." "Thats only 10% of what we do here the other 90% is customer service" ..... I was in the middle of a sentence trying to throw out the canned answer and it still popped out! I wasn't in the mood to just let this one down so I would go into how important it was to have a good image and that there is no product except out service, so we need to be on our game. Further into the interview this kid wasn't shaking from that can-o-answers. He asked if I could drive stick... So a little side note here I've been driving a stick shift since for probably 10 years I've owned 4 cars all of wich have been stick shift legally I've been driving for 8 years all of wich have been in stick shift vehicles. Back to my interview. He knew that I was 24 years old and I have been driving since I was 16 he had all this information but he was so into his little can of question and answer that when he asked if I could drive a stick shift, I went into the story about how many cars and everything that I just told you about my driving history. He proceded to ask how well could I drive a stick shift.... I couldn't believe it. A grown man wasn't listening to what I was saying. I said "um after 8 years I'm quite well versed in driving stick" He then went into asking me if I was to be hired and there were 5 cars that were stick, would I be able to handle it? I was amazed by this point, I couldn't do anything but stare at him, but this was no little stare I had a face the kind of face like did you just ask me that question. seriously. oh and I made it a little awkward it wasn't a 2-5 second stare this was a whopping 10-12 second endless stare of soul piercing torture, with a taste of disgust from my facial expression. After that interview I seriously contemplated if I should take that job cause that was the kind of person that I was going to have to work under. It took a second interview/orientation and a little coaxing from the vise president to get me to agree to the position. Little did I know that I was to be working under the direct supervision of that same interviewer I couldn't believe it. So far it's been a pretty good job and I'm sticking with it for now.
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wow. haha, that guy must have been seriously special. I hate when people are so into what they need or want to ask or whatever it is that they don't even listen or understand what someones answer is. I am so glad that you used your amazing awkward skills and stared him down! You are awesome!
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