# Just got laid off. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-laid-off/641518 "2012-11-19T17:16:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-laid-off/641518/61 "2012-12-04T18:30:31Z")
I just heard from them. I didn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![aaelghat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@aaelghat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaelghat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-laid-off/641518/62 "2012-12-05T02:43:44Z")
I’m sorry to hear that… Don’t get discouraged - it sounds like you have a great track record, and it’s all about the law of numbers - keep networking and keep applying because that’s how opportunities are unearthed. When I lost my job it was the best thing that could have happened to me, but I didn’t realize it at the time. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-laid-off/641518/63 "2012-12-05T02:58:19Z")
I have some possible PHP MySQL remote work that could be ongoing. Of course the headhunter thinks I’m qualified (they always do). I’ll probably be talking tomorrow to the guy who needs the work done, then we’ll see. He has a website that isn’t quite running yet. His programmer quit and left it unfinished and apparently it’s a mess. The recruiter told me that it’s running “PHP inconsistently”; whatever the hell that means. Interviewing is my weakest point. Even when I know that I can do something, I tend to freeze up and my mind blanks, especially with idiotic questions like what was the toughest problem I solved in some job I did for one year 10 years ago. I think that’s what killed this last interview. ---
**Author:** ![aaelghat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@aaelghat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaelghat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-laid-off/641518/64 "2012-12-05T05:18:10Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I tend to freeze up and my mind blanks, especially with idiotic questions like what was the toughest problem I solved in some job I did for one year 10 years ago. > > I think that’s what killed this last interview. The questions they are asking you are behavioral interviewing questions - questions asking you about how you dealt with various situations in the past. The best way to prepare for them is to read through the top behavioral-based interviewing questions and think through how you would answer them. Here is one [list](http://blog.timesunion.com/careers/50-behavioral-based-interview-questions-you-might-be-asked/1538/). That way, you can practice what your answer would be ahead of time… ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-laid-off/641518/65 "2012-12-05T07:04:07Z")
> [@aaelghat](#): > > The questions they are asking you are behavioral interviewing questions - questions asking you about how you dealt with various situations in the past. The best way to prepare for them is to read through the top behavioral-based interviewing questions and think through how you would answer them. > > Here is one [list](http://blog.timesunion.com/careers/50-behavioral-based-interview-questions-you-might-be-asked/1538/). > > That way, you can practice what your answer would be ahead of time… Thank you. That could be of some help. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-laid-off/641518/66 "2012-12-05T07:25:06Z")
A friend raised the possibility that the whole interview was bullshit and that they’re just pretending to consider US citizens before outsourcing overseas or hiring an H1B. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-laid-off/641518.md?page=3)