# So how bad do you want this job? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193 "2013-09-06T18:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/1 "2013-09-06T18:24:05Z")
Apparently the UK version of Best Buy has a [new interview technique](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/06/currys-dance-interviewees-jobseekers_n_3879341.html?utm_hp_ref=business). > [@](#): > > British electronics retailer Currys issued an apology on Thursday after admitting that interviewees trying to earn a job as a sales assistant at one of its stores had been made to dance. I wonder if someone shot at their feet? I’m so glad my working days are over. I don’t think I’d last a year anywhere these days. Oh - FUCK 'EM! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/2 "2013-09-06T18:32:15Z")
Sweet Jesus. That would probably piss me off enough to say “No, I think you’re going to dance for me.” in a vaguely threatening manner. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/3 "2013-09-06T18:40:33Z")
Well, to be fair, it was part of a team-building exercise, not the interview itself, although I’m at a loss as to how that was supposed to work, exactly. Certainly rather silly and pointless. What next, snipe hunts? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/4 "2013-09-06T19:07:07Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Sweet Jesus. > > That would probably piss me off enough to say “No, I think you’re going to dance for me.” in a vaguely threatening manner. 😛 “In Soviet Union . . .” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/5 "2013-09-06T19:08:40Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > What next, snipe hunts? To be fair, the Snipe population in the back parking lot IS getting out of hand… ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/6 "2013-09-06T19:12:45Z")
Good to see David Brent got a new job after the paper company. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/7 "2013-09-06T19:23:51Z")
It’s not quite the _In the Company of Men_ job interview, but getting there. ---
**Author:** ![get\_lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/8 "2013-09-06T21:32:54Z")
I don’t get it. Why were they doing “team-building” if they hadn’t even been hired yet? I’d be happy to dance in a job interview, as long as the interviewer _dances first_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/9 "2013-09-06T22:13:16Z")
If they were asking female candidates to do stripteases, that would be one thing; but, if they are just asking them to do something potentially embarrassing, it can be legitimate request. It is a quick test of self-assurance and willingness to play along. These can be attributes that are beneficial in positions that deal with people. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/10 "2013-09-06T23:33:47Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > If they were asking female candidates to do stripteases, that would be one thing; but, if they are just asking them to do something potentially embarrassing, it can be legitimate request. It is a quick test of self-assurance and willingness to play along. These can be attributes that are beneficial in positions that deal with people. They can also be utter meaningless bullshit. I’m so sorry for the dignified humans among us who must perform this bullshit because of some bullshit that an unqualified Manager or HR hack read in a bullshit trade magazine. Who moved my bullshit cheese? ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/11 "2013-09-07T00:05:09Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > If they were asking female candidates to do stripteases, that would be one thing; but, if they are just asking them to do something potentially embarrassing, it can be legitimate request. It is a quick test of self-assurance and willingness to play along. These can be attributes that are beneficial in positions that deal with people. Right. I bet you can squeal like a pig. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Don’t want to? No job for you! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/12 "2013-09-07T04:38:46Z")
I would never, ever ask someone to dance in a job interview, because if you’re interviewing eight people for one position it’s incredibly degrading to ask people to dance for a job they’re not going to get. I would never do that. As for me personally, though, I’d be happy to dance in a job interview, but only because I’m a really, really fantastic dancer. If the interviewers said “We’re a really tight knit bunch here and we all love dancing, could you show us your moves?” I’d modestly answer “Uhh…okay, that’s really strange but I suppose so” but inwardly say “Seriously? Dancing? Hah! Check _this_ shit out, suckers!” I might not get the job, but afterwards they’d say “He wasn’t right for the position, but _man_ could that motherfucker dance!” But again, that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/13 "2013-09-07T04:42:21Z")
I would blink in astonishment and walk out. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/14 "2013-09-07T05:15:04Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I would blink in astonishment and walk out. Moonwalk out and you’re hired! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/15 "2013-09-07T13:56:57Z")
“Before we hire you, here at Arthur Murray’s, we’d like to see you do some soldering.” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/16 "2013-09-07T16:50:28Z")
If you want to be an English teacher in Thailand, you have to learn Thai traditional dance. Really. Which makes me glad I’m not an English teacher. But one of the courses in the program leading up to a teaching license for foreigners is a Thai-culture course, which has a traditional-dance segment. Teachers here are paid crap to begin with. Having to prance about was the final straw that made them move on to another country. ---
**Author:** ![get\_lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/17 "2013-09-08T03:33:05Z")
Yo dawg, you gots to show me the stanky leg before you gets to be a lawyer with THIS firm, feel me? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/18 "2013-09-08T05:43:30Z")
So you think you can get off unemployment? ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/19 "2013-09-08T06:06:16Z")
You wanna work, you better twerk. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193/20 "2013-09-08T06:08:43Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Well, to be fair, it was part of a team-building exercise, not the interview itself, although I’m at a loss as to how that was supposed to work, exactly. > > Certainly rather silly and pointless. What next, snipe hunts? It was part of the interview. > [@](#): > > The jobseekers, who were attending a **group interview** at a Currys Megastore in Cardiff, had to perform dance routines during team building exercises which the firm said did not form part of its formal procedures. bolding mine Not a legitimate part of said interview. > [@](#): > > Currys, which is part of Dixons Retail, said the incident should not have happened and it was carrying out an internal investigation. > > “We are extremely disappointed that one of the management team at the store in question did not follow our official recruitment processes,” Currys said in a statement. Someone decided to fuck with job applicants. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-bad-do-you-want-this-job/668193.md?page=2)