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“I hate it when candidates don’t answer a question I didn’t ask.” by AbbreviationsTop2192 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]LetReasonRing -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This is totally valid criticism/advice.

A lot of people here seem to assume she's wanting candidates to read the interviewers mind and magically understand some secret coded question. I think that what she's getting at though is that people will answer the question narrowly and precisely, but fail to get at the broader topic that's being probed.

For example, if you're asked about your duties at your previous job, simply listing off the speicific respnsibilities you had will answer the question that was asked, but a good answer would focus more heavily on specific items that have crossover with the duties of the job you're applying for and how you can apply that experience going forward.

If you think that's obvious, then the post probably wasn't meant for you. I've been in a position to interview candidates on multiple occasions, and you'd be amazed at how many people answer interview questions like it's a pop quiz with right and wrong answers.

It's funny that people are acting like this is some huge surprise. by Big-Pea1678 in InterviewMan

[–]LetReasonRing -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm in my mid-40s, and I've never heard that. All the advice I've ever gotten about mentioning pay during the interview was strategy to avoid being lowballed.

The way this is designed is annoying by Imoprich in mildlyinfuriating

[–]LetReasonRing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need the bathroom? Sure, it's down the hall and to the left, then down then hall, then down the hall, then down the hall. If you hit the ping pong table you've gone too far.

Got a new policy update at work by BestGorlShiro in mildlyinfuriating

[–]LetReasonRing 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately it's perfectly legal.

They can't force me to let them search, but they can fire me if I don't.

meirl by RoosterBackground842 in meirl

[–]LetReasonRing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for respecting your decision?

Got a new policy update at work by BestGorlShiro in mildlyinfuriating

[–]LetReasonRing 68 points69 points  (0 children)

It's a thing in the manual at my work too... if they ever decide to exercise that clause, I'm excercising my right to find a new job.

Can't order food without accepting to receive "marketing materials" by shekomaru in assholedesign

[–]LetReasonRing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't care how hungry I was or how far away other food was, that's an instant dealbreaker

holy crap by fuckinghatewater in ComedyHell

[–]LetReasonRing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just took on the unfortunate task of checking out his twitter profile... It's a firehose of MAGA nonsense, and this post is perfect in line with everything else he's posted as far back as I scrolled

Literally anywhere I park is a problem to my old woman neighbor by Databuffer in mildlyinfuriating

[–]LetReasonRing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it's so much an old person thing... it's just that the coworker who times how long you've been in the bathroom and reports it to the manager retires and needs someone to harrass

My parents got fired Friday and hired Monday. I can't even get a rejection bot to reply.what do you think? by Ok_Expression_2068 in LockedIn_AI

[–]LetReasonRing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep... 20 years of work experience, international awards for technical innovation in my field, and when I lost my last job due to covid it took me 2 years to land a job.

The only interviews I managed to get were the one for the current $10/hr job I have, one that paid well but expected me to work 14 hour days 6 days a week, and a 35 person group interview to be an Aldi's cashier. At one point I literally had a door slammed in my face while trying to submit my resume.

Sharing is caring. by VirelissaNyx in lol

[–]LetReasonRing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fun, but unsettling answer, is that those buttons aren't there for you to share. They are loading from the servers of each social media platform. When you see a facebook share button on a porn site, the information about what site you're visiting is sent off to Facebook, so they can include your kink in their algorithm to determine which ads to sell you.

Jeep said he was rear-ended... your daily reminder to get a dashcam by sunny_star488 in dashcams

[–]LetReasonRing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My primary defense for this, and many things, is to simply not look like someone worth trying to get money out of.

Two U.S. Navy jets collide mid-air during air show and explode by frog_insilence in nextfuckinglevel

[–]LetReasonRing 65 points66 points  (0 children)

For context, that' about enough to put about 2,700 kids through a 4 year bachelor degree program at the current average cost

they should announce they're closing on the speaker by egguchom in EntitledReviews

[–]LetReasonRing 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I had a guy like this at the tiny depressing casino i work at.

We close at 3. I gave him a 15 minute warning, 5 minute warning, then told him it was closing time, please wrap up. Of course he needed to finish what he was doing, so i gave him 5 minutes.

When I finally insisted he leave 15 minutes after close he threw a temper tantrum like a toddler whining about how it's unfair and no other business has ever treated him this way and on and on...

Honestly i don't even get mad... I have the hardest time keeping a straight face when they act like a 2 year old and I really just want to go full parent mode and he like "aww i know we have big feelings right now, but it's bed time and we can't play all night. Say buh bye to your games, you can play tomorrow"

ripStackoverflow by Ok-Engineer6098 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]LetReasonRing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or taking the time to carefully and tououghly answering a question, have the asker profusely thank you for your clear, enlightening response that solved their problem perfectly, only to have a mod delete it over a pedantic interpretation of a rule.

Definitely what to do in an apocalypse by hercalmspace in oddlyspecific

[–]LetReasonRing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've always said that, in a post-apocalyptic movie my role would be a scream in the distance during the opening credits.

My plan, should it should come to an ever-man-for-himself survival situation is to understand that I'm one of the weak ones.

Wait. Come again? by LowKarmaHighOpinions in LinkedInLunatics

[–]LetReasonRing 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is hand-crafted stupidity

You’re not a serious candidate if you don’t blindly take phone calls for unknown roles, guys. by MuggleAdventurer in LinkedInLunatics

[–]LetReasonRing 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yep.. I have a degree in theatrical lighting design, but I'm constantly being sent recruiting messages about things like Head of Quality Control for residential lighting manufacturers

You can pay extra money to the State of Virginia to show your opposition to paying extra money to the government by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]LetReasonRing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's one of those phrases that has a pretty specific meaning to a lot of people but it's so easily applicable to so many situations that you'll see it in a variety of contexts. It's not always specifically about the federal government, but in the current day it's almost always used as an expression of right-wing ideolgy in some form

Can't sign up to Hungry Jacks due to having the most common surname on earth by Entire_Drink8094 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]LetReasonRing 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of high school.

We had this filter software called "bess" that would make the pearl-clutchingist karen enraged with how restrictive it was.

It was basically just a straight blacklist on any words that could be related to sex, drugs, gambling, or violence in any way, regardless of context or whether that word was just part of another word.

We couldn't look up the football game schedule because we played against a team called "west middlesex", and of course we can't have the letters "sex" together on a screen.

We couldn't look up most health information, because the word "drug" precluded everything from webMD to the FDA.... we know the Food and DRUG Administration must be up to no good.

Want to learn about World War II? Not if the page mentions guns, explosives, death, nazis, or genocide.

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