# Interview today - Good thoughts needed
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 5, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441 "2002-08-05T15:07:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441/1 "2002-08-05T15:07:24Z")
I have an interview at 1pm (EDT) for a help desk job.
I am a little nervous. I am sure I can do the job, but I hate interviews.
Incase anyone did not get that, I HATE interviews.
I don’t really know why I get so nervous, but I can feel it start to build, even now.
Anyway, wish me luck.
Rick
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441/2 "2002-08-05T15:14:19Z")
Good luck. But I only do so in exchange for _your_ wishes of good luck to me, as I have an interview today at 4:00 EDT for a development department position. I don’t so much mind the interview, it’s the waiting that I hate. And the competition. Ooooh how I hates the competition.
As for why you feel nervous, am I to assume that you haven’t been preparing your [ass pennies](http://www.geocities.com/savant2000/transcripts/ass_pennies/ass_pennies.html)?
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### Author:  [@Global\_Citizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Global_Citizen)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441/3 "2002-08-05T15:15:57Z")
Good luck!
I’m trying to get a different job within my company and I know I’ll have an interview soon. So I’m kind of nervous, too.
Global Citizen
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### Author:  [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441/4 "2002-08-05T15:28:11Z")
No, interviews are not harrowing experiences! They are among the very few chances we get to act cocky and confident and have it PAY OFF!
Knock 'em dead.
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### Author:  [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441/5 "2002-08-05T15:31:07Z")
Good luck, **Munch**.
[sub]I’m not even going to mention the ass pennies thing, nope, not at all.[/sub]
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### Author:  [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441/6 "2002-08-05T15:46:57Z")
**RickQ, Munch, and Global Citizen** Good luck to you all!
Remember that an interview is a good chance for you to decide if YOU want to work for THEM, too. (I know - I never really feel that way when interviewing, either - I just think, “Dammit, hire me.”)
If it helps, keep this in mind. I had to do interviews for a position once (I was the interviewer) and I completely understood that the people were probably a bit nervous and small things that some people (including me) beat themselves up over never even crossed my mind.
I was always impressed and took it into consideration when a candidate liked us and wanted to move/work with us. That’s cool - it makes you feel like they’d be happy with you.
Tibs.
BEST OF LUCK! 🙂
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441/7 "2002-08-05T18:29:40Z")
During the interview that got me my current job I smiled till my jaws hurt. I smiled so much I was worried that I might look like the village idiot. I have since asked my boss and his boss why they chose me over others and one of the answers was: “I had the impression that you were friend and confident.”
Why I asked? “I dunno, you looked me in the eye and you smiled, even when you didn’t have an answer.”
So, I guess I’m trying to say: “SMILE” and good luck too.
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### Author:  [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441/8 "2002-08-05T19:18:55Z")
Good luck to everyone who’s job hunting. I’ve been doing it for months, so I know how stressful it can be.
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441/9 "2002-08-06T14:42:07Z")
Mine went well, how about you, RickQ?
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### Author:  [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441/10 "2002-08-06T14:56:16Z")
Mine went pretty well. They did not really ask me that much, to be honest.
They did tell me a lot about the position, but some of it made me wonder if I really want to work there (lots of phone work, prolly with lots of irate people). I prolly won’t find anything out until the end of this week at the earliest.
The good news is that I have another interview tomorrow with a different company, they just called 🙂 . It never rains but it pours [sub]meant in the best possible way[/sub] 😃
Rick
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### Author:  [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-today-good-thoughts-needed/122441/11 "2002-08-06T15:13:43Z")
Good luck to all interviewing! I just got off the market in April, myself, and interviews were few-and-far between. It was not a pleasant experience, as they were wanting to hire quickly, so I got gang-banged; I was interviewed simultaneously by the VP of HR, the National Sales Manager, and the Regional Sales Manager. One interview on Thursday, and I got the offer Monday.
The deciding factor, I later found out, was that I immediately went home and sent thank-you emails to all three of them, even though I had to call the home office to get the national manager’s address.