class-struggle-anarchism:bobsavage:class-struggle-anarchism:The “why are you interested in wor
class-struggle-anarchism:bobsavage:class-struggle-anarchism:The “why are you interested in working at this company” question is one I particularly loathe, you’re meant to talk about how attractive a company it is… it’s like, ‘let’s just pretend that you could have had a job literally anywhere, and out of all those options you chose this place specifically, for some reason personal to you. Please invent such a reason and convincingly “sell” it to us, because we love listening to your fawning, humiliating lies, even though everyone in the room is completely aware that it’s bullshit and that’s not how looking for a job works.’I got a job at a 118 call centre when I was like 19 or something. When asked that question I originally said ‘for the money’ before gauging the interviewer’s disappointed reaction and changing my answer to ‘plus I love helping people and it’s great to know I’ll be able to help people by finding the phone numbers they want when they need them’. That swung it for me.The most honest answer to the question tho would be ‘I don’t. I really fucking don’t.’Yeah, I remember going for a job working for Norwich Union and getting asked that - I mean, it’s a fucking insurance company, what am I meant to say, “I really dig your industry standard range of income protection products’?I think I ended up saying some utter shite about how it was a well known, reputable company.To my undying shame, I may even have uttered the words “market leader”. God even thinking about it now fills me with self loathing and revulsion. They did hire me though, and I was able to pay rent and eat for a while… hooray :(I’ve had friends try to defend this with “oh well they want to weed out the people just in it for a paycheck” and i’m like well thats gonna be practically everybody since we’re doing this humiliating excersise for the hope of financial fucking security. -- source link