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The Story Of My Nightmare Biochemist Job Interview
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- Опубліковано 13 сер 2024
- In this video I talk about an interview I had that did. . . not go well, to put it mildly. Pretty much everything which could go wrong did go wrong.
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"I am very clearly an incompetent person"
Me after every time I land a job.
And for basically the first 2 weeks at the job.
@@Machtyn Then the moment they hire someone new, you feel like an expert.
That is if they actually trained you and didnt say, You'll figure it out.
Meunster Chease 90% of jobs are filled with incompetent people. Then you have 5% that are managers that rip everyone off and 5% that actually know and do their job properly
Literally me as a general store employee, one of the lowest threshold-requirement jobs.
Yep I got my last job because i just straight up lied that i can do it. Then i just kept pretending to know what im doing untill i slowly learned what i was supposed to do and it all worked out!
That hand gesture must have been some kinda Jedi skill with a nat 20 roll.
"You don't want to sell me death sticks."
_"I don't wanna sell you death sticks."_
"You want to give me a job as a biochemist."
_"I wanna give you a job as a biochemist."_
Or, alternatively...
"You don't need to see my qualifications."
_"We don't need to see your qualifications."_
"This is the prospective employee you're looking for."
_"This is the prospective employee we're looking for."_
Yer gm is looking at it multiple times, his laughter has stopped and it is clear on his face you just broke his plot/plans :P
This is A Part Of My Custom Class.
PSI Ability: Psychic Mind Change
Use: Use Between 5-15 Ability Points To Change Someone's Mind 180 (Changes Depending On Importance). Ex. Biochemist Won't Hire Ben -> Biochemist Will Hire Ben = 15 Points
Roll for deception
Natural 20
It was more like
roll int check
roll int check (important one)
roll int check
1
20
1
wow this guy is a perfect fit! who cares if he doesn't know anything he knows how to do this one super expensive part that we desperately need someone to do wooo!
@@Madhattersinjeans they did wait a week to call him back.... lol
and with the modifiers... seems like you rolled 289
I was thinking "Ben: roll inteligence; 2"
"Interviewers: roll insight; nat 1"
TELL THE STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY. TELL IT NOW.
yea ... im dying from the tension of the cliffhanger...
Daulton Young yes please
Daulton Young DO IT!!! JUST DO IT YOU WIMP!!!!
Daulton Young right meow... Fucking cliff hangers.
WE NEED THE WORSE STORY
WE WERE PROMISED A WORSE STORY
IT'S BEEN A YEAR
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
He never promised to tell it, he just said that's a story for another day.
@@97markviii It IS another day, though.
It's been 2 years RAABLE RABBBLE!!
RAAAAABBBBLLLLEEEE!!!!
It been 3 years
To be honest, if your story is 100% true, then I see how you got the job. Being able to argue back with your superiors in a professional way is a plus. Even if you didn't know what a spectrophotometer was, that has got to be one of the easiest machines to use (also doesn't matter if it's GC, AAS, UV, IR, etc) and teach. You probably came across as an amicable person which is highly lacking in laboratory jobs. So you can do the main thing that they're looking for, have enough pride in your work to defend it, and will get along with people. That's a candidate there.
Disclaimer: Used to be a biochemist.
" Even if you didn't know what a spectrophotometer was, that has got to be one of the easiest machines to use (also doesn't matter if it's GC, AAS, UV, IR, etc) and teach"
To be fair, it's the fact that they probably left with assumption that he was lying about it that matters more than anything. Basically, it makes them think "If he lied about that, what else is he lying about?". Which is not good, more than whether he's actually familiar with the tool or not.
I agree with you, but remember that most people see resumes as 99% bullshit anyways.
Um... A GC only counts as spectrophotometry if it's linked to an MS (as in GC-MS). GC by itself is chromatography.
@@dubanx3889 Right? And can someone please explain to me how it's possible to get a degree in chemistry, especially biochem, without being able to recognize a spectrophotometer?
@Average Joesson I'm sure he has his degree. No one's assuming he's lying. Just saying he's kinda dumb. Yes, they all look basically the same. I mean, if you see ANY machine in a chem lab, you can be fairly fucking certain it's a spectrophotometer solely based on being a gadget plugged into the wall. Like, if you do chemistry, a good portion of your job can often revolve around them, and they are absolutely ubiquitous.
I once interviewed for a job where the guy who would be my boss said, "It says on your resume that you've done estimates using COCOMO II. Why haven't you used a more recent version."
To which the only correct answer is, "Because there isn't a more recent version." I seriously thought he was testing me on my knowledge of the tools.
"Oh yeah, they're up to 6 now."
To this day I have no idea what he was talking about. The folks at USC who developed the COCOMO model are currently working on the third version. It's been in the works for years.
To this date COCOMO II is still the most modern model. Those people I swear.
He was in the wrong timeline
He was calling your "bluff" with another bluff to see if you were bullshitting.
