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Tory_canuck
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11 Aug 2009, 4:52 am

Greentea wrote:
It's widely known that a phone reference that includes an opinion on an employee is not a serious thing. It's known that nowadays this kind of references is currency: if the recommender owes you favors, you're the best (however much you may have screwed up in your previous job) and if they harbor any hidden ill feelings about you, they'll fry you in this kind of phone reference. Yet, prospective employers base themselves a lot on phone references, because if you were cunning enough to have someone owe you favors, then you'll be a good employee (seeing as today all that's required from employees is that they be good politicians).



So that's how overall I don't do too bad on the reference thing......I have been watching question period on CPAC (Canadian version of C-SPAN) during most of my high school years.Most kids would watch family guy and such...I watched question period.


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11 Aug 2009, 2:44 pm

Personally, I think the most unfair part is where they expect people skills out of you, and throw trick questions at you that will cause you to fail the interview if answered literally.

For example, when they ask you "How many sick days per month sound acceptable to you.", they're actually asking you "Do you like to play hookie?" :x

Roman wrote:
Are you saying I should shade a number and press Alt + Because when I do that, nothing happens. So what exactly did you do?


Hold the alt key, type the four digit number using the numpad (won't work with the row of nums), then let go of the alt key.


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