Job Interview's, they can be a nerve wracking affair.
Today I had one. I thought that being a good steemian I would pass on my five top tips to interview glory for any of my readers who are contemplating throwing their booty out into the job market to see who might want to give it a smack.
Read on.
It is important to prepare correctly for any interview. Below are my very own five tips to interview success.
++disclaimer ++ may not actually work.
Make sure you look like a Greek god, albeit a modern day splendidly dressed one. It simply wouldn't do to turn up naked clutching a handful of fig leafs for propriety's sake. In my case my suit was so sharp it threatened to tear the very fabric of time.
Place some loose coins in your back trouser pocket. That way every time you take a step they will jingle slightly like the clinking of spurs. Swaggering like a cowboy is bound to fill you with extra confidence. Also, bring a tobacco pipe (see point 5).
Very important this one. Do not eat anything on the day of the interview. Ideally do not eat the day before either. Instead drink lots of coffee. You will be possessed of a furious nervous energy as your body presumes it is under some manner of attack. The last thing you need in an interview situation is your intestines consuming valuable resources.
This stratagem has an added bonus. That being, if your stomach traitorously growls in indignation you can draw attention to the fact and emphasise your hunger for the position.
Upon entering the interview arena you may, despite your preparations suffer from a sweaty attack of the jitters.
There is school of thought that says to combat such nerves you should imagine your interviewers naked. I mean for goodness sake. How would that work? The last thing you want to do is be ogling them with the glad eye.
So instead, when introduced, picture how you would murder your interviewers quickly and efficiently. Perhaps sliding over the desk and kicking one in the neck whilst hurling a throwing star into the others eye?
The very imagining of this scenario as you are introduced will put them on the back foot. They will sense your dominance. After all, a gazelle always senses the presence of the lion.
Remember the pipe? At some point in the interview, summon the pipe from a pocket. It will add gravitas and garner respect.
If one of the interviewers mentions that you cannot smoke here, reassure them you do not intend to. The only thing smoking here is my answers, may serve as a suitable response.
Now that the pipe is in hand ensure that you punctuate your answers by pointing at your interlocutors with the pipe at random moments. This reinforces your mastery, intelligence and perhaps lends a suave urbanity that they will simply not be able to resist.
And those my friends, are my Five Top Tips To Interview Glory!
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Thanks for the easy smile, I really enjoy this as I am about to go through a bout of interviews over the course of the next few months.
Awesome! Keep your smile, thrive on and namaste :)
Painful things, glad to gave given a smile and good luck!!
Thank you for posting @meesterboom.
Great illustrations and how-to-instructions.......and how about that line..'..the suit so sharp it threatened to tear through the fabric of time.' Lovely.
Yes....excellent advise concerning the pipe....hopefully next time...you will recommend the appropriate tobacco for an office setting......there is one....right?
Appreciated the humour.....just what Steemians wanted.
Wishing you and yours all the best. Cheers.
Oh yes @bleujay. In the office one must stick to 'Cherry 'n Sherry' tobacco. Its sweet scent makes absolutely everyone just that little more productive.
Hehe, a big cheers to you and yours!
Hahaha, this is your funniest blog yet I think. I almost spewed out my drink when I read "Perhaps sliding over the desk and kicking one in the neck whilst hurling a throwing star into the others eye?" Genious mate! I'm resteeming this :D
Aw you are a fecking gentleman!! Hehe, I liked that one myself as I was confronted with quite the pair of interviewers and it made me relax hehe!
Oh wow, I didn't know you were looking for a change of scenery. How would you be able to manage that with Boom Baby: The Sequel coming out very soon? You're going to get the position you interviewed for, that's a given, that's why I'm asking.
When I was fresh off the university, I had a hot streak going for me. I nailed every job interview for some reason. There were some when I didn't even try anymore, but I still got the offer. After I spent a while off the market, when I got back into it, my once hot streak flipped and I couldn't close single one. Perhaps I shall follow your advice to the tee so that I can achieve that sweet sweet success. TO THE TEE!
