rjnDec 15, 2022
Dean
[interview]
HR: Can you give me an example of your problem solving skills
Me: I was fired from my last job and now i'm applying for this one
Dec 15, 2022 at 11:22pmMercury
Show threadBoutros CarringBushDec 15, 2022
@deankarrier #snap
Show threadMark SherrickDec 15, 2022

@deankarrier

"What makes you want to have this job?"

"The paycheck, sir."

Show threadJulio 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇺 🇪🇸 🇺🇸Dec 16, 2022
@deankarrier Yes, put the problems aside and look for new ones.
Show threadDavid ZappelliDec 16, 2022
@deankarrier never have I met an H.R. person that I liked, or thought was helpful. They mostly ask formulaic questions that have no real purpose, and I’ve pretty much surmised that most of them font like their jobs, but ironically put there as a phony screening front for the company, or management. They don’t really read resumes, don’t know how to really analyze your skills, or ask you the right questions in the first place… it’s got worse since digitization in last decades.
Show threadJake 🇺🇸 🇵🇱Dec 16, 2022

@djzap @deankarrier

So true. The last company I worked for, I had to fill out my own employee review because he had no clue what I did.

Show threadDavid ZappelliDec 16, 2022
@jake_snowflake @deankarrier most of the digital software searches keywords on resumes using algorithms. But I’ve found that most real HR people don’t know how to interpret them in person, face to face. I assume that certain words cover an entire area, and have understandable implications, but the first level HR interviewers don’t read into it, don’t ask the right questions showing they get it, etc. and this often occurs to me afterwards… what happened?
Show threadzigguratmonkDec 21, 2022
@djzap @deankarrier Sometimes this is true, but I think it misses some of the value the HR folk bring to the hiring process. They aren't going to know your skills or specialties, but so many applications can come in that they do important work limiting what the next step deals with and filtering out some chaff. There is a lot of room for critique around how that filtering works, but some steps before a task oriented interview make sense.
Show threadCPDec 16, 2022
@deankarrier omg priceless!!!
Show threadJulio 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇺 🇪🇸 🇺🇸Dec 17, 2022
@deankarrier Did you get the job?
Show threadmf MD Dec 17, 2022
@deankarrier persererance, determination, endurance.
Show threadDoug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦Dec 17, 2022
@deankarrier HR: “What’s your worst quality?”
Me: “I can be really blunt”
HR “That doesn’t sound bad...”
Me: “I don’t give a damn what you think”.
Show threadGleidsonDec 17, 2022
@deankarrier haha that’s pretty good!