Monday, March 22, 2010

thank you craigslist

Even though no longer on match.com, who needs dates when one can have job interviews?

It was an interview for a personal assistant with the CEO of the fitness industry. The first thing he says to me as he places his beefy unclad arms around his head displaying his Van Dieslish muscles is: "I hope I do not smell, I was working out right before you got here. You do not smell me? That's good, I do not usually smell. I am not a smelly guy, I don't know why."
It was all downhill from there. He monologued about himself for 30 minutes straight. without asking me a single question. He kept interrupting himself to tell me about how the computer has a virus which threatens to take a picture of him unless he types a passcode in. He told me about all his projects and then about his failed television slot. After 1/2 he asks for my resume. He takes one look at it. Discovers that I have not been a personal assistant before and asks me why I came to the interview. His old personal assistant Charlotte looked at my application and sent me. He keeps telling "There must be some reason why Charlotte sent you.........." He tells me sell myself. One of the positive things I say about myself is that I am a fast thinker. Throughout the last part of the interview he would ask me multiplication questions to test this.

"So, are you still dancing? WHAT IS 7 X 7???????!!!!!!!! Why would you be good for this job? WHAT IS 3 X 4?????!!!!!"

The last thing he says to me is, "There must be some reason why Charlotte sent you..." I walk out of his office at 3:40. I get a text at 3:43 "Hello Emily, this is Jeff. Can you come back for a follow up interview tonight?"

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