@@dsandoval9396 Mynd Gaymes
I was once interviewed by a partner from a law firm who kept his feet on his table for the most part of the meeting. On another interview for a company, I was asked to write two essays, one in English and another in Portuguese, and also make a logic test, even though I have two LLM degrees. This took me about 4-5 hours to accomplish. Despite all this bs tests, I was never called for a single interview. Apparently my CV was "too good for the position", which I only knew due to the fact my friend worked for the same company and recommended me for the position. Interviews can really suck, specially if you are struggling financially while seeking a job, and most interviewers do not care at all about the hasle you are going through.
One time I was asked, “Why do you want to work here?” I said, “For money”. I got the job over a but ton of people.
Lucky you. Most people get rejected for giving exactly that answer.
I got the job by saying I wanted to keep my car :)
It only makes sense to me actually. Assuming that it's a good paying job for your level of education. Simply because you're very likely to be staying there for at least more than some time.
I remember getting asked this for fast food/Walmart type jobs, like why else would I want to work here?
@@SugarFreeGaming Where do you see your self in the future?
A real job.
Yep. I can most definitely relate to that bit you said about companies just looking for people that can do certain things. I remember a company was hiring in my area and hundreds of people went for the interview. Only 8 got in. The position was working with electronics. They didn't even care that I had prior knowledge of what the electronics were and what they could do. They only cared about whether or not I can work with large groups of people constantly asking questions whilst doing other menial tasks not even pertaining to electronics at.
So Best Buy?
Scott Ranch nah son. This was in the days of olde. RadioShack.
Reague of Regends well, if someone knows how to levitate and create things with their mind, what the fuck are they doing looking for toilet cleaning jobs? They should put that mind to better use. But yeah, I just find the entire job seeking affair quite funny. "It says here you're looking for a carpet salesman? Yes, but *fuck the carpet.* Can you speak with strangers confidently enough that you can string them along enough to buy our fucking items? Yes. Then you're hired. By the way, you're selling mattresses as well. Now get out of here."
Praise the Beed Well yeah what the fuck is the use in knowing everything about carpets if you can't convince the average Joe buying from the store that they should buy the carpet there, salesman first carpet expert second, and bonus too for the company if he manages to sell a mattress too.
KazuoLucas my first job interview was 3 questions, do you mind doing repetitive work?, can you lift this?, when can you start.
Still the easiest interview I've ever had lol
This really made me feel better about applying for jobs and getting through interviews. Thank you.
It bothers the hell out of me that the correct answer to "What are you looking for with this job?" Isn't "I am looking to perform tasks for you so that you will give me the money that I require to sustain myself," because I think it's ridiculous that I have to pretend I would be doing pretty much any job if I wasn't being paid for it. Just being honest here.
What's really f'd up is that this implies that the person is financially so independent s/he doesn't need money to do her job. Yet they have to pay him/her to do the job.
Where's the consistency
I like to ask the Bullshit Interview Questions (eg "Why should we hire you", "Why do you think you'd be a good employee", "What are you looking for") at the end of the process, basically after I've already decided if they're hired, just to see what they say. I've had people say something akin to "I need money and you need a worker"; and I've had people talk about "Opportunities for growth blah blah blah". If the interviewer bases hiring off one of these questions it's because they have no idea what they're doing (may or may not be their fault).
Hi, we are looking to trade labor for goods in a mutually beneficial exchange!
It does give an indication of personality.
ive actually used that as an answer and ended up in a second interview with a lot of places. just phrase it as "money to live a comfortable life."
I WANT TO KNOW THE WORSE STORY!!!
I had an interview for a grocery store position where they were *apparently* doing several interviews in a row. I get in there 20 minutes early, make sure I know where I need to be for the interview, and then proceed to check out the store.
Well apparently the woman who was being interviewed before me did VERY well because they wound up making me wait for about an hour, before only interviewing me for 15 minutes
I did NOT get the job
the other ghost girl if IT was a brand store you could have asked about other locations. We get a Lot of applications AT my place and Send them to other stores If they were good enough and if We are full on staff
All of my interviews are super fast compared to most people. But I usually get the job, so I guess I just do it all in a very streamlined way.
Hi, I'm Nick, I don't kill people for fun, I can do what you asked for in the job listing, is there anything useful you want to know or can we just all nod at each other awkwardly for 23 seconds and be on with our day?
rude
I had a similar experience. I arrived for an interview, and the lady before me hadn't left yet. The boss was a man. They both seemed to go along very well. The space was small so I could hear them talking: Boss: "You have so many of the skills and knowledge I am looking for, and the things you don't know are very easy to learn", and so on and so forth, for about 15 minutes or half an hour. He was totally on to her. After she left, I went on with my interview, CONVINCED I was screwed. But I did it with very good humor, doing jokes, and giving genuine answers - I wasn't gonna get the job, so better be the most honest possible. Didn't want to waste my time unnecessarily either. My interview lasted about half an hour, maybe less. And guess what? Got a call home about 1 hour later. It was the boss: "Bad news for you - YOU GOT THE JOB". Yeah, he's quite the joker.
