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Unconventional ways to ace any job interview

5 points by jbischke 17y ago

stevejohnson 17y ago
For some reason I can't get "Barney Stinson! Barney Stinson!" out of my head. I feel like if I tried to pull some of that stuff with a potential employer, I would be dismissed as a pretentious blowhard. http://barneysvideoresume.com/ http://barneysvideoresume.com/
- arnorhs 17y ago
  Wow, this is awesome. Never seen it before. Instant bookmark, tweet and posted to facebook...
smokinn 17y ago
Ace any interview? You certainly wouldn't be off to a good start with me if you tried to use a powerpoint presentation. For a programming job at least (and probably most technical positions) it seems that all those suggestions would actually work against you.
tptacek 17y ago
Coming to an interview with the usernames and passwords for an AcmeCorp account at "major" social media sites Acme didn't "think" to claim seems like a good way to get escorted out of the building.
- softbuilder 17y ago
  I don't know about getting escorted out but it definitely is presumptuous. More importantly it is fucking weird.
spitfire 17y ago
powerpoint presentation == You aren't getting the job. I'd say more, but personally the interview would be over the second someone mentioned powerpoint.
windsurfer 17y ago
It would be certainly interesting to bring a USB drive to an interview at IBM, where they don't allow USB drives due to security concerns (or so I'm told). Ace the interview indeed.
rs 17y ago
I dunno.. I might be a conservative here, but if someone I'm interviewing starts doing all these things, I'm going to feel like he/she is just trying a little to hard and might come out as fake. There's a line between showing genuine interest in the role, and coming out a little over the top. Doing these "not so common" methods might just cross the line for me. I dunno, maybe I'm just weird.
mannicken 17y ago
I can't understand: is this a joke? Oh well. 6. Take a couple of hostages and record them begging for this company to land you a job. Originality is a great way to impress an interviewer.

5 points by jbischke 17y ago

For some reason I can't get "Barney Stinson! Barney Stinson!" out of my head. I feel like if I tried to pull some of that stuff with a potential employer, I would be dismissed as a pretentious blowhard. http://barneysvideoresume.com/ http://barneysvideoresume.com/

arnorhs 17y ago
Wow, this is awesome. Never seen it before. Instant bookmark, tweet and posted to facebook...

smokinn 17y ago

Ace any interview? You certainly wouldn't be off to a good start with me if you tried to use a powerpoint presentation. For a programming job at least (and probably most technical positions) it seems that all those suggestions would actually work against you.

tptacek 17y ago

Coming to an interview with the usernames and passwords for an AcmeCorp account at "major" social media sites Acme didn't "think" to claim seems like a good way to get escorted out of the building.

softbuilder 17y ago
I don't know about getting escorted out but it definitely is presumptuous. More importantly it is fucking weird.

spitfire 17y ago

powerpoint presentation == You aren't getting the job. I'd say more, but personally the interview would be over the second someone mentioned powerpoint.

windsurfer 17y ago

It would be certainly interesting to bring a USB drive to an interview at IBM, where they don't allow USB drives due to security concerns (or so I'm told). Ace the interview indeed.

rs 17y ago

I dunno.. I might be a conservative here, but if someone I'm interviewing starts doing all these things, I'm going to feel like he/she is just trying a little to hard and might come out as fake. There's a line between showing genuine interest in the role, and coming out a little over the top. Doing these "not so common" methods might just cross the line for me. I dunno, maybe I'm just weird.

mannicken 17y ago

I can't understand: is this a joke? Oh well. 6. Take a couple of hostages and record them begging for this company to land you a job. Originality is a great way to impress an interviewer.