I was on a job interview (for what seems like a very good job at a Fortune 500 company), and decided to try out some humor with the staff, the goal was to portray some personality. It's my first job interview in a few years so I'm definitely a little nervous. With the guy (who'd be my boss) I was just using sarcastic humor. For example, (this is a manufacturing facility) he talks about some equipment they refurbish for McDonalds, and he said they screw the machines more than anyone because of the food quality and fatty residue, I'm like, damn, I thought McDonalds was fat free, well there goes my diet. Just like 2-3 little comments like that, I try to show some personality cause they're all pretty casual and laid back.
With the woman HR girl it was a little of the same. One of the questions she asked was something like, "I notice you're taking night classes, how do you like it?" And I replied, "Man, I hate school." I must have had a serious face for a second because she looked shocked, she was like, "Are you kidding?" But then I started laughing and so did she. She said that they always encourage her to go back to school, so I elaborated that while a masters program is slightly more difficult than a bachelor's, the hardest part is that everyone is working full-time and usually has a commute, so going to class for 3 hours after work is really shooting all your free time away, I mentioned that it's even harder if you have kids, cause she did. The guy asked that same question too, I said that it wasn't too bad, but some of the financial stuff is difficult. I noticed he was trying to impress me with financial terms and numbers before, talking about the "delta of the product variances", which is why I thought I'd throw in that I emphasized in finance, as if that may make me more of a better fit or something.
I was supposed to meet with another manager but he was busy, so we kind of just chatted for about 20-30 minutes, shooting the ****, she was talking about how she used to live in my part of town and stuff like that. The other manager returned her call and said he was busy for the rest of the day, so she asked what days I can come back next week to meet him (he's the big boss so it's important). At the end I asked for a business card and she grinned, so I kinda messed with her like, "Yay, I finally get to give one out!" She was kinda shocked/laughing, then I mentioned how so many of my friends never need to give out their card, and she mentioned some story about how she got a promotion 6 months ago but still had a full stack of her old cards so just uses those, all same info with a different title.
It seemingly went well I think, but I'm kinda paranoid that the smiles and laughs could be cover for thinking I'm crazy? A job interview is a little different than trying to pick up a girl, I was just playing it the same cause I figured, they hire people they like. I had experience in this job, and the other guy said, hey you already passed test 1 (interview with corporate recruiter last week) so we know you can do the job, I wanna make sure I can work with you.
Think this was a good or bad approach?
With the woman HR girl it was a little of the same. One of the questions she asked was something like, "I notice you're taking night classes, how do you like it?" And I replied, "Man, I hate school." I must have had a serious face for a second because she looked shocked, she was like, "Are you kidding?" But then I started laughing and so did she. She said that they always encourage her to go back to school, so I elaborated that while a masters program is slightly more difficult than a bachelor's, the hardest part is that everyone is working full-time and usually has a commute, so going to class for 3 hours after work is really shooting all your free time away, I mentioned that it's even harder if you have kids, cause she did. The guy asked that same question too, I said that it wasn't too bad, but some of the financial stuff is difficult. I noticed he was trying to impress me with financial terms and numbers before, talking about the "delta of the product variances", which is why I thought I'd throw in that I emphasized in finance, as if that may make me more of a better fit or something.
I was supposed to meet with another manager but he was busy, so we kind of just chatted for about 20-30 minutes, shooting the ****, she was talking about how she used to live in my part of town and stuff like that. The other manager returned her call and said he was busy for the rest of the day, so she asked what days I can come back next week to meet him (he's the big boss so it's important). At the end I asked for a business card and she grinned, so I kinda messed with her like, "Yay, I finally get to give one out!" She was kinda shocked/laughing, then I mentioned how so many of my friends never need to give out their card, and she mentioned some story about how she got a promotion 6 months ago but still had a full stack of her old cards so just uses those, all same info with a different title.
It seemingly went well I think, but I'm kinda paranoid that the smiles and laughs could be cover for thinking I'm crazy? A job interview is a little different than trying to pick up a girl, I was just playing it the same cause I figured, they hire people they like. I had experience in this job, and the other guy said, hey you already passed test 1 (interview with corporate recruiter last week) so we know you can do the job, I wanna make sure I can work with you.
Think this was a good or bad approach?
. Now I've got a college admissions interview this week, looks like I'll be using some of this stuff.