That was about 2 years ago, and I'm still working there. I am so fit for the tasks at hand it's hard to believe.
@@EddieOtool Since you were sure you wouldn't get the job, you were probably more relaxed than the other people.
To be fair, job interviews are weird to begin with.The power balance is weird, the boiler-plate questions are insane and the amount of brown nosing and tradition makes a medieval king shake his head.
Sapphire Crook Interviews are not fun.
Try rolling in and acting like you're top dog and they need to kiss your ass. If you manage to be intimidating instead of just douchey I find it works quite well. And it makes you feel good on the inside.
Sapphire Crook i miss the old days where youd go into a place and ask, "hey can i have a job?" And they go, "sure! When can you start?"
BillyJoe1305 This right here. If you believe your own hype you'll not only sell yourself as the top dog but you will also inflate your own confidence making the interview that much smoother thereby increasing your overall success. Believe in yourself. Works with women too.
ThePursuit OfSymmetry Well he did get Bulma so the theory holds.
This seems very similar to an experience I had in an interview haha!
Tank Bank same lol. I just went through this same type of experience last week for a tech job. They asked specific knowledge based questions I was not prepared for - not even google or my friend who works there prepared me for these questions. I felt like an incompetent sack of poo poo and thought well, I’m never getting my foot in the door ever. Then that evening I noticed I had several missed calls and a voicemail... from the company of the horrible interview. They wanted to hire me right away. I was like, really? Like really? You sure there’s no one else who could do better than me? I actually didn’t want it cuz I didn’t have the knowledge to pass a basic interview. But here I am with a new job! Lol
Same with a few jobs That I got. one they flew me to the company for an interview there were like 30-40 other people there for the job. I forgot socks, my belt, and tie. Also, my degree came from a shit school everyone else had MIT like degrees. I was the only person that made it to the 5th interview.
Lemon Rust They probably wanted someone with far less overall experience so they could mold you to be the employee they wanted. That's how I got one of my first jobs.
Tank Bank O
@@TheBenJiles I kind of had an opposite experience. I had an interview (basic entry level stuff, but, finding jobs is hard for me, and around this area.), and I thought it went *great,* Like, really well. I went home feeling great about how it went, all around good. I was told that they would contact me at X day by X time if I got it, and if not, no. Day comes, time goes, refreshing my email repeatedly....nothing.
Now, I was in the middle of changing my phone number during all this too. So I filled out the paperwork and initial stuff with one phone number, then during the interview, informed them that my number had changed and what the new one was. See, the hiring manager (not the one I interviewed with) didn't get that last bit. So, about a week after the day I should have found out, I got an email saying there was a messup about my phone number and I needed to contact them. Turns out I did get the job, and they basically just lost my new number!
But yeah, sending out application after application, and interview after repeated interview, and not getting anything..It gets crushing. And this is for entry level. (I dropped out of college because of finances.)
if you don't recognize, or have experience with a machine, use the excuse that you have never used that specific model.
jerrod lapham Then have them ask which model you used or say that the various models operate similarly... Lol
As long as you weren't lying previously, it is literally the correct answer.
Or just say you just blanked for a second.
I've heard of a guy who backpacked in Australia who, whenever they asked him if he's operated a certain machine before, would say yes, and then go: 'Ah, the model I used back in France was a bit different. Can you quickly show me how this one works?'
Then he had to drive a steam-powered bulldozer..
Thank you, sir
My most recent job: Why did you want to work with us?
Me: You guys aren't Comcast
Them: You're hired
had an interview kinda the same, was asked something like "so what things would you focus on"
and my mind commuted suicide and I said "the little things" no examples or anything and repeated this later when asked a similar question.
aaaanyyywaaay turns out the company was rolling out this exact mantra in a few weeks time, so I got it.... lol.
My shortest interview was 40 seconds...just long enough to be told to get out and not come back. I still dont know why
noah wolff F
Were you wearing clothes?
F
@@flynn659 no
My Brother was really special while he was looking for a Job.
He just Walked into the boss Office absolutly ignoring the secretary and just asking...
"Im looking for a Job. Do you have something for me? I can do this this and something else."
And... he Got the Job...
In a Bank...
Weirdest bank robbery ever
@@cam4636 This
I just found this channel and I love it
I like your nickname, have +1 for the party
Lenin would be proud
We will overthrow the capitalist pigs!
Why thank you comrade
Same here, subbed immediately
I loved this story. Every job I ever got was one where I blew the interview. Every time. In fact, the one I have now, I totally botched a question, and when they called a month later and made an offer, stupid me said it wasn't enough money. I hung up facepalming and they called back 10 minutes later and agreed to my outrageous demand. Because I had over 10 years experience working with a particular software. I was the only one they interviewed that even knew what the software was. They would have paid me anything I demanded. Great video, so true.