I especially like the hunger bit haha! You see I was sipping tea when I read it but I couldn't help but guffaw. I'm starving for success, I'm thirsty for helping haha!
Funny you should mention that! I do this some times haha! Other times, I picture I am Tony Stark and they are the ones lucky to be in my presence haha! Though, I have to say that ever since I went on this cold streak, the thought of job interview really gets my nerves tangled in a bunch. It seems that my stomach has become a favorite BnB for them butterflies.
Hehe, it was an internal interview. I don't think I could take the pain of going external at this point in time with baba2 en route!!
I actually really do picture a murder. It makes me smile and feel all relaxed. I have no idea what that says about me ha! :0)
Even better! With internal interviews, you get a chance to see the interviewer everyday, so whatever happens, there's a continuation of the murder scene! That tells you that we are kindred spirits, boomdawg. Never be ashamed of those homicidal urges haha!
I shall be proud!! Maybe I should tell them!! Lolz!
Such wise wise words, I haven't had an interview for a while but I will have to remember your line
Absolute class :-)
Haha, its what i thought at one point today if I do say so myself about halfway through mine!
Always keep eyecontact but not while eating a banana ;)
Definitely definitely not!! Lol!
And of course below is a crucial article of your sharp apparel, where at some point - perhaps after you unbutton or remove your over shirt which would be when you decide it's the perfect moment to reveal how smart you are and determine the intelligence level of your would-be boss. If the interviewer should ask "Then what is it?" You will be faced with the decision on whether to explain that it is merely a picture of a pipe at which point you produce the actual pipe....but this route may make the interviewer angry because he knows he's been exposed as a buffoon and likely you will lose your chance for the position. Should you instead shrug your shoulders and tell them your wife/girlfriend/daughter picked it out for you it may now afford you the opportunity of a 'bonding' moment wherein you 'share' a camaraderie over the inexplicable nature and taste of women...at which point you still produce the actual pipe and see if perhaps the joker will put it together, at which point he will say "Oh I see!" And explain it to you, and you'll have a good hearty chuckle and something like "Women, they sure do think they are clever don't they", and of course you now have the job.....
(I didn't sleep a wink last night and drank many, too many cups of coffee hee hee hee)
Lol, it sounds like you were wired to the moon on that caffeine!! hehe
I concur with the above. I would hope for the latter scenario with such a fine tshirt of piping! :OD
LOL I definitely was, that was a good sized ramble!
Hehe, I saw it first thing this morning and I was like wow!!!! That girl can type!!! ;0) it was a splendid comment though!!
Personally, I like to think of it like I'm the one interviewing the company. I always have questions ready to ask the interviewer to learn more about the position and the business. I like to have fun with it too. I always smile and throw an occasional joke. If they laugh at your jokes, you got the job :P
That is true, I am quite the subtle joker in interviews myself. I think the key is as you say, be relaxed and engage with them
I should have read this more carefully; the crack pipe didn't go over too well at my interview.
Ah yes, sadly it has not quite caught on. The ravaged appearance that tends to go with the crack'er doesnt tend to command the same respect...
I had an interview hours ago and it got well. But these tips will make me look more confident in front of the interviewer. Thanks!
They sure will, you will be firing off more job applications even when you get that one so you can try them out!
Wow! People that losing weight should urgently prepare for the interview, I think :)))
I think so! :O)
Thanks for these helpful tips...
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I aim to please and I hope that by following these you too can romp to victory!!
Didn't I interview you in for a job in 1998? I remember the pipe!!!!
Not only that but it was a successful two years of employment!!
"ogling with the glad eye"...lol!
Its one of my favourite old fashioned british sayings!
Ah, yes, the pipe. I will remember to stuff one in my knickers when it is time to relinquish guarding the fortress and babies. Perhaps it would be less taboo then for mum to smoke tobacco?
By then it will be positively the done thing! You cant go wrong ;O)
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Thank you for the tips. These five tips will def help me in the near future for interviews. Now I won't be as nervous
I can almost guarnatee it! Guaranteed!
