Any last minute tips?
Don't have Death Metal playing loudly in the background. And don't eat handfuls of potato chips while speaking. Also, don't periodically stop to scream "Shut up, bitch, I'm on the phone!" to someone in the background.
Wash: Little River just gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing. It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Scrappy - Apr 14, 2005 7:23:57 am PDT #5611 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Jesse - Apr 14, 2005 7:24:26 am PDT #5612 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Anybody ever had a phone interview? Any last minute tips?
Sit upright in a chair, not looking at anything except a blank notebook or something. I find it's easy to be distracted.
Gudanov - Apr 14, 2005 7:24:37 am PDT #5613 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Y'all are making my 24 incher seem inadequate.
Betsy HP - Apr 14, 2005 7:25:53 am PDT #5614 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Re phone interview: Don't sit next to your computer, for the reasons Jesse gives. Listen carefully for cues, because you can't get them from facial expressions.
And be yourself; unless you're desperate, you might as well show 'em what's in the package.
msbelle - Apr 14, 2005 7:26:19 am PDT #5615 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Anybody ever had a phone interview? Any last minute tips?
smile some - they can hear it in your voice I am told.
§ ita § - Apr 14, 2005 7:27:00 am PDT #5616 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like to stare out a window or close my eyes. If you take notes, don't type.
I also pace a lot.
tommyrot - Apr 14, 2005 7:29:09 am PDT #5617 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Any last minute tips?
Say as if to someone in the room, "Bring me a Pepsi." Then play a recording of a Cylon saying, "By your command."
sarameg - Apr 14, 2005 7:29:34 am PDT #5618 of 10001
Also, don't periodically stop to scream "Shut up, bitch, I'm on the phone!" to someone in the background.
Oh god, this reminds me. When I got a phone call offering me a job (basically a call from HR) the kids I was nannying decided to start WW3 the second I picked up the phone. There was a barking dog, screaming children, tears, blood, name-calling, the crash of furniture, doors slamming, the whole deal. It was just GREAT.
Wolfram - Apr 14, 2005 7:32:56 am PDT #5619 of 10001
Visilurking
I'm going to a friend's empty house for the call. Leaving now. Thanks guys - and a whole helluva a lot of jobma please.
Scrappy - Apr 14, 2005 7:35:35 am PDT #5620 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Sending loads of -ma Wolfram-ward.