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Job Hunt Gripe
Nov. 16th, 2021 11:51 amJob agency called to say I didn’t get the one I interviewed for on Friday, because “they got the impression you wouldn’t have been a good fit in the long term; the work wouldn’t have been creative enough to satisfy you.” Trying to figure out how to convey to future potential employers that I honestly am ok with repetitive work. Did wearing a knee-length skirt and flats make me seem too arty?
In related news, I apparently did well at the online aptitude tests on Sunday (they were pretty easy); we’ll see if anyone follows up.
The other place that’s contacted me had a “one-way video interview” which meant they gave me questions in text form and I had to record short videos of my answers. Asking to see the candidates’ faces so early in the process piqued my sense of— propriety? fair play? hard enough that I brushed my hair to reveal the buzzed side of my head. Not particularly daring these days, of course. For the rest, they got my usual short answers to questions like “why do you want to work here in particular?” in my usual deep-but-low-volume monotone.
In related news, I apparently did well at the online aptitude tests on Sunday (they were pretty easy); we’ll see if anyone follows up.
The other place that’s contacted me had a “one-way video interview” which meant they gave me questions in text form and I had to record short videos of my answers. Asking to see the candidates’ faces so early in the process piqued my sense of— propriety? fair play? hard enough that I brushed my hair to reveal the buzzed side of my head. Not particularly daring these days, of course. For the rest, they got my usual short answers to questions like “why do you want to work here in particular?” in my usual deep-but-low-volume monotone.
