All it takes sometimes is that one thing we say. I feel sorry for people who allow their interviews to be published before reading the final edit. This week’s eye opener is from someone who is a complete stranger to me – but as I have learned is an …actress/model whose rise to fame had something to do with being Hugh Hefner’s girlfriend. Hm
So – what brings me to this concise commentary is this particular portion of an interview PR.com conducted with Ms. Wilkinson.
PR.com: Explain to me the appeal of football.
Kendra Wilkinson: I feel like I have the same mind as guys, more so [than girls]. I’m not a fan of getting dressed up. I’m not a fan of shopping. I’m not a fan of putting on makeup or doing my hair. So count me out of talking about all that gossip shit with girls. I’m about gossiping about sports, and when football season is on I’m in a zone, you know?’
That’s right folks. Who knew? Who knew that a 23 year old woman who has never had to pay her own bills (before recently), who earns her living as a model, and whose ex- boyfriend to one of the oldest living sexually active organisms alive – had solved the age old question of nature vs. nurture.
# 1. Worst Job Interview Questions …and the answers we wish we could give.
Tags: careers, humour, Personal, social commentary, workplace
Series: In a Perfect World
Whether you are a corporate tycoon or a teenager getting your first job at the local fast food joint- at some point in time you have been in THAT chair. And for all the able minded/bodied folk who have never been in that position you will be eventually (I say this knowing very well there are people who will never hold a job).
It is in that chair that all our pride goes out the window. Away from our family and friends, we are put upon display like fruit at the supermarket to be poked at, squeezed, sniffed and prodded for ‘ripeness’. In that chair we beg and plead for something that we need but often don’t even want; A job.
While in this chair, the people across from you (the powers that be) will utilize their fancy vocabulary to dress up this ‘job’ by referring to it in many different terms such as an ‘opportunity’ (which implies that it will be the beginning of something favourable ), a ‘career’ (which implies growth and longevity) or a ‘position’ (which implies title, class and status). So picture yourself going into an interview, sitting in that chair and being barraged with questions about why you want to be the next receptionist at company ABC. Questions such as:
Why do you want this position?
Does anyone really need to ask this question? This must be the tie breaker because I cannot for the life of me understand why it would be a mystery. I mean is there anyone out there that doesn’t need to get paid? Where do I sign up?
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