I HATE interviews

[Lorraine Manca]

There is nothing in this world I hate more than interviews. They are the devise of the devil.

 

[zlench]

They are awful I never know what to say.

 

[lurknomore]

I think interviewing is what is killing me right now as far as getting a good job. I just can't "warm up" to a person within thirty minutes or less, so despite my background and strong academic record, no one wants to hire me. More emphasis is placed on whether I'm "liked" or seem to be a "people" person... ugh ::

 

[this_portrait]

I hate them, too, but as much as I despise them, I try to keep my cool when being interviewed, because I do want and/or need the job.

 

[Lea]

Interviews are idiotic and shouldn´t exist. I just want to work, period, not cheesing around how good I am. I seriously think I am not even suited to be a cleaner (because of my social skills), the only adequate thing for me is life as a homeless person on the road. I don´t have guts to go through these stupidities again. Makes me feel like vomit.

 

[Lorraine Manca]

Lea, I'm right there with ya. My social skills qualify me for nothing beyond being a bum. I think I would be bad at that too! I would be too shy to beg or ask for help.

One reason I hate interviews is because I act completely different during interviews than i do in anyother situtation. First I get uncomfortable. Then I can't help but get ticked off at the the interviewer because I guess its like they are the source of the discomfort. As a result, I come off as cold, arrogant, irritable, and flat complete with an extremely soft voice. In other words, psycho. This happens 100% of the time. I can't act any other way during an interview. I am never any of those things in any other situation! Its like an entirely different person. Its so awful.

 

[cosmosis]

Ahh I know! It's such crap. I am such a hard worker and always exceed expectations, but will never get a proper job because I just can't do interviews for the life of me.

 

[Lea]

I am not scared of the interviews, it´s only that I know I possibly cannot make it as my social skills are standing in the way. Everybody sees I´m strange straight away. I know I am not suited for the jobs I´m applying for and that they would be far better off without me. I gave up in my mind, I don´t feel like doing anything. I can´t even go past such things like providing a suitable photo of myself where I look normal or happy, have poor and weird CV with huge gaps, references... god knows... I just need to work, without having to have great personality which I am never going to have!

 

[2Crowded]

I had an interview once where a guy described to me what they would need me to do & he said.. "we need someone that can be a potential leader of a small group of workers making sure all the products get sent to the right areas".... or something like that...he said "Do you think you could be that person"...I said... "Oh..... I was hoping u had something a bit more isolated like off in my own corner somewhere by myself".... he paused for a bit then smiled & said "No...i dont think we have a position like that here"..."we just need to fill this one position"....as he had weird smile on his face like..why did this guy bother wasting my time. lol ...i said "Oh...ok"...& he said "well thanks for coming in" ....I said.. "ya...if u get a position like that open up could you keep me in mind"....he said "well your app probly wont stay on file for that long" ....what a wasted visit that was i remember.

 

[scarletlee]

Yeah i really hate interviews too. For some reason when i'm trying to explain why i'm the "right person for the job" my eyes start to get really watery. Must look like i'm about to cry! I don't know why this happens. Also i become very aware of my own voice..which always seems to be lower than normal. Another thing is my hands. They are usually shaking and i don't know where to put them..sounds strange i know.

 

[Noca]

I hate interviews because of having to bullshit from start to their end.

 

[stand_up]

I hate interviews that are conducted in a way that make you feel like a subject, and just want to tick their boxes.

However I really appreciate it when the interviewer puts some effort in getting to know me, and understanding where I am coming from.

 

[Moonie]

Work is something that pisses me off most about having SA. I can be the hardest worker ever, never gossip or complain, get along fine with others, never waste time, and still get no where. Why? Because I can't schmooze and joke around with others. I have had teachers and a couple managers recognize my hard work, and I appreciate it. But, it seems like being a smooth talker is what really matters most to others in the workplace.


As far as interviews go, I'm bad. I don't show much emotion. I'm stiff and scared shitless. My oral skills are terrible. I speak quietly, my voice shakes, I don't enunciate, and I jumble up my words. One of my biggest wishes in life is that I had better oral skill. I want a confident voice, a strong voice, a clear voice. It doesn't have to be too loud (that annoys me) but just strong. If that were the case, I'd probably do better with interviews. And sometimes I get nervous and feel like my answers are silly or I am taking too long to answer and not focusing on the question.

But you know what is worse than interviews? Joint interviews. It's not until you are surrounding by a group of enthusiastic, smooth talkers, that you realize how awful your social skills are.

 

[xtina_fan81]

I want to aply for a job but i made the mistake of googling it and finding oter people whove had interviews with teh same company and said they were asked to role-play and try to sell an item etc; nowI just dont want to apply and its ridiculous. That half an hour of things I fear is stopping me from getting a job, cause ive no doubt im good enough for it, i just cant comunicate that in an interview. I guess i should suck it up and go for it anyway??

 

[PennyLane]

I hate when they ask for your weaknesses...when they don't actually want the truth.

I'd love to say "well im pretty lazy and I hate getting up in the morning so I might get in late sometimes, I'm distracted easily as I can get quite bored which leads to silly mistakes, i'm very quiet so I probably won't talk to you or anyone else and to be honest I like to travel so I'll probably quit right after you finish training me"

But normally its best to go with "oh my weaknesses, well im a perfectionist, im a workaholic and sometimes just I care too much about this job and this faceless company"

its all BS!

 

[mitchellb999]

I'm horrible at interviews. Almost all the jobs I had either didn't require an interview or it was just a brief and simple interview just scanning over the resume. Behavorial interviews suck big time. You have to be able to make up a good and detailed story on the spot and answer all kinds of questions about leadership that have nothing to do with the job. WTF, I'm not applying to be the CEO.

I always LIE on those personality tests. They are designed to weed out the introverts.