I once told an interviewer that I thought the idea of "excellent customer service" meant nothing and it was useless to try to define it or achieve it. I was hired the next week by them as a senior customer service representative.
must have been comcast :/
@@emissarygw2264 LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@emissarygw2264 rotfl
I was told to by my former employer to always be happy and talk to the customers with a smile. I resented this rule because smiling is too much work for me and I can’t fake being happy. Probably unsurprisingly I was stuffed into the frozen foods section, on night shift, during winter in the Northern Midwest. I was cold and tired from the moment I got there to the moment I left.
As someone who used to work as a production chemist, this resonates so much with me
Interviews are weird. One thing I've learned is that the 'tech' interviewer being mean and aggressive is a GOOD thing: it will allow you to show you know your stuff, and you KNOW you know your stuff.
There's nothing worse than a job interview with nothing but HR people, because then it doesn't matter how good you are at your job... just how good you are at pretending you're good.
Unless you're a woman, in which case that same behavior is contextualized completely differently and will usually cost you the interview.
That makes me happy to be a chef/waiter since job interviews for that are usually:
"Can you carry plates/cook shit?"
"Yea"
*interviewer checks C.V.*
"Yea, you can start on monday"
Ya I have about 7 years of food industry experience in a kitchen and I have a degree in computer networking. I don't hate working in a kitchen, I actually kind of like it but my biggest issue is that no matter how many times I tried at two different locations I could never get some kind of weekend days off. Like not even one Saturday a month. I even had a hard time getting two days next to each other. My days off were always like a Monday and a Thursday.
If my only extra hobby was video games this would not be an issue, but I play airsoft, Warhammer 40k, and table top RPGs. This means the only days I can really do my hobbies are on a weekend as I have not been able to find any week day RPG groups in years and the only days with enough people to do airsoft or get more than half a game of Warhammer in are Friday-Sunday. Of course these are the days they need the most people working their shift.
Last year I got a job delivering pizza thinking it would be a bit more flexible than the kitchen I was basically running by myself (I cant understand the absolute basic levels of knowledge younger people have about kitchen work and safety). Turns out driver is the worst position you could have if you want flexibility. I still got two days off but it was every Monday (all of my go to hobby places are closed) and Thursday (the slowest days at my go to hobby places where you are lucky if 1 other person shows up when you are there). Every other day I closed (I was the one driver that closed almost every shift. Four out of 5 days a week.), and closing as a driver did not mean delivering until closing time nooo. Closing as a DRIVER meant you were required to wash all of the dishes, the back room, the lobby, and sit down with the manager to watch them as they counted all of the money. I did not get to leave until the manager left 4 days a week. So I was not home until after 2am 4 nights a week. Even if I was able to go do my thing on my days off I would be too tired.
I was told many times when bringing it up that they were hiring more drivers so they should be able to work with me on my schedule. Almost a year latter with no change and going through 20 different drivers nothing ever changed. I quit and am now looking for a new job, but I am done with service and retail jobs. Sadly however I will probably end up in another kitchen, and it is because like you said "Can you carry plates/cook shit? Yea, your hired." but I swear if I do than from the start in writing I will have no less than one weekend off a month.
My first job was as a third shift waiter at IHOP. The manager basically asked me if I got that I'd be working with a lot of drunk people and was I okay with that, and I'm like "yeah, no problem."
BTW, anyone getting into a job working with drunk people, the two most important things: 1) be okay with repeating yourself, a lot. Drunks have the attention span of a toddler on speed. 2) Drunks are VERY susceptible to suggestion. Like, none of you drinkers know just how easy it is to convince you of absolutely anything. This will work both for and against you. If a drunk person gets the idea into their head that something might be wrong, then something IS wrong, and YOU need to fix it RIGHT NOW or it's a personal insult. Likewise though, if you fiddle with a thing and tell them the problem is fixed, even if you haven't done anything, they'll think it's fixed. Aside from their overworked liver and the conversation they shuldn't be having with their ex, pretty much all of a drunk's problems are psychosomatic.
Anyway, I later found out that if that manager hired you, it was either because you were cute (if female) or white (if male). I was one of two white guys on third shift. The owner had apparently told the manager that he needed to hire more white people for the sake of racial diversity.
So yeah, especially for low level jobs, most companies need a person to do a thing. If that's you, then nothing else really matters.
Micheal Drake you should try the places near me these interviewers are very strange I was trying to get a job at Lowe’s to basically move boxes from a truck to shelf and the interview went fine til the last question where they asked ok so what’s the highest math class you have taken I tell them calculus one and their expression changed so quickly from ok I might hire this guy to get out we need someone better, and later I get in the mail basically say no. I’m just sitting there wondering what did I do wrong am I too smart for the job or do they really need someone PhD in engineering to move a box?
worse interview i ever had was once i was desperate enough for money and was looking for literally any easy to get job i could do while i got something better, so i went to a job interview to be a janitor, now keep in mind that this happens in a latin american country where less than 22% of people can muster a phrase in english, let alone speak the language, and the first question i get in the interview was literally "do you speak english?" i went on on a massive 20 minute rant on why would a company want an english speaking janitor if it didn't have like anything to do with the job, turns out said company was literally trying to hire people that were competet in the language to strenghten their marketing department, but they weren't willing to pay the legally isntituted wages for this charges, and ohh boy did i call them on that, didn't get the job but even i was not that desperate.
