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The interview process in corporate America is literally a lying competition between the employer and candidate…
Just think about the interviewing process which is the basic premise upon which the entire concept of work is built. What is interviewing in its simplest terms and definition? It is just two people on opposite sides of a table literally lying through their teeth to get why they want which is what? MONEY to survive in this shitshow of a world in which we have to live.
Neither side gives or should give a rat’s ass about working their asses off just so that the fat bastards on top of the corporate food chain become richer. However, somehow, we have turned this bullshit lie of “oh, the company mission is what really motivates me” or “Building and launching products that scale with impact and immediate measurable KPIs is what makes me so happy when I wake up each morning and get so excited for that I look forward to driving just five miles in 90 minutes of traffic and get to the office where I can spend half of my waking hours slaving…er, uh….no I mean ‘applying myself’ to my utmost potential” into a standard mantra that we unconsciously force ourselves to say in all interviews.
I just love your candor and your flippant take on the "interview process". Sad but true this is precisely the pretense that we have to artfully sell so convincingly that we win.... as you so colorfully put it .....work is absolutely honestly, a bit of both slavery and plying of our potential....and yes the usual lingo we use in our effects to secure the prize is colorful babble isn't it? And yes of course it is a bit of mutual farce and manipulation, a touch truth mingled with a sprinkle of lies... Your interviewer isnt going to be honest with you about whether or not the environment you are scratching to become a part of is in fact "toxic", but it is always in the end of it all what we do to get what we want ....so we can eat, have a place to sleep and participate in this thing called "life and making a living" that is the pay dirt we are seeking out off the effort.
Thanks for your very witty and colorful and refreshing take on the interview hoop jumping!!!
Loved the moment you provided me to. " ke,ke,ke" about the "joy of being a job hunter", and the privilege of being "grilled in interviews"!!!!
Priceless!!!👌👌👌
Was this supposed to be useful?
Yes it was, ......why because in this world you are not longer "given a job". In the current market you are competing with thousands of others seeking the same opportunity you are interviewing for.
What does that mean? It means you have got to use everything in your arsenal to win the position. So this is just a reminder to thicken our skins and go to battle with our skills, our wits, our personalities. And expertise.
Employers are currently using A.I. technology to eliminate roles .. so yes bring all the attributes that make you uniquely you and convince them that you are the one for the role!!!
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If I really knew all the software I claim to know in interviews I’d be a freaking genius.
Actually your assertion is true yet untrue there is such a phenomenon known as "situational learning", so actually you have an internal capacity to demonstrate performative skills demonstrate simply because a life occurrence has demanded your demonstration of expertise. This is our capacities to do because through previous learning we have the fundamental innate abilities.