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“a good tip for anyone interviewing, before your interview sprinkle a little bit of ladybug bean, jequiruty, crab’s eye, and precatory tea on your fingertaps and the behind your ears. those can be found in various magic shops around the city or just ordered online. i think the concoction itself called abrus seeds which people carry in amulets for good luck, but i think crushing it all up into a fine powder and wearing it to your interview will yeild better results. dont worry, it’s odorless.”
Don’t forget to pray to Santa Muerta and have a fresh rabbit’s foot underneath your hat.
anyone ever witness/hear about stories where someone’s MOM or DAD tag along on the interview!?! totally ridiculous.
*rob*
For a corporate interview, Gem, think bland, preppy, neat, boring stuff you would never wear to a party or on the weekends, ever! : P I’m totally serious.
Plain shoes: http://bk.ly/vDN
ha, ha, DH and if you got them thinking how interesting YOU are (having listened to them and said all the uh-huhs in the right place) then touche.
I was in the GS building today and had some time to look at the work of art in the lobby. All it made me think of was random trades crashing around at a million miles per hour. Like flash trading in color. Any art people seen it?
they cant be turned away, but landlords can still make sure that they make the 40x rent rule, have no history in tenant court, no criminal background check, etc. almost all section 8 prospective tenants (well pretty much all of them will fail the 40x rent rule otherwise they wouldnt need section 8 i guess). this only applies to buildings with 3 or more units btw.
*rob*
Also, I thought the law applied to current tenants and not new tenants.
benson, dudes with comb-overs who very disrespectful. they think people are outright STUPID and/or BLIND – ie how the F does someone NOT see thru that (especially those ones where they’re combing the hair just above the ear all the way over to the other ear).
CH – good tips. I shop at Jcrew/banana and Club Monaco for interview wear.
I think you are right with the low heels -good point. I have a pair of low heels with pointy toe and maybe they are 1.5 inches so will wear those instead of nice ballet flats.
Lech – actually those are all valid tips and I TOTALLY understand what you are saying. even your description about the expensive face powder! – haaaa
Legion – agreed, if you can’t small talk an interviewer – good luck charlie! and agreed if you mention salary/time off or benefits – that’s a strike against you!
the interviews I’ve been on when they talk the whole time usually meant they just had to interview three people and so “let’s just get this over with, shall we?”
My current job, I got the job offer at the interview, after telling how I got asked for directions three times on the way there and finidng out the second interviewer and I went to the same college.