@@ce461 you at least got a rejection mail. Grumble, grumble.
The only reason I can think of they would like to hire a person with higher math skills in this situation is if he/she is also the person who decides where they're placed.
Ben never give up on these videos I love your story telling maybe one day I could be great enough to hear (yes just hear) you gm people
I really can't exaggerate how much thanks I have for you. This video gave me the confidence I needed to finally ass myself into getting a job for the first time in my 24 years of life.
Yeah, umm, I'm a biologist, and after 200+ applications and a mere 2 interviews (where I knew exactly what the hell what I was talking about, and had plenty of the very specific experience they were looking for- and STILL didn't get hired) I gave up on the process. This does remind me of certain questions they asked me and things they did in my interviews though...
what did you do then?
I'm curious as well.
Same & same. My non-science-field friends and family are just like "well clearly you're not doing it right" so...good to know this isn't just a 'me' problem
@@cam4636 back to school. Two more Master's degrees when I graduate (figured why not do two for the same time as one?), and I'm STILL not sure I'll get a decent job when I graduate, even with perfect grades.
Fuck this BS. Seriously.
@@Supadubya Hi! How are you now in the process of finding a job?
Always remember that giving interviews is going to result in at lest several candidates who you're just glad they came in wearing pants.
This was hands down my favorite story. I like your videos but this one, takes the cake because this is you're real world experience and I agree, imagination imitates reality cuz reality is frickin bonkers
I once got called in for an interview because I was the only person who filled out the what types of video games do you like question. Sadly I did not get the job. I do have 7 years experience in the food industry now though... lol... T-T
4:38 - I've often wondered why I was hired over other candidates. But never quite with *those*details.
Had a job interview at a ballistics company, needless to say I bombed it! Ha get it? But no seriously I failed really hard...
I wish I could believe you were over exaggerating this story...
This video had me rolling 😂 I really appreciate this video. I am approaching my senior year as a biochem major in college, and soon I will be making my rounds on the job hunt lol
This is exactly how interviews work. They are looking for something very particular and they don't want to train you on it but they don't tell you they only care about that particular thing so when you almost always fail the interview, you have no idea that it was for some obscure reason that had nothing to do with you.
Its a really unhealthy system. I don't think it benefits anyone really, not even the companies. But with the way that licensing is restricted and subsidized via university gatekeepers, and the way IQ tests are illegal to administer, there isn't a whole lot we can do about it.
Man me no like interviews either. I'm quite a nervous, and awkward guy. Like cops full me over when I haven't done anything, and then try to figure out what I've done because nobody is this nervous for regular conversation. Well I am!!!
So raw and pure! I don't know how you do it. Your videos nail it every time!
I want that second story. Give me inspiration to be okay with failing at job interviews or doing poorly. Also I love your videos just recently found you and wanted to say keep up the amazing work!
What companies actually look for: a bach degree in anything and a pulse.
damnit, , gonna have a hard time proving that i have a pulse
And they do not care about you knowing anything in the degree. They just care that you have proven to have a tolerance for a lot of mindless bullshit by getting one.
For some certain types of jobs, sure, but biochemistry? Really?
Not really, entry level engineering jobs are looking for people with 3+ years of experience. Your bachelors doesn't count as experience, your research you did in undergrad OR graduate scool doesn't count as experience, your extracurriculars definitely don't count, and that little machine shop where you design the process to put out quality aerospace parts for the same company you're applying to doesn't count. Basically you have to have worked at the entry level job you're applying to for 3 years in order to get the entry level job... Or ya know. The way everyone I knew in college got their first "real engineering" job. Their parents worked there. That's not a conflict of interest or anything. Nope.
I'm probably never going to have an entry level engineering job. If the job postings are accurate I can apply for an engineering manager level 1 job in 3 more years of manufacturing experience.
@@anastasiacline6159 Hang in there. In the mean time, just keep throwing your resume out there for every position available in the country, work jobs (not necessarily your target job, but something somewhat related) in companies that have positions you desire so you can claim experience within the company and have better insight towards opening positions, develop extra skills future employers may desire, and make connections with people. These are all things you probably already know, and it is definitely a grind, but you will find success some day.
Although not for engineering, the situation is very similar for bachelor degree holders trying to get into certain mathematics fields; it took my girlfriend 3 or 4 years doing these things before a company hired her because basically every company looked for experience she did not have. It seems getting the initial experience is certainly the most difficult part.
