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Should I be telling the truth?
Are there ethics to a job interview? Is the theory lie, cheat and steal to get the job you want?
Three seperate times during the course of my interview I forgot rather important people's names. My former European Director of Operations name, and the names of the two people working at the company I refused to go and work for after DoubleClick (I can remember them now just fine). Worse still I introduced myself with the wrong name and muttered "I was expecting a man" when the interviewer introduced herself as Sacha. Had it been Sasha I'd have been in no doubt, but Sacha is the Russian name for Alex.
Okay so once the interview was in full swing I knew what to say, but I'm sure there are trick questions that are unanswerable inserted into all interviews. I mean, for instance, what is the correct answer to "What part of your previous job did you find most fulfilling?"
a) The arguments with my co-workers.
b) Being left to listen to music and get on with the work having switched the phone to voicemail.
c) The sense of accomplishment at the end of the day knowing just how appreciated my contribution to humanity is.
d) The money you fool, the money.
Of course I said c) but meant d) with a touch of b). But to be fair, how many people work in a low-key technical job because they "love the sense of fulfilment it brings"? Too cynical?
Mar. 6.2002