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[weaselwoman13]

My other job interview today wasn't so great; they said they had a TON of applicants so I think I'll eliminate myself from the competition. I just got a general bad vibe from the interviewer -- he was nice enough, but quick to belittle any kind of experience I had (I understand why he was being tough, because he needed to narrow down the

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[peoplewantducks]

THAT IS STUPID. Why interview a ton of people? STUPID. That's what the letter & resume are about!!! If you don't look right, you don't get the interview! They can see from those docs your experience (if it's ~not right~ or whatever shit) They can see that you're a grad student and automatically go "no sorry this job is too busy for you." GAH.

not only is it a waste of their time and yours, it made you feel bad and "strongly consider rushing out to get that" licence. >>>>( SIF having a car makes you get to work on time. that is pure faggotry

ON THE OTHER HAND: that other job sounds ace and I hope you love it! Three hours in the middle of the day is pretty great - how long would it take you to get therE?

[weaselwoman13]

Well, to be fair to him, I don't think I put anywhere on my resume that I was going into grad school, so once he understood that I was it was his responsibility to strongly discourage me. It's not really his fault. Still a little irritating. I applied for the job because I thought I could do it along with classes, because they said 25-30 flexible hours a week. Then in the interview, they say it can get closer to 40, and there will be production weeks (it's a dance company) where we need much more of your time, etc. It's a job for someone with a lot more free time than me.

It takes me about 10-15 minutes to bike to that job from my house, or less, if I pedal less lazily. And it's on the less busy, not-downtown side of the city. Plus it involves books! It's pretty perfect!

[peoplewantducks]

Ok. But still, you don't interview everyone who applies!

15min bikeride sounds pretty cruisey :)

[weaselwoman13]

(I DON'T like when employers misrepresent their jobs in want ads. That is the second time someone's advertised a job as X hours and it turns out to be "X hours, but also a lot of the time it's 40 hours". The first job I interviewed for had said 8-15 hours and then corrected it to 40 hours in the interview! Man, get a different person to write your want ads!)

[goldenmoonbear]

I don't have a driver's license! Agree with everything you wrote on the matter.

[weaselwoman13]

There are more of us non-licensed people than people think! Sometimes I tell people I don't have a license and they're like "wow, how do you LIVE?" And I say, it's pretty easy!

[mewsea]

Remember that you're interviewing them, too! If they're negative about their employees, or something seems suspicious in the interview, you don't want to work for them anyway. Good luck!