Puffin, I've been on the same interview, in a different career field, and a different company, and I had the same experience. I love your videos! Keep up the hilarious stuff, please!
I am suddenly so interested in how the second interview went this was pretty entertaining I'm glad you laughing about it now I know how heartbreaking it can be at the beginning
Oh my gosh this is fantastic!! We need the story of the second interview! I'm dying with anticipation!
I almost felt like I was telling my own story, watching this. Some of the details are different, but the entire spirit of my experience was pretty much summed up by the way you put it.
Worst Interview I ever had was for a firm in the middle of fecking no where, even though I set off early I had to rush back home for some important matter, I tried phoning the company, no answer, Doesn't matter I still got there on time, I stand in there Empty Reception Area for 15 Minutes before a girl by chance walks past me. "Sorry" she says the place I want to be for the interview is actually over the road in the derelict looking that doesn't even have the companies name on it despite being give this main building as the place to go.
I cross over and the interviewer makes me wait another 10 minutes before coming out and yelling at me in there second reception area about being late and wasting his time and how much of a favour is was that he even considered me for the position and told me to get out.
I wouldn't have stood for that. I would've turned it around on the douche and would've said the following:
I WAS on time. You obviously have someone passing out incorrect directions working for you. You should get that fixed. Two, an empty reception room gives off the impression that you don't get a whole lot of business or you think that people who walk in will always wait for YOU and offer you THEIR business as compensation for YOUR time. Three, without proper identification of the business itself, how is ANYONE supposed to figure out that the facility across the street also constitutes a portion of your business property? Fourth, when I attempted to call you before I even arrived, no one answered the phone. Assuming that you're a successful company and you have someone manning your phones, this shouldn't have been an issue. Fifth, during the pre-interview phone call, I COULD have been told to look for the other building for the interview. Sixth, if you assume that you're much better than someone else and consider it a favor to be speaking to me about a job at all, but still have AT MINIMUM five other major red flags that maybe "I" shouldn't work here, you're not really in a position to boast. Now, does that about cover the interaction so far? How bout we try this again and wipe the slate clean? Hi, my name is "position filled." Where should I put my things?
So I gotta know, what happened next
+Dax Orien But before that, I'd have broken his nose.
Damn...
genuinely, thank you for this. i've been through so many terrible interviews and it's just... comforting? to know i'm not the only one.
Ya know, I've been struggling with finding an entry job in my field and I shit you not I was ready to give up but this changed my perspective on how I've been approaching things. We love ya Ben, keep being awsome.
This story seriously gives me flashbacks to my interviews. Also graduated with a degree in biochem.
I been having a few awkward interviews as well :p
Hello Ben... I want to thank you... this video opens my mind about interviews and I think it helps me to get my new Job... Nice work...
I just wanted to say this video has been helping me out a lot. I'm trying to get into a spot in a welders union apprenticeship and im low-key freaking out that I botched the interview. But this... This gives me hope.
If the interviewer stopped me like that and pointed out something wrong with what I was saying, I honestly would have just sprinted out of the room since I'd assume I wouldn't even have a cube of solid helium's chance in the center of a star of getting a job there.
Sometimes people misspeak when they're nervous. And a lot of people are nervous during interviews.
Most interviews really boil down to either "Can you do ___?" or "Can you work ____ shift?" Great, your hired. The rest of the questions are simply to prevent HR problems.
LOL This has been my favorite episode! Encore!
I absolutely love your videos. And I came across this one. I really want to thank you for telling your story. I literally did an interview yesterday that went like this. I haven’t heard back and honestly don’t think I got that job, but it’s really encouraging and supporting to hear others’ stories about failed interviews. I know a lot exist, but something about yours just resonating with my experience. Thanks for the videos!
Why do you want this job?
In my head: Why do you think I want this job? I need money and experience to get a higher position in this field! What kind of a question is this?
What I say: I want to earn practical experience while working with other people from this field.
Just remember folks most interviews are point scoring exercises. You say the right things the more points you score. If you didn't get the job it's not that they didn't like you someone just scored more points than you.
That's why you don't try to bs your way through an interview
I came to this as a mechanical engineering graduate who got his first job YESTERDAY after two years of searching, and it was definitely something I needed to hear.
Thank you.
Still waiting patiently for the follow-up story with the other interview :)
And here I am in the last year of microbiology college, wondering how my grade average will affect what job i can get
it wont.
Well, people with very good grades are usually just very good at having good grades. That's not a skillset that you will need past school. I think interviewers know this, because they went to school themselves and know how it is.
Competition is though. With bad grades you wont easily get a phd position. If you stop microbiology after the bachelor or master it will be though to find a good job that has stilll something to do with mibi. But you could work in sales
bahahhahahaha.. grade average does not mean squat unless your applying to grad school.. companies are 'looking for people that can do a thing' ... that is about it.. unless you have a PHD and your job is to create shit.. you will be doing the same boring shit over and over.. sad but true.
