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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:11 PM Original message |
I hate, HATE, employment applications!! |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. yes, i agree.... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's what I'd like to know |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
41. Don't know if this will answer to your satisfaction or not, but... |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. fav question? why did you leave your last job? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I know, none of these questions means anything |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Ha ha, Wouldnt you love to put that down? |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Because the handcuffs got in the way of moving the bails of marijuana |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. Hmm. So maybe that is why all my coworkers look at me so funny! n/t |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. You know what the absolute worst is? |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. How the fuck does anyone know how they'd react to an insult? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. OK, you win |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
42. I would assume... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. And then you have to repeat half of it in the interview |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I sense the makings of a really good skit here |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. On that note, sort of... |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. yea... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. yeah, my blockbuster interview was a repetition of the computer experience |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Job interviews these days have almost zero to do with one's qualifications |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. yep... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I had this one once: |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Presupposes that you are neurotic |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Oooo! |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I had one that asked if I'd ever wanted to kill my parents |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Jiminy Crickets! .... |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. It was for a check printing company, a customer service job |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Reasons engineering = awesome |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
36. What do the morans expect you to say? "Well, no, I think most people are assholes?" |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. You and me both. And I hate interviews. |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. you are right |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Yeah, interviews are a pain too |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. absolutely annoying |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Good luck to you too, RainDog |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. aarrrggghhh, part deux |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. i'll drink to that... |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. I hate getting an error message 45 minutes into filling one out |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. There's a university here |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. i hear ya on that one |
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Angleae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. Just do it like this guy |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. BWAHAHA! |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
31. "It says here you were unemployed between March and June of 1995.... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Yeah, like from the time you're 16 or 18 you're supposed to have been employed |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. What's a good answer to that? |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
32. And then they have to go and ask about your criminal record...I mean, seriously |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. LOL! Good one. |
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annonymous (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
43. The online applications are the worst. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
44. I agree. They are one of my most DISLIKED things in life. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
45. Ugh. Don't remind me. I have yet to find a job compatible with my hours. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. If you're going the lit fiction route |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Thanks for the magazine rec! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
46. they've becoming horrifying in stupidity, humiliating, insulting, |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #46 |
56. it's an employer's market now |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
47. I've just applied for a job in Armonk, NY |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. that's about the stupidest thing I've ever heard from HR. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Are you on the beach? |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'm with you! |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
55. They're excercises in how much BS you'll take before you crack. |
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