I like a lot to participate in a job interview. The anonymous phone call in show, to be called Doctor a warm female voice, a soft approach a bit 'embarrassed reminiscent of the first calls for the beginning of a love affair. A job interview is full of expectations, brings with it anxiety and hope. But most of the time of the interview brings tremendous incazzature: endless waits, appointment skipped, unnecessary travel, vacation wasted, relentless failures, answers that never come (pardon. .. called feedback which is very cool ... in fact most negative feedback easy wins in its synonym "rejection")
Who has done dozens of interviews has some experience in the industry: the phone responds with nonchalance plunged into the midst of a meeting, anticipating the questions the interviewer conducts the interview with ostentatious security even in the face of absurd questions of the breeder.
course if you think that most of the time your working life is in the hands of a boy with less than half of your years of experience (do not say that I am better than him, only he has not the slightest idea of \u200b\u200bwhat I'm telling him and, indeed, most of the time I do not have even seen me at that point I already triggered the autopilot).
I heard a lot of wild stories about the talks, both by the interviewers and candidates. As far as I can tell that reflect rather faithfully the grotesque and surreal situations that occur in the company.
is what happened to me a few weeks ago.
Arrival in Milan in the site of a major recruitment companies. Ultra-modern architecture, everything is immaculate. Belle secretaries gentle smile, beautiful cock are also candidates running in dark suits, all smiling and abbronzati.Ma now I'm part of this world of businessman: the last untapped full wedding that I attended (I realize I have rice in my pocket just before entering), lucky shirt and red tie (I read somewhere that shows a certain personality and then put me on these occasions: a little 'clothes and a little' gun as he recited the song).
I introduce myself and make me sit. On the tables there are only business magazines by the English name. I like the other candidates and I take a sheet with enough. While I try to imagine who the hell can spend money to read this rubbish Origlio telephone call from the secretary:
"Doctor? Yes, there is the candidate for her ... Dr. Hoyle "
SILENCE
" Perfect. I do accommodate. Which room is booked? "
SILENCE
" No? There are no rooms free, sorry. The fifth is occupied. How do we do? "
SILENCE
Fixed impassive the article in English on the 5 best brands of cigars in the world
" There is a 7 but available from 18.15 and booked.
SILENCE
the 17:55 am now. If I have to do 2 hours 15 minutes by train to see me if they can go to fuck off
"Oh that's okay? Ok, I do sit. " "Dr. Hoyle can be accommodated, second right "
answer with the best of my fake smiles" Perfect, thank you very much "
have to compile the package that authorizes it to be dicks to me all my life and in the meantime get the selection that seems Take your time (strange), skip the pleasantries and so we start talking.
The interview runs quiet, 6e20 are already in the middle of the Milan traffic to ask me how I should answer the question "Law books wine?". For a moment I was tempted to declare one of the top experts in the field but not I had no idea what was then my answer was a terse "I prefer other genres." I could definitely do better.
Fuck oenology (whatever that is) pass the interview, because they call me to give me the good news and tell me that I will contact you shortly to arrange a meeting with the company: the show, I hear that is the right time to unrivet here.
After a couple of days I get an email where they are asked to describe my pets household and develop a theme entitled "I in the new company."
Calmly seraphic write a great piece thanking you for the opportunity.
A couple of days and I get il feedback positivo. Sono invitato a scrivere un brano su quello che farei se fossi assunto. Mi sento un po’ stupido e inizio a pormi qualche domanda. Comunque rispondo con tutto l’entusiasmo e la motivazione (motivazione è la parola d’oro da usare sempre nei colloqui) che mi hanno insegnato a mostrare in queste situazioni e svolgo il mio compito in maniera soddisfacente.
Poi tutto tace.
Chiedo cortesemente un feedback dopo una ventina di giorni e mi scrivono che hanno scelto un candidato con “una seniority (anche anagrafica) più alta”.
Ha tutta l'aria di una bocciatura.
Il termine etologia (dal greco ethos and logos, meaning respectively "character" or "costume" and "reasoning") is the discipline that studies animal behavior in its natural environment, and translates in most European languages \u200b\u200bthe original German expression vergleichende Verhaltensforschung ("comparative research on behavior ") coined by Konrad Lorenz, one of the founders of the discipline (from Wikipedia).
Billy H.