Eight Worst Things to Say in an Interview

an interview may be a option to get a job but your right the wrong questions are deadly as for the other kerry comments you have listed i dispute them as having the right name above em

TACO, your comments are so ridiculous! How in the world do you even get a job is beyond me. You MUST be a Common Laborer for a construction company or something like that because you cannot use the English Language well enough to be in any position of any importance. And you rant on to say you have had numerous jobs in 10 years!! the only people I know that speak poor English and trade jobs like cars are illegal immigrants that work in the fields or in the construction industry digging ditches!! [ditches: these are made by taking shovels or similar tools (or you can even use your hands) and using said tools to remove dirt from the earth so as to form a trench of varying depths; ie: excavation; often used for drainage or similar functions in the constuction trades] Now you can say you have learned one thing today anyway! Ha! would you like more CHEESE on that TACO-HEAD!

shut up loser!!

And now here we have a woman named, nonetheless,
"Coffeelady!" I can tell by her nickname that the reason she lost her job of 12 years is that she spent wa-a-a-a-y too much time hanging out by the coffee-pot area sharing too much gossip with the other women in the office about the cutest little bric-a-brac collection that she has now started of some miniatures made from pine-cones but hand-painted and come with a letter of authenticity. They only cost $19.95 each, but they are a collector's item! Ha! I hate to spoil your day granny (I lied, I love spoiling your day now. At first I was trying to help, then you pounced on me. Now I lunge for the jugulars!) but had you invested that $19.95 plus $5.99 s&h (times one thousand at least) for all of the pieces of garbage you bought through the years instead of falling for all of those con-artists, then you would be financially set to weather the severest of storms! You are 57 NOT 27! You are the type of person that took a job and stayed with it way too long and became complacent just to earn a paycheck. You lost your drive to better yourself and your life and your career years ago. To say you stayed in one place for 12 years in today's world is ludicrous! You created your own destiny and your own despair. I bet each time someone was fired, laid-off, or left of their own accord, you felt sorry for them and thought if only they had done better at their job they would still have one! Well, guess what granny, I think the same thing about you! If only you had been more aggressive by going to school at night or via correspondence courses or similar to show your bosses that you were a driven and ambitious woman who was not willing to become a complacent worker but instead a career oriented star ever seeking new levels of acheivement and forward thinking of new goals for your career and new goals in your personal life as well, then I doubt very seriously you would have been one of the first on the chopping block. This downsizing and corporate restructuring and merging that we are seeing today has been going on forever! (Sometimes at higher levels and sometimes at lower ones) When I graduated college in 1981 the very first job I took out of college sold out to the Taiwanese in 1984! They asked me in 1983 (10 months before the official take-over) to stay until the end of the buy-out. If I did so they would sign a severance contract right then which would pay me one year's salary plus continue my Health Insurance and Life Insurance for the one year as well. The contract also allowed me to reduce my hours and work only as many days amd hours as it took me to proficiently perform my duties as MIS Director. The last 6 months I worked Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am until noon! When I left that company, I had another job waiting for me. I invested my money wisely, I finally realized my dream of owning enough real estate properties that I rent out that all I do now is sit back and collect the rent and do some minor repairs from time to time as needed. I NEVER EVER lived paycheck to paycheck once I received my very first paycheck! I refused to give in to IMPULSE shopping and I do NOT hang out at the SHOPPING MALLS! I go and buy what I need and leave. And I ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS donate to CHURCH and to CHARITY! I have a sister that is 10 years my senior. She has only a high school diploma! She is now 59 years old. She married at the age of 18 and went to work for the Government. She worked there for 32 years! She retired when she was 50 and with full benefits. Her husband did the same thing. When both of them retired, each of them had a job waiting for them! She went to work for a friend as his accountant at double her old salary. He went to work for the same Government job but on a contractual basis for 1 1/2 times the salary! Maybe its where I live or something but I honestly do NOT know of anyone who does NOT have a job that does NOT want a job! I honestly believe however it has not to do with where I live but more to do with the people like you who want something for nothing! Get over it granny! Quit trying to blame other people for your mistakes in life! Some people lead their lives while others like you just let their live's lead them!

Also, I am 57 years old. My job was eliminated after almost 12 years on the job. Where I live the unemployment is over 13%. The only jobs listed in the paper are for nurses and truck drivers, of which I am neither. Just how do you suppose I can find a job where none exist? When I have gone on interviews, I always make a good impression, but then they hire a cute young thing with good legs and big boobs. I can't compete with that at my age. I can and have done everything in an office and have always taken on more and more responsibility because of my efficiency. Not all of the people out there who are unemployed, through no fault of their own, deserve your disdain. You should go back and read what you wrote and try to see why you are so condescending.

Wow, are you self absorbed. Hurray for you that you never applied for a job you didn't get. I wish I knew what you looked like so that I can just leave if I ever see you at a job interview. You may be the "perfect employee or, at least, interview" but I hope I never have to work with someone that conceited. BTW sleave is correctly spelled sleeve.

Have any of you that are NOT getting assistance from the ESC, early retirement, or benefits from staying with an employer to see them through the transitional phase of downsizing such as severance packages contacted your local State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation for their help? They can usually offer help, at least enough, to get you some job testing, monies for education for re-training for a new career, as well as many amenities to help along the way that you would not even imagine. I have a friend who has a heart condition and was of course one of the first to go from his company. His local State Dept. of Voc. Rehab. paid for more than half of his schooling, (the other half; 1/4 was grants and the other 1/4 was student loans and he is 50 yrs old!). He received evaluation testing first to determine what careers he was best suited for and they also helped him figure out how to go about securing all the other necessities of life to get him through the struggles of school without much income. They helped pay for his Prescriptions until he filled out the proper forms and became qualfied for state charitable assistance for both healthcare and prescriptions with just a $10 copay for the doctor and a $4 copay for medicines. They paid for his parking permit, bought his school books and alloted him a small amount of money per month to live on to boot. The student loans also include a small amount of money to live on as well. So even though he is not living HIGH on the HOG so to speak, he is able to maintain his life aling with the income form his wife's job until he gets his new education. Hopefully by then the economy will be better suited to have jobs and he will be better suited to fill one of those jobs. ALL HOPE IS NOT LOST! DO NOT GIVE UP!

Wow, all CAPS, quite a rant. You really like to blow your own horn, don't you! I am a senior, still working and have been successful in my career. I am THANKFUL I have a job in this economy. BUT, not everyone is as fortunate. People have different skills, personalities and educational levels. We have high unemployement and many people have jobs that have been cut back, outsourced or their position has become obsolete. Your name calling and derision of hard working Americans searching for work is unacceptable and uncalled for. Empathy is evidently not one of your strong points.

I feel your pain. I can't get unemployment because I quit an unbearable situation. I have no money coming in and am using my savings to stay afloat. Meanwhile, I see congress considering adding another 14 weeks to unemployment compensation for those lucky enough to have been laid off. After 30+ years of working in good stead, doesn't seem fair that I can't get any compensation. Guess I should have swallowed hard and kept at it.

and before anyone jumps down my throat, yes, I made several typos in my anger and excitement over the inane and thoughtless statements being made about "qualifications" and "education" - especially education that was earned twenty or thirty years ago by my contemporaries. (there are books and seminars and industry-specific trade events that allow for current education BTW, and they don't normally belong on a resume unless there are certifications attached to attendance...) So save the criticsism on grammar and spelling for someone else. Thanks.