Thread: Silly behaviour during a job interview...

Originally Posted by mobs00

Yeah well never judge a book by it's cover.

Sure I have seen you in Hang Dong on back road parallel with main St, I was overlooking the building of my bridge over stream, you were on M-bike

Originally Posted by Happyman

He was a "Shining Path" terrorist explosives expert who had escaped from prison a year before !!! What a prat ! The mine was in the same area where he had been hunted for the last year !

Whoopsie!

Originally Posted by watterinja

To the OP:
The fellow probably wrote off your institution as an employer with unfair employment practices & used the time profitably in telling you how to go to hell & enjoy the experience.

I'd have done the same, were I in his shoes.

He may end up in a high position in time & take pleasure in reminding you of the incident.

My thought as well.

Originally Posted by Happyman

As indeed most western Ex-pats do - that's why most of us are here

yes - get paid more , get taxed less and with accommodation paid , a per diem and transport - if you were a quiet sort you would not have to touch your pay.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

a graduate student, reasonably well qualified, he is fluent in four languages, has just finished a Masters of Science in Biochemistry and has been to universities in Australia and Sweden.

With those qualifications, WTF does he want to be a teacher for?

Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

Originally Posted by mobs00

Interviews with potential staff are always fun for me. Sometimes though they don't say much, other times they scream there heads off at me. I always hire the ones with the most to say.

Don't you run a gogo bar?

(Sorry, Mobs, I know that's not your line of work.)

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

With those qualifications, WTF does he want to be a teacher for?

you want the answer he gave us...

or the the answer i think it is

^
Never had an interview for a job - just always seem to be in the right place at the right time and been asked if I want to work for them .
Having read this thread I realise how lucky I have been.

Reading the above , and other posts , I feel sure that my progress around the world could have been traced by the high incidence of hospital admissions of HR persons with ripped out windpipes by an assailant using only teeth and fingernails !

Originally Posted by Butterfly

my answer: "what kind of stupid question is that ? why would I want to share this kind of confidence with a complete stranger ? it's too personal. Do you know where you will be in 5 years

perfectly valid question, I would think.

^ Yep. (Bfly can't figure sh*t like that out.) I always answered "In five years, I'm going to be in charge of the whole company." I always got the job.

Silly behaviour during a job interview...

I see a pattern of silly, as in WTF as opposed to downright inappropriate.

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

Western expats wouldn't go to that shitty country if they were paid the same as the locals.

It is not a shitty country, but the point may be true

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Originally Posted by kingwilly

a graduate student, reasonably well qualified, he is fluent in four languages, has just finished a Masters of Science in Biochemistry and has been to universities in Australia and Sweden.

With those qualifications, WTF does he want to be a teacher for?

Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

Originally Posted by mobs00

Interviews with potential staff are always fun for me. Sometimes though they don't say much, other times they scream there heads off at me. I always hire the ones with the most to say.

Don't you run a gogo bar?

(Sorry, Mobs, I know that's not your line of work.)

yes, it is

In my teens I applied for the elevated position of a milkman. During the interview the managers secretary brought in two cups of tea and biscuits. I appreciated the gesture and while he was on the phone quaffed mine ... biscuits and all. A few seconds later the secretary returned and rebuked me for drinking her tea.
Didn't get the job ..... what a let off !

I knocked a can of coke all over the interviewers desk / work when I was being interviewed by Lincolne Scott in North Sydney.

I got the job along with 6 others, so didn't take it.

When the interviewer came in, I recoiled in horror, staggered back towards the window, rolled myself up in the curtains, and sobbed quietly.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

perfectly valid question, I would think.

maybe valid after 2 or 3 interview for a strategic high level position in management, which was definitely not the case here.

That question alone speaks volume about the interviewer, its naivety or unprofessionalism, it comes straight from a 3 hour crash course in HR recruiting

Originally Posted by Butterfly

which was definitely NOT the case here

maybe?

Originally Posted by kingwilly

his salary would be about $500 per month. possibly less.

offer him $200 or less and remind him that you agree with him "in principal"

Originally Posted by jim1176

offer him $200 or less and remind him that you agree with him "in principal"

the salary level is not my decision, that's up to the human resources team, we just let them know which interviewees we'd like them to hire.