I have an interview in a few weeks. I'm going to have to let you know how it goes since i'm going to use these tips :) Thank you my friend
I shall be very keen to hear of your successes!! :O)
I am currently on the interview circuit. I will use the assassination of the interviewer model I believe.
It is a good one to stick with and good luck!
The ol' pipe trick. Works every time except for the few times it does not work.
And each of those times it is guaranteed not to work 100%! ;O) hehe!
I really like this new post dedicated to the community, the tips you have mentioned are very good, although I do not have any intentions to go back to work under dependency relationship, I will have them when it comes to interviewing.
Many thanks for this great work dear friend @meesterboom, I feel real pleasure and happiness when visiting your blog
I wish you a beautiful day.
And thank you for visiting @jlufer! It is a pleasure to serve my friend!!
Love the the alternative to imagining the interviewers naked. I'm sure that piece of advice alone can be used in all sorts of life situations.
Yes indeed, it can happily be translated into many a tricky situation!! Hehe
You're on fire - how could this not work? You're my go to lifestyle guru.
Haha, Cheers dude. I live to serve!!
Haha! Brilliant. :)
I hate interviews with a passion. I am terrible in interviews. I get so nervous that my head twitches, and then I try to compensate by acting like I'm cool as a cucumber. So I kind of slouch there with an arm draped over the next chair, practically winking at the interviewers while my head twitches with every word.
Yeah. I'm not even kidding haha!
The last one I did was so bad, I vowed never to do an interview again. Which I haven't. Which ended up being great because I had to figure out how to make money by being my own boss. Which I have. :)
Cheers!
That's my plan too. I hate interviews and get really nervous.
Then everything has worked out perfectly! Your body must have been trying to tell you that this was not for you and to strike out on your own!! :0)
Yes! I like to think so!! :)
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Thank you very much @zalb!
I was so close. I messed up number 5 and brought a large wad of chewing tobacco. Fortunately, there was a large flower pot within 20 feet. I never missed once.
As long as you didnt miss you are sure to have impressed them with that fine gob lobbing!!! :OD
Not sure about 2-5, plus as a woman we don't necessarily have back pockets and never carry coins in them even if we do.
The not (over) eating one is not a terrible idea but for a different reason--flat stomach!
But 2-5 are the most vital!! How can you ever succeed in an interview situation if you havent envisaged a good murder scene?!! :o)
Actually, that one is not terrible since I'd assume most people would rather kill their boss than see them naked.
Unless your boss is really hot.
And that is precisely why you must not imagine them naked! :OD
As always, sage advice from the master of linguistic elegance!
Why thank you! It is ever important for me to help where I can!
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Cheers!
Great post yet again @meesterboom - my fav'rite! Woud like to see one on you tackling the up and coming technology of solar power. I am delving into this as of today (!) but cannot capture this miraculous endeavor anywhere close to as well as you. Steem on good friend
I am quite the fan of solar power! If I ever get my hands on some experience of it I shall be sure to blog about it!!
Ah yes, the pipe wins hands down. All the greats like Twain and Einstein were pipe men!
Exactly. It is the pipe that maketh the man!!! ;0)
Haha good tips indeed however as a steemian, you do not not need an interview. Just send them some steem power and you will get the gig
Ah but that is too easy. Besides, they have to prove themselves before getting any of that old steempower!!! ;0)
Hahaha rather keep your steem power, because it worths more than good ol gold
nice
Awfully!! :O)
This is the most relevant and most hilarious interview advice I've ever read. I never understood the whole "picture your audience naked" bit. Because a naked audience still staring at you confidently, or laughing at you, or bored is so much worse than a regular audience doing those things. It's like, they're naked and they're still better than you.
Imagining fighting them is a heck of a lot better.
Funny post... I've often been on the other side and interviewed many people and to be honest sometimes you can be just as nervous, it's an awful false situation. Basically asking a total stranger to explain why they are so great knowing they are literally shitting themselves and that they've probably had several bowel movements in the toilet in your foyer just minutes before! And doing that awful eye contact thing to the max 😩!
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