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    TangoBNeetzan Zimmerman
    9/09/13 10:14am

    I once went on a job interview that involved two, back-to-back quarter mile foot races. Seriously. That is not a joke. That is a thing we were asked to do. No, the job was not professional foot racer or a try out for the olympic team.

    After the second race, we were then told that they had no positions available. I'm pretty sure they were just screwing with us.

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      cheerful_exgirlfriendTangoB
      9/09/13 10:24am

      I am so sorry, that is fucked up, really.

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      The-Gray-AdderTangoB
      9/09/13 10:35am

      Or maybe they were looking for just one applicant to raise his/her hand and ask, "how is this relevant to the position?"

      You might get a response similar to what Captain Kirk got when he asked, "what does God need with a starship," but you never know.

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    StenchofaburnerNeetzan Zimmerman
    9/09/13 10:21am

    Jesus tapdancing Christ.

    GIF
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      TangoBStenchofaburner
      9/09/13 10:32am

      Barry Gibb!

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    ARP2Neetzan Zimmerman
    9/09/13 10:20am

    I would have gone with Revolution 909, it reminds me of my younger days. Then again, I never could get into the giant pants look.

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      midwesternmomNeetzan Zimmerman
      9/09/13 10:29am

      I so want to read this in Gawker unemployment stories. And then I want to read the deniers in the comments. "Obviously he didn't want to work. I would have spun on my head for that job."

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        QwertyLadyNeetzan Zimmerman
        9/09/13 10:22am

        Was David Bowie the hiring manager?

        GIF

        Seriously though...this movie gets funnier and funnier as I get older.

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          Missy PantsQwertyLady
          9/09/13 11:26am

          Cannot wait for the sequel!

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          sireniqueMissy Pants
          9/09/13 12:42pm

          THERE IS A SEQUEL!?!?!?!?! O_O

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        idontneedsocietyNeetzan Zimmerman
        9/09/13 12:46pm

        Ugh. Imagine going to an interview, all tense and nervous and worrying about landing a job to pay for all the upcoming bills and expenses in your life. Then you get there and some complete piece of shit uses you for their amusement like that. I can't even imagine how embarrassing and horrible that must have been. It's basically reducing your life to a joke, having to play jester to be considered for some shitty job. I despise "hiring manangers" who think they're being clever and funny by inventing ways to denigrate people. It makes a total mockery out of anyone taking the interview seriously.

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          McGarnagleNeetzan Zimmerman
          9/09/13 12:01pm

          Group interview nightmare stories, GO!

          I once was part of a group interview for a position at Hollister (hoodies n flip flops, brah!) There were about 20 of us in the store, and we had to go around in a circle and say our favorite Movie/TV quote ever. I went with Bruce McCulloch's "I once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die, but I got distracted and missed the whole thing" monologue form Kids In The Hall because I was fucking cool even in high school. Then it got to the jackoff next to me who quoted the last line from Half Baked, which is something like "the only thing I love more than weed is pussy"

          That dude got the job and I didn't. I blame abs.

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            Fleur-de-litNeetzan Zimmerman
            9/09/13 10:28am

            It could have been worse. They could have been asked to dance to Get Lucky.

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              nothinglikeadameNeetzan Zimmerman
              9/09/13 1:27pm

              I once went to an interview where they put all the applicants together in a small circle of chairs and interviewed us together. No joke. Why did they do this? Because they could.

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                doodlesnothinglikeadame
                9/09/13 2:34pm

                is it too depressing to realize most job interviews I've attended were exactly like that?

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                nothinglikeadamedoodles
                9/09/13 6:21pm

                I am sincerely sympathetic for you. Mine only happened once. I think I should be thankful.

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              KumquatRodeoNeetzan Zimmerman
              9/09/13 10:21am

              I'm okay with this. It's like karaoke - you don't necessarily have to be good, you just have to be enthusiastic. That's the person I want working for me! (Bonus points if they can be the DD after the happy hours on Friday).

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                idontneedsocietyKumquatRodeo
                9/09/13 1:01pm

                Any company that concerns itself with "fun" is guaranteed to fail in the long run.

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                KumquatRodeoidontneedsociety
                9/09/13 2:13pm

                To be fair, I never said anything about fun!

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