The process for interviewing for a job is similar to the dating process. Generally, it goes something like this:
\nStep 1: Find someone you want to date (find a place where you want to work)
\nStep 2 (optional): Find someone that might know her (find someone that might know someone who works there)
\nStep 3: Ask them out (apply for the job)
\nStep 4: Go on the date (go on the interview)
\nStep 5: Get rejected (… get rejected)<\/p>\n
The process may be similar, but the details of how you should conduct yourself are completely different. Interview behavior and dating behavior are exactly the opposite:<\/p>\n
Her rejection goes “don’t ever call me” and that’s final.
\nBusinesses rejection says “not now, but better luck next time”. Next time!? Yes. There can always be a next time.<\/p>\n
If you call all the time to ask her out, you’re a “stalker”.
\nIf you call a company all the time, they call that “persistence”, they call that “following-up”. Just be courteous.<\/p>\n
If you hit on her and then hit on her friend, and then hit on her friend’s friend, you’re desperate.
\nIn business, they call that networking.<\/p>\n
If you date her and then date her friend the day after the break up, you’re a jerk.
\nIf you work at a company and then work at a subsidiary, you can work for both places at the same time.<\/p>\n
If she dumps you and you’re no longer in a relationship, you might get a bucket full of drama without any benefits.
\nIf your company dumps you, you might be unemployed but you get zero drama and a bucketful of benefits.<\/p>\n
When going to a restaurant and the bill comes she won’t even look at the check, you’ll pay.
\nWhen you eat out with business, they always get the bill. <\/p>\n
During a date you may want to flirt, touch, hold hands.
\nDo not, under any circumstance, run your fingers on the back of your interviewer’s hand.<\/p>\n
Never talk about your past on a date.
\nMost of your conversations is about your past on an interview.<\/p>\n
Powerpoint on a date. WTF.
\nPowerpoint in an interview. Ooooh, impressive.<\/p>\n
Asking your date if she’s willing to make physical augmentations, like a boob-job, will get you a slap in the face.
\nAsking your employer if they’re willing to make physical changes to your work-area is something to ask before you start.<\/p>\n
At the end of a date, you’ll know where you stand, you may get a kiss, a hug, or a handshake, to gauge how it went.
\nAt the end of an interview, good or bad, you won’t know how it went, it’s always the same “Thanks and we’ll get back to you”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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