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From: lgold@csib.UUCP (Lynn Gold)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Lieing to get a job
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Date: Tue, 8-Sep-87 21:35:49 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  8 21:35:49 1987
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In article <1839@tekig5.TEK.COM> chrisa@tekig5.UUCP (Chris Andersen/Omega) writes:
> Q: What would be your ideal job?
>
> A: Describe the job you are interviewing for, even if you know that it
>    isn't ideal.  If you don't really want to work there, you can always
>    turn down the offer.
>
>Is it really necessary that we lie to get a job?  It seems to me that an
>employer should be appreciative of someone who is willing to admit their
>feelings instead of trying to deceive the interviewer.  Sure, hiring
>someone who admits that the job is not their ideal one might be a risk,
>but is it a worse risk then hiring a deceitful individual?

I once followed the advice that this personnel director gave.  I was
stuck in a job which I was unqualified for and which I loathed for two
years.  In my next job interview, I did something similar.  I only
lasted three months at a job where I was "the wrong person at the wrong
time."

This time around, I told the person interviewing me what I really was
looking for -- what I liked, what I disliked -- whether he wanted to
hear those particular responses or not.

I got the job, and I'm still here after 5 months and don't appear to be
going away.  I'm also happy with the work I'm doing, and my employer
appears to be happy with my work.

--Lynn

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