Acceptance vs. Tolerance in Job Hunting

[ksmeg]

They say that job hunting is a full time job in and of itself, and it sure feels like that of late. I've made a few inquiries into a new field, and thusfar done three interviews. The first one was lousy, I wasn't impressed by them, and they weren't impressed by me. I knew about 30 seconds into the interview they weren't going to hire me. And

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[mark356]

Interview #2 reminds me of a humor essay I read a long time ago. The author said that men make car-related excuses as to why they're late, and women make child-related excuses. The men are believed and excused; the women aren't. Somehow it's less OK to mention kid problems than car problems, even though both men and women are likely to have both kinds of problems. She advised her friends to mention something that went wrong with the car next time they're late for work, regardless of the reason.

Anyway, I can see how you'd rather work for company #3!