Comments on: The Perfect Example of What NOT to Do in an Interview

By: Cynthia Cooper

Cynthia Cooper — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:28:42 +0000

As a Newbie, I am always exploring online for articles that can help me get further ahead. Thanks a million!

By: First Comes Love, Then Comes … Career? : The Work Buzz

First Comes Love, Then Comes … Career? : The Work Buzz — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:04:50 +0000

[...] exemplified by previous posts and articles, I’ll be the first to admit that I love reality TV. I love it even more when it [...]

By: Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:17:17 +0000

What the hell is the hills?

By: ChowJobs

ChowJobs — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:12:26 +0000

What planet is she on? She gives blondes a bad name.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:56:55 +0000

I do not watch “The Hills” either, but this reminds me of my last interview, just vice versa, I owned a loan company, which I had to close in Oct. 08, due to this economy, anywho–the supervisor who interviewed me (if you want to call it that) stated that she didn’t do many interviews and her regional manager gave her a list of questions to ask me. She says, “I’m not going to ask you all these stupid questions, what I want to know is how many names can you bring to this company?” Meaning, since I had all these previous customers they just wanted those names, didn’t care about anything else. Boy, I could have taken her job in a minute and worked circles around her. Sadly to say, just to see if that was the only reason they wanted to hire me, I gave her a very stupid amount of customers and guess what? they never called me back. Do you think they wanted me for my expertise, I think not and I bet after they had all my former customers, they would have found some reason to kick me to the curb. How’s that for HR? and you know where they put on the application about your goals, well of course mine was to be an Area Supervisor or Regional Manager and she knew I would probably wind up with her job, so thank God they didn’t call me!!

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:39:01 +0000

I certainly do not waste my time watching that type of program but anyone that does should quickly remind themselves that these shows are created for entertainment and realism is a distant objective. Anyone that made an objective statement like that during an actual interview would have shown the door immediately. The same result would have occurred when they were discovered to be not telling the truth. Once while conducting an interview for a social service type of position, I asked a highly recommended candidate what their eventual goal was. She responded that she wanted to own a pet store specializing in reptiles. Needless-to-say, I dismissed this person and stopped wasting my time. Get real with your suggestions and tips, you are dealing with real people with real issues out beyond your keyboard. People are suffering out there due to the lack of work available and need real and productive comments and assistance. Sounds like you know little of real life since you seemed to find actual value in this riduculous program and then had the nerve to think that you were actually providing useful material from your “observations.” Maybe once you move out of your parent’s home and have some real responsibilities and then lose your job, you will have a better understanding and respect for those that seek your advice.

By: Anjie

Anjie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:00:11 +0000

I don’t watch “The Hills”, so I don’t know the actual outcome of this, but the youtube video of “Kelly’s response” makes it look like they were still willing to give her a chance although she BOMBED the interview.

I don’t think its really a good example for other people when the interviewer makes a comment like, “the interview was such FOLLY, she might be GENIUS” (WTF?)

Maybe that works in THEIR world, but most people aren’t given a chance to “try it out” or given the benefit of the doubt just b/c the interviewer recognizes they are nervous or something.

Or, it all goes back to the saying “Its WHO you know, not WHAT you know” since she had the other girl to vouch for her skills etc.

For 99% of us out here, trying to break into an industry isn’t as easy though! It helps if you’re on an MTV show, I guess!

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:14:27 +0000

Really? Wow…I love interviewing! What a great time to talk about your skills and achievements! When else can you “brag” about how awesome you are or 45 minutes! It is all in how oyu look at it!