Looking for a job

I'm sure everyone of you will have to endure this period or already has. Writing CV's and doing interviews.

I myself am searching for a job for 4 months already, have done at least 10 interviews, countless IQ tests and personal tests, but none of them gave me a contract.

These were my problems:

1) I showed too less of emotion, enthousiasm.
2) I didn't really know what I was after, no focus.
3) Some huge mistakes like: coming an hour too early, asking stupid questions
4) At first I didn't wear a costume.
5) Didn't sound professional enough.
6) Mumbling, no articulation, bad communication skills, no structure in message transfer.
7) Didn't have good answers to questions like: what are 3 bad points of your personality.

What are your experiences? I want to learn more. You can also tell us what you did in the mean time while doing interviews. Sitting home doing nothing, working part time, playing games and all.

I don't know if you experienced it, but I also got racist questions threwn at me... I'm not white, but living in a white world, aiming for a high position.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Oh they really do cost: transportation! I agree doing many interviews will get yourself more and more mature and you'll know yourself better.

And I have never ever heard of an msn interview! What kind of job is this I wonder...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

About this thank you letter, only 10% of the people write this. Isn't it easier to just say thank you for the interview at the end of the interview?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Any assessment experiences here? I got one next tuesday for the Total company.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Well I'm really too serious, I'm not a joke person.

That book you suggested gives me inspiration, I'll read some books on google about assessment and the one you mentioned. I think everything is about good communication skills, being to the point and have structure in what you are saying. Making sure the person knows what you are talking about.

You have to make the impression you're a professional speaker, someone who can represent the company. They have to believe they can depend on you. You should also show off about being a team player, which I'm not, but I can fake it.

I was speaking idiomatically.

No I'm going all technical, not commercial or management. But even then you need to speak with researchers, operators, managers, distributors, maintenance. I will have to maintain a good relationship with all of them, make a good impression. Ultimately I will have to delegate tasks to them, so I could be seen as a manager.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I did the assessment for Total and there is one thing I'm shocked about!

I did test for banks previously: ING, Dexia, Fortis.
And to my surprise these tests were exactly the same as the tests I did for Total petrochemicals. So I got some experience in it, and I knew how to answer them correctly. I'm pretty sure I got 40/40 on the abstract test.

The other tests were:

1) interview: give an example of this, give an example of that, and another example and another one... irritating...

She asked: 'can you give an example of a decision you just made not too long ago?' - I couldn't think of anything so I said that I was deciding if I would go to the assessment by train or by car.

2) a bunch of emails and you make your agenda for the first week, = stress...

3) some employee who is pissed about his job and I have to find a solution, think of it as an RPG but then in real life.

4) write your ambitions on one piece of paper, this was quite difficult for me, because I have no ambitions at the moment. I just graduated, I just want some experience first.

5) 500 questions about your personality

This day lasted 10 hours, I'm glad it's over. Waiting for feedback now.

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Originally Posted by Gumby

Be glad they didn't give you a personality test and then not tell you what it meant. We do that. It is a good indicator of what kind of person they are and whether they fit what we are looking for.

I don't understand, they did give me a personality test, but I also still don't know what kind of person they want me to be.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

So when you have the job, what's the best way to keep this job? And would you choose a big company or a smaller company?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well as for me I acted all enthousiastic and sounded like a very narrative person. Now when I got the job I'm a bit more relaxed, like I usually am. I can't keep pretending like someone who has drunk 10 coffees.

I will work hard though, or try to. I've chosen for a small company, everything goes much much faster in a small company, you're not being put into a function but you can taste everything at once. It's harder, but you learn much more this way. I think people are more informal too.

There's nowhere I can't reach.