My phone went off in an interview

deadfingers

Hey I was in an interview last week and too my horror I got a text message. My phone is playing up and turns itself on and off....my initial reaction was that it ruined my chances of getting a job with them but when I though about it more at home I was thinking if i was the right person for the job what difference would getting a single text message make but then a friend told me that at a hidden level that it shows a lack of planning on my behalf and that it really goes against me. I think that although it was a mistake on my behalf to bring a faulty phone into an interview I still think that it not a major thing.

nesf

Did you explain to your interviewer that your phone was playing up and turning itself back on randomly?

deadfingers

Yeah I told him that and he said not to worry about it. But he looked a bit surprized when it went off...but not as surprized as me :eek: lol...he said it was a funny ringtone. Also does everyone that has an interview feel like they gave the wrong answers to some of the questions? I had interviews before but this was my first major interview as all others were for summer jobs and placements..but i guessed a learnt a lot

AARRRGH

Interviews are funny places. If he already had a negative opinion of you in his mind I would imagine the phone incident would cement that feeling. But if he had a positive opinion of you in his mind, he won't give a **** about your phone going off.

(I used to do interviews. They tend to be black and white - you got the job or **** off.)

Dfitzer

I have a friend who had an interview and was asked that sh**ty question "what are your strengths and weaknesses ?" He listed his strengths but then in a moment of madness said that his only weakness was chocolate. He never got a call back.

AARRRGH

I'm pretty sure the chocolate comment didn't ruin his chances of getting the job. If anything, it's funny

Raiser

- Yep I love the interview process, a series of dumb questions being asked by some idiot whose primary skill is speed-reading CVs looking for "buzzwords" which they then take out of context and throw around like they actually do understand them.

"yays I think Clive was a rally, rally strong contender buht ah rally, rally did not like his lateral planning stance or his blue tie, what do you think Dympna?"

"Yays but I have to say, Kieran had SQL, and IBS on hays CV and hay was rally, rally good at IT and delegation of key performance indicator skill-sets, so I'd lean towards hiring him and maybe paying more mon-ay"

I think HR stands for Humongous Retard.

Roar

i was asked in an interviews once what the worst thing about myself and i said that i couldnt get up in the mornings...

spooydermot

Raiser wrote:

"yays I think Clive was a rally, rally strong contender buht ah rally, rally did not like his lateral planning stance or his blue tie, what do you think Dympna?"

"Yays but I have to say, Kieran had SQL, and IBS on hays CV and hay was rally, rally good at IT and delegation of key performance indicator skill-sets, so I'd lean towards hiring him and maybe paying more mon-ay"

I think HR stands for Humongous Retard.

yeah thats them right there! you can sometimes substiture Dympna for Delbha....equally useless

I once told them that my only weakness was Kryptonite (when asked) and the response was: "so other then that, you are indestructible, yes?"

And I did get the job....

tk123

Ah I wouldn't worry abt the phone going off! If they want you they'll hire you. I was called up to the boardroom of our place one time to sort the pc so they could play an ad to some investors. I'm kneeling down at the pc with the CEO and a bunch of investors behind me with my phone in my back poket I got a txt, my txt alert then was Nokia-Festival so they're all chatting among themselves and then my phone blasts "WOOOOOOOOOOO" all over the place!! DOH!! :P they all thought it was hilarous and I nearly died of embarrasment!!

nesf

Raiser wrote:

- Yep I love the interview process, a series of dumb questions being asked by some idiot whose primary skill is speed-reading CVs looking for "buzzwords" which they then take out of context and throw around like they actually do understand them.

"yays I think Clive was a rally, rally strong contender buht ah rally, rally did not like his lateral planning stance or his blue tie, what do you think Dympna?"

"Yays but I have to say, Kieran had SQL, and IBS on hays CV and hay was rally, rally good at IT and delegation of key performance indicator skill-sets, so I'd lean towards hiring him and maybe paying more mon-ay"

I think HR stands for Humongous Retard.

Thanks for the gross generalistion. Have anything to contribute that's interesting or original?

johnor

"I once told them that my only weakness was Kryptonite (when asked) and the response was: "so other then that, you are indestructible, yes?"

And I did get the job...."

What kind of a job was it, like a comic shop or something?

spooydermot

pfft...i wish it had been....it was some mindless position banging payments into a system...now that I think of it...maybe they were punishing me for being a smartarse!

bambam

honest to God: guy I was in college with, answered the 'weakness' question with 'I find that sometimes I'm a bit lazy"!. Needless to say, 2nd round never happened...
(Mind you he lives in Canberra (Oz) now in house with swimming pool.)

Attol

I went for the most interesting interview of my life at a gameshop. I got asked "if I was a household appliance what would I be?" and "name 3 ps2 titles beginning with T". After I walked out I was so confused and totally sure I didn't get the job because I was just totally thrown off by those questions but yesterday I got told to come in so I start tomorrow. Yay!

How can you calm yourself down in an interview? I get really nervous and even though I force myself to calm down I always find it difficult to stay totally focused.