It won't. Most people don't even bother putting their GPA on their resume. Just "graduated from such and such with a degree in such and such"
UA-cam has been giving me nothing but videos I've already watched on my recommendation section for fucking months. With you being the only exception. A+
ChiaroscuroxX the three vertical dots next to the videos that shows and select I don't want to see this anymore it will ask you why and then you can say because I've already seen this video. Your welcome btw
I love your vids! Very cool to see something other than dnd! I do love your dnd vids also, I play for hours with my friends! But it’s also nice to see something different
They are right...with a bachelor you are worth almost nothing when everybody has at least a master or phd.
Also milligrams are quite large amounts of protein to work with...geez
Martin Erhard no one cares about a masters either... :/
Curaxu no I wouldnt say that. Some of my friends got a good job in the industry with only a master. But I think that also depends what you did, where you did the master and how many companies are searching in the area
It depends where you are. In North America you're better off with licensed trade behind you then some degree or PhD. In Europe, Asia, and the Middle East your Masters or PhD will pay off almost immediately.
Again I am assuming you're studying something useful. A degree in Feminism or Ethnic studies is not a degree. Its a poster.
Azraelseraphim I am currently in my last semester of my bc master. But the people I talked about were from genetics and microbiology.
Here in germany stuff like gender studies is very rare and not even offered by even some big universities (at least as far as I know for the LMU munic there is no such thing)
Martin Erhard I really don't know much about Germany Universities but thats a good things. Educational Institutions should focus on that which actually has academic merit.
I was in Heidelberg recently. Sorry about Antifa. Germany doesn't need that crap.
Head scientist: "Look guys, this one is breathing, and he's dressed!"
That was a great conclusion. Yup. If you don't get hired, it's almost always nothing personal. It's not because your resume isn't sparkly enough, or your GPA wasn't high enough, or you picked the wrong tie, or because you think you didn't answer some of their questions like "what do you see yourself in 5 years" or "what is your weakness" and those kind of freaking garbage questions well enough. You can do everything PERFECTLY and still didn't get the job because they feel your experience isn't relevant enough, or they think someone else (even though not necessarily better than you in resume) is more fit to the job. It's always just a mix and match and you just have to be lucky and happen to hit the right place with the right experience (direct or even relevant) at the right time with the right people to get a job. This is kind of why networking works so well, it basically helps you skip the right people right place thing, and when your buddy knows somewhere is hiring now and put some good words for you, and then you tell them "yeah I have done something similar before I am sure this will be fine", and you are good to go..
I used to do the same "being obsessed with unimportant small details", and I think most people have this problem, most likely because it's related to confidence and how when you are fresh out of college you are over compensating and trying way too hard to impress because you are really worried no one will see you as capable of doing anything. Just forget about the small unimportant details and keep going and you will get something eventually.
What I'm taking away from this is.... Never lie during an interview, ever.
I had a job interview for this beginning bookkeeper job. They asked me a question about the cash and accrual systems that aligns to when expenses and payments occur. For those that don't know, they are very beginner terms for anyone learning about it. So when I was asked that... I fumbled hard. Thankfully I remembered the other basics that I didn't fumble completely. Got a second interview after that lol
Brother: "What are you watching?"
Me: "I don't know... But I like it :3"
Omg thank you so much for this man, listen, so relatable. Sometimes you can go through life and your peers are those people who are rock stars of your industry/trade or something... It helps to know that you're not alone.
Needed to hear this. Thanks
A little pressure applied during an interview goes along way toward weeding out the crazies.
i guess his positive attitude during fails also helped to get the job.
OHMYGAWD THIS IS PURE GOLD
Why are your stories sooo good! You make me smile, thank you :)
Hello, puffin forest (Ben sumfin sumfin?) I just wanted to tell you thank you for all you're wonderful storytelling and work posting your content. I no he watched about thirty episodes last night around three a.m. and laughed a miserable .morning away. So thank you sir. Sincerely, some guy what misses the game.
*facepalms the autocorrect. ... I hate you google...
It's almost 2021, we need something that was worse than 2020!
Okay so this story really touched me because I have a similar story almost exactly the same but not in biochemistry. I'm a welder and a pile driver and a fabricator... It's a very wide range of skills and I've done a very wide range of things and during the course of my life I picked the alignment to align with unions so none Union companies tend to not hire people that are union out of a scare that they're going to try to unionize their workforce shocker I know. So part way through the interview don't fact that I'm Union comes out and I can tell that it makes a lot of uneasy faces in the room, like people are glaring at me like I just raped someone. Shrugging It off I can turn you on talking about this project that project other than things I've worked on one of them nonchalantly ask if I've ever used this kind of electrode (it's what you use to weld with, specifically certain ones are harder to run than others) was like yeah I've use that new on this job no big deal. interview keeps going we got into the other projects I did and I told him about some of my mishaps just because well if you don't leave a story half told, you tell the full thing even if it ends badly. It's at the end of the interview I have an uneasy feeling that I'm not going to get called. About two weeks later I get a call from this company hey your Dave right? "We need to come in and weld for us" in the back of my mind I'm like wow I did really shity during that interview brought up things I probably shouldn't have and I'm Union which you don't like ( this is almost like a paladin working with the undead) when I get to the site I see a pallet of the electrode that they had nonchalantly ask me about during the interview. Turns out they had a very specific job that required a seismic rating ( stuff to make sure stuff doesn't fall down during earthquakes) and the very specific electrode that he asked about was pretty obscure, the other thing was is that it came out that I had experience welding on high strength steel another hard thing to do for some people. Long story short just because of the off-chance that I had experience with this one electrode they chose me......
