sjc Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: Oh yes. That job interview that got very heated talking about the rules to Monopoly. Tempers frayed, it all came to blows, the police were called in and we all got carted down to the station. So ended my attempt to join the Diplomatic Corp. Did you go straight to jail? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 The mother-in-law is over and was telling us about interviewing people for a website-design post at her work recently. The first candidate came in wearing an old tracksuit, stinking of weed and never took his beanie hat off for the whole interview. The second guy looked much more professional, spoke confidently and eloquently, and then took her through his portfolio...which was almost entirely porn websites. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charon Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 30 odd years ago I was needing a job so travelled 30 miles to a shithole near Livingston for an interview for one of those jobs delivering cars. Ie minimal wedge, but you get a trade number plate to hitch home hundreds of miles. Smug bassa gave it the big chin stroke at the end, "I really don't know how to read you" , ffs it a dead end job/clean license etc, but he giving it Large as if it was Chief of Security to Her Madje. I really am glad I never got the gig tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 27 minutes ago, Carl Cort's Hamstring said: The mother-in-law is over and was telling us about interviewing people for a website-design post at her work recently. The first candidate came in wearing an old tracksuit, stinking of weed and never took his beanie hat off for the whole interview. The second guy looked much more professional, spoke confidently and eloquently, and then took her through his portfolio...which was almost entirely porn websites. Guy was looking to go straight. Stuck in porn forever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Busta Nut said: Guy was looking to go straight. Stuck in porn forever. I don't think Carl said what kind of porn it was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I understand why it wasn’t appropriate but what if the porn websites were really well designed? Seems a shame that someone with good skill wouldn’t get opportunities because he’s been working with dicks and tits 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Poet of the Macabre said: I understand why it wasn’t appropriate but what if the porn websites were really well designed? Seems a shame that someone with good skill wouldn’t get opportunities because he’s been working with dicks and tits He works for the council?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Have you ever went in to interviews not giving a shit and being offered the job? That’s what happened to me the last time I went for an interview. Basically couldn’t be arsed as I was struggling with my mental health, really drained due to lack of sleep, just a really shitty time, but I somehow ended up getting it. The interviewers were about as nonchalant as me tbh, they must have been able to relate to me. I farted in an interview once as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 hours ago, DAFC. said: Have you ever went in to interviews not giving a shit and being offered the job? That’s what happened to me the last time I went for an interview. Basically couldn’t be arsed as I was struggling with my mental health, really drained due to lack of sleep, just a really shitty time, but I somehow ended up getting it. The interviewers were about as nonchalant as me tbh, they must have been able to relate to me. I farted in an interview once as well. Guy I used to work with only went to the interview to stop his Jobseekers Allowance getting cut and obviously ended up getting the job, much to his bemusement. He got killed while at work within about12 months of joining. On a slightly less morbid note, a guy came to my current workplace yesterday for an interview dressed in a suit and tie which the boss thought was hilarious and announced it to a few of us in the canteen as if this was the maddest thing he'd ever seen. Weirdo. (The boss, not the suit guy). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 17 minutes ago, Dee Man said: Guy I used to work with only went to the interview to stop his Jobseekers Allowance getting cut and obviously ended up getting the job, much to his bemusement. He got killed while at work within about12 months of joining. On a slightly less morbid note, a guy came to my current workplace yesterday for an interview dressed in a suit and tie which the boss thought was hilarious and announced it to a few of us in the canteen as if this was the maddest thing he'd ever seen. Weirdo. (The boss, not the suit guy). Wasn't the armed forces was it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 3 hours ago, HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows said: He works for the council?? Has been twenty years. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 19 minutes ago, sjc said: Wasn't the armed forces was it? Na, lorry driver, crashed his truck. Poor c**t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Poet of the Macabre said: I understand why it wasn’t appropriate but what if the porn websites were really well designed? Seems a shame that someone with good skill wouldn’t get opportunities because he’s been working with dicks and tits Aren't we all... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 8 hours ago, Poet of the Macabre said: I understand why it wasn’t appropriate but what if the porn websites were really well designed? Seems a shame that someone with good skill wouldn’t get opportunities because he’s been working with dicks and tits Porn sites were the biggest innovators in the early days of web design. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Dee Man said: Guy I used to work with only went to the interview to stop his Jobseekers Allowance getting cut and obviously ended up getting the job, much to his bemusement. He got killed while at work within about12 months of joining. That story took a sharp fucking turn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Poet of the Macabre said: That story took a sharp fucking turn He didn't, that's how he crashed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 11 hours ago, Poet of the Macabre said: I understand why it wasn’t appropriate but what if the porn websites were really well designed? Seems a shame that someone with good skill wouldn’t get opportunities because he’s been working with dicks and tits Quite. Seems like excellent interview material if anything. Do you have examples of the quality of your work? Just so happens I do and it's a funny story etc. Everyone gets to have a laugh, they were a client and he did a professional job, presumably. Maw in law would be a boot to rule someone out on grounds of creating extremely high traffic websites. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Poet of the Macabre said: That story took a sharp fucking turn 35 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: He didn't, that's how he crashed. Ironically, he did. Turned into oncoming traffic on a straight road due to either illness, on his phone or falling asleep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 12 hours ago, welshbairn said: Porn sites were the biggest innovators in the early days of web design. I was about to say that. Some of the sites I was recommended to study when learning about CSS were...well, the kind of thing I'd have been looking at anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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