Comments on: Scared of job interviews?

By: jobs | job interview questions

jobs | job interview questions — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:39:08 +0000

Amazing….. It feels good to find someone who has concern for things that are usually overlooked.“No matter how pleasant something would appear, there will always be a room for improvement” and you have clearly brought it out in this post . So all job seekers mus find it interesting too.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:37:15 +0000

I was recently intterviewed for a full time job (I am already doing this job 20 hours per week and have been for 7 years). I have a good CV and references and am very popular with customers. During the interview, I was asked to give examples of when I have given good customer service. While giving the examples, the interviewer interrupted me several times to say that she would not tolerate her staff spending so much time with customers and that she needed staff to all give the same level of customer care. I have heard customers complain several times about the staff at her branch and many customer now come to my branch instead as they prefer the friendly helpful staff here. This effectively spoiled the interview and the job was given to a young lad who had never worked anywhere before. I was amazed that they would prefer to employ somebody who would needs at least a month of training before being able to do the job, especially as I have several years experience doing this job and very good references from my current manager. I really feel that this person unfairly spoiled my interview and ruined any chance of getting a full time position. I am now in a position where I am trying to run my household on a (very low) part-time income. I love my job and had hoped to carry on doing this work on a full time basis.

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Scared of answering the telephone? - Uncle Gav: Straight talking advice. — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:19:42 +0000

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By: Catherine Jones

Catherine Jones — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:17:13 +0000

A great post and some good advice.

I agree that research is a key factor. We interview candidates who clearly have done little and sometimes no research and we usually wrap the interview up quickly, because if they can be bothered to do some research, what sort of employee are they likely to make.