I'm working on being a biochemist and I could tell that's was a spectrophotometer 😂, I'm loving this channel a lot
Seriously, I would watch the hell out of more of these stories. This is hilarious!
Please make a video about the other job interview ;-;
Go to college they said, you'll find a high paying job in no time they said... Well I found a job I love and it pays well... And I didn't need to go to college for it. Fun fact, I am mostly self taught in Programming. I went to school for that. I am now a security guard and getting paid more then the programming job I originally went for. I sometimes wonder about that.
r/thathappened
Well, you might be self taught and be great at a skill like programming, but if you show the company no credentials like a college degree or many years of experience your salary is going to be bad and you can find better compensation than that in other occupations, so no surprise there.
Although I love the D&D content and I don't want it to stop, I would love to see more of this kind of videos
I LOVED THIS! SO ENCOURAGING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING ME. THANK YOU!
i got my job becuase i was the first person to show up :D
they went through 16 ppeople before i got hired, (18 while i was thier my first month,)
Oh, you showed up, You know about food? Your hired!
X Octavia You used your incorrectly.
welcome to the internet. no fucks we're given that day
You gave a fuck.
Worse?! How could have the next one been worse?! Did you completely fabricate your resume and had a one-night stand with the interviewer?
A one night stand with the interviewer might actually be helpful to get the job.. lol
A disappointing one night stand where he tried to stay and cuddle with the other person the next day
Bard moment
imagine not eloping with the interviewer's daughter
thanks. this gives me a lot of hope seeing this. I really needed this today.
I freaking love all of your clips so far, they make me laugh. And I needed that :)
I hate interviews.
Then tell us that story tomorrow
Alex Paniagua i agree with this.
I’m currently job searching and this story made me feel better about it. Thanks puffin
hahahahahahahahahaha thank you so much! this video did made my experiences feel less frustrating
Can't wait to hear the worse story!
Ażula Arktändr same
TELL THE STROY FOR ANOTHER DAY WE WANT A PART 2
oh yeah, I love to do a Western Blot on my DNA samples! BTW Proteomics is great for sequencing small tandem repeats!
I totally agree with the video. It took me half a year to find my current job. I sent out lots and lots of applications and got a handful of interviews. People were trying to be "helpful" by telling me to write a better CV or to present myself better at interviews. At the end of the day, it's rarely about you, but about what they are looking for and who else they have already found.
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You should have said the ones you used looked very different. They can't all look the same. That's machinist.
Huh. I try being completely honest in resume and in the interview.
You'd honestly be shocked how many jobs I've successfully gotten by more or less being a warm body with an overly sized vocabulary who wants to work low skill jobs and would REALLY like to be alive at the end of the month and will be unlikely to be animate without food, which a job can provide through the application of providing currency.
Does your "overly sized vocabulary" include the word "oversized"?
Nick Miller - or 'expansive', even?
A lot of jobs won't hire you if they feel you're overqualified and are just trying to get the job to survive rather than to make a career out of it. I was on interview panels where my boss, who had the final say, rejected a bunch of candidates for this reason.
@@MmMm-sf7pe that's honestly dumb as shit. Who cares if they're more qualified than necessary. If they get the job done, they get the job done.
Every job I've had except one the interview process ended with the phrase, "Can you start today/tomorrow?" - Until I looked for work related to my BS in Physics, I would walk in and be employed that day in the first place I visited that was actually hiring. I sent out about 50 resumes after graduation and got two calls, leading to one interview for which I was competing with a PhD candidate. - So I quit that idea and got hired at first meet at the first electronics manufacturer I found, and parlayed that into better paying jobs at two other consecutive companies in the same industry. - - - The lessons I learned: 1)A college degree only proves that you can spend a lot of money to prove you can complete something that takes years to do. 2) That degree may have nothing to do with who is hiring, or where you end up working, so be flexible. 3)Knowing all the buzz-words and software means less than being seen as a competent person. 4) Number three in my list applies most when talking to the people who actually do the job your applying for. The cookie-cutter answers are for the HR drones.
I wish I saw this years ago when I was desperately looking for a job/interviewing. It would have made me feel so much better about myself. I was about to go off the deep end by the time I landed a job.