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[-] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 142 points 1 week ago

How strict is your sexual harassment policy?

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[-] MBech@feddit.dk 88 points 1 week ago

Oh I did this one once! I interviewed for a job as a construction worker, and my first question was "what's the pay" and second "how the fuck do you expect anyone to say yes to that".

They also had an apprentice working on a roof right next to us with absolutely no safety gear in sight.

[-] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hire me or OSHA geta notified if you wanted the job

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[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 82 points 1 week ago

As you can clearly see I'm white and male. When do I start?

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Congrats, Mr. President! You've won the election!"

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Honestly, this works more often than not.

[-] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 49 points 1 week ago
[-] mechanismatic@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

That one depends on the job. Some managers will love to exploit your inclination to hyper focus on solving problems and following the rules. They won't ask you to work unpaid after hours but if you want to they won't protest... Doing a third of the work for a team of six people? That's great, but your next performance review will include the criticism that you're not as social as your coworkers because you're too busy doing the job.

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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago

This reminded me of:

[-] kdcd@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I had one guy I interviewed tell me, unprompted, that all the women in the company would definitely feel comfortable around him.

Ok???

It was a fast no thank you. So I guess I’d do that.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

"I am always respectful and appropriate towards female employees, especially the hot ones."

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Sounds like something Michael Scott would say.

[-] Yuki@kutsuya.dev 39 points 1 week ago

Tell them they can't afford me

[-] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 39 points 1 week ago

You'd be surprised the number of head hunters you'll pique the interest of with that line.

[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 37 points 1 week ago

"I like you guys. You're cool. All my other bosses were asshats."

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[-] artifex@piefed.social 30 points 1 week ago
  • I only push to master
  • I only deploy to prod on Fridays
  • I am not available on the weekends
[-] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 18 points 1 week ago

something about your confidence... you're hired!

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[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 29 points 1 week ago

"Hi, I don't want this job, I'm just here because the job centre told me to apply if I want to continue receiving unemployment benefits."

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[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 week ago

I don't know exactly, I'll just be myself.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Remind me when i applied for a tech store chain.

“We also mandate workers to recommend extra warranty to customers that ask for advice , how do you feel about this”

“I always try to help people who come to me for advice the very best i can, i would need to see the details of this extended warranty but if i believe it would really serve the customer then of course i will recommend it”

They laughed; i did not get the job.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago

Always seems to work so far!

[-] droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago
[-] Beebabe@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

“I’m a single parent, so it’s hard to work overtime without notice.”

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[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Dodge the handshake and go right in for the French kiss.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 week ago

You are hereby accepted to SexyTimesPorn Co.

[-] BanMe@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Pants go down to ankles

Underwear go down to ankles

And then the helicopter starts up

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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

leans in close to the interviewer

“That’s where that smell was coming from.”

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[-] chunes@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Tell the truth. Corporate drones hate that more than anything.

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Workers of the world, Unite!"

brandishes a hammer and sickle

(Legal Disclaimer: I'm not a communist, I just think this scene would look so funny)

[-] Steve@startrek.website 17 points 1 week ago

First, can you sign this form for my unemployment job search? Thanks bye.

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 17 points 1 week ago

As soon as it begins, I'll put on that one rubber horse mask that's been a meme on and off for the last 20 or more years.

That in itself might be enough.

If not I may be forced to make horse noises. There's actually a sound that's called "blowing" I think is perfect for the situation, so I could technically "blow" the interview and still get the job if they're sufficiently unhinged.

Were it not for the potential for criminal damage, I would also stand abruptly before making the noise and then, with suitable timing, violently kick the chair backwards.

I think that could all fit nicely within 30 seconds.

Or, you know, I could just tell them the truth that my mental state is incredibly fragile and the tiniest amount of work stress or office politics is going to be detrimental to both myself and the company in very short order and that I should not have been sent there in the first place... but where's the fun in that?

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

I guess as the applicant, turn around and leave?

As the interviewer, also leave

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[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

Ask to clarify if it's really a blow job interview like I thought I read.

[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 week ago

Don't break eye contact during the entire interview and refuse to speak. Write all your answers on paper and slide them to the interviewer upside down.

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[-] bizarroland@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'll pick up a chair and throw it out of the window, start screaming "fuck you!" at everyone in earshot, and then whip out my dick and start pissing all over the place.

If they still hire me after that, I will work there until I retire.

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[-] klemptor@startrek.website 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pick my nose and wipe it on the interviewer's desk, and acknowledge nothing.

[-] Marshezezz 12 points 1 week ago

Pull out a joint and start smoking it and ask if they want a hit

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[-] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 12 points 1 week ago

Fart into an airzooka and shoot the fart at the interviewers.

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[-] UpperBroccoli 12 points 1 week ago

Shit on the table, then yell at them to clean it up.

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago

"You're exactly what we look for in our middle management positions."

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[-] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Go for the hand shake and then pull a Hitler salute.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Mypillow would hire you on the spot

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[-] Juvyn00b@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

I actually did this. Maybe not within thirty seconds or so, but I was applying for a higher level position (above my current classification) at a collections agency. Was kind of sick of the grind but others thought I should be promoted, but interview was required first. I basically told them over and over that if they paid me the right salary I'd do the job. They were not impressed, and my then manager had a few words for me the next day. Oh to be young and not having a care in the world. I also knew I had a different career path in mind, so I wasn't interested in staying either.

[-] oyo@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago

Whatever I've been doing for the past year, apparently.

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[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

"Before I answer any questions, tell me about the real pay package, bonus structure, vacation and sick days and promotions schedule. I also have to warn you in advance that I have flight booked to Barbados next month so we can count that as a signing bonus."

[-] dumbass@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago

"Hey, were you at that BDSM orgy the other night?"

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[-] yuknowhokat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Start by asking how many paid days off and what is the drinking policy on the job

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

I'd like to disclose my disability from my time in federal prison.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

First few ideas: Talk about how I'm not really big on the whole "working hard" thing, immediately bring up and start ranting about weird political ideas, "I'm worth X, take it or leave it"

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