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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 331648" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Klmno,</p><p></p><p>All of the others give great advice about this. Do not lie, but only tell as much of the truth as you need to in order to answer the question. "Pressing family matter, now resolved" about covers it.</p><p></p><p>In my work, I am often in the position of hiring others. In the current economic climate, we often receive over 1000 resumes for a single position, so HR has instructions to weed out as many people as possible before they even get to the hiring manager interview. If you give them any excuse to put you in the "do not pursue" pile, they will.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind what employers are looking for. Someone with all of the required qualifications, yes, but more importantly, someone whom they get along with, whom they feel positively about, and who fits in with the team and with the company. If you give them any reason to think negatively about you, then you may not make the cut.</p><p></p><p>Try to smooth things over with this fellow, but practice an "elevator speech" about your family issues so that you won't be caught unprepared the next time.</p><p></p><p>One thing you might want to do. Think about every question in this interview that made you stumble. Come up with something truthful, positive and confident to say, and then practice the response until you can say it smoothly. That way, the next time the question comes up, you'll know what to say without thinking about it, and you'll be less likely to blurt out information that the interviewer doesn't need to know.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 331648, member: 3907"] Klmno, All of the others give great advice about this. Do not lie, but only tell as much of the truth as you need to in order to answer the question. "Pressing family matter, now resolved" about covers it. In my work, I am often in the position of hiring others. In the current economic climate, we often receive over 1000 resumes for a single position, so HR has instructions to weed out as many people as possible before they even get to the hiring manager interview. If you give them any excuse to put you in the "do not pursue" pile, they will. Keep in mind what employers are looking for. Someone with all of the required qualifications, yes, but more importantly, someone whom they get along with, whom they feel positively about, and who fits in with the team and with the company. If you give them any reason to think negatively about you, then you may not make the cut. Try to smooth things over with this fellow, but practice an "elevator speech" about your family issues so that you won't be caught unprepared the next time. One thing you might want to do. Think about every question in this interview that made you stumble. Come up with something truthful, positive and confident to say, and then practice the response until you can say it smoothly. That way, the next time the question comes up, you'll know what to say without thinking about it, and you'll be less likely to blurt out information that the interviewer doesn't need to know. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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