FWIW, here's the link to a truly excellent set of questions you might get asked during a job interview, plus a discussion of the motivation/purpose of each of them and suggested best answers to them. The really terrific interview instructor really thought highly of this site:
http:://www.nolljobs.com/ -- click on the Interview Information button at the top of the screen, since the info is hidden inside a frame. Really good stuff to help you think through what to say:
Q. #5 What are your goals?
TRAPS: Not having any...or having only vague generalities, not highly specific goals.
BEST ANSWER: Many executives in a position to hire you are strong believers in goal-setting (it’s one of the reasons they’ve achieved so much). They like to hire in kind.
If you’re vague about your career and personal goals, it could be a big turnoff to many people you will encounter in your job search.
Be ready to discuss your goals for each major area of your life: career, personal development and learning, family, physical (health), community service and (if your interviewer is clearly a religious person) you could very briefly and generally allude to your spiritual goals (showing you are a well-balanced individual with your values in the right order).
Be prepared to describe each goal in terms of specific milestones you wish to accomplish along the way, time periods you’re allotting for accomplishment, why the goal is important to you, and the specific steps you’re taking to bring it about. But do this concisely, as you never want to talk for more than two minutes straight before letting your interviewer back into the conversation.
Trying to stay unspoiled for months of comics, so I'm asking here: What's the last/biggest thing that John Byrne did that marked him an asshat? Was it something about blonde Latinas? I've been poking around the Byrne Robotics forum, and I've only read two threads (Wikipedia Suxxx and Stop Slashing Old Comics!) and boy do they seem a humour-shy lot.
Theo, you've got an extra colon in your URL.
That is an awesome list Theodosia. That'll be useful to some of my clients. Thanks!
I tried to be the one with the sense of humor, but having a roommate rushing the giggliest, most destructive sorority on campus took the mild right out of my manner.
I don't know, Beej. I think I have a pretty good sense of humor and a very slow burn of a temper, but certain kinds of behavior get me angry in a way that's cold, white, and calculating, and by the time I quietly explain how I'm going to dispose of their corpse people usually understand that they are not to endanger other people in wildly stupid ways while I'm around.
Or, in other words, I feel like I need to high-five you for Hulking out!
What's the last/biggest thing that John Byrne did that marked him an asshat? Was it something about blonde Latinas?
Banning wikipedia is pretty funny. That's all I know about him, though.
Be ready to discuss your goals for each major area of your life: career, personal development and learning, family, physical (health), community service and (if your interviewer is clearly a religious person) you could very briefly and generally allude to your spiritual goals (showing you are a well-balanced individual with your values in the right order).
Dude. That's INSANE. Also, fairly illegal. But I hate when you have to answer shit that you're like "Dude, your'e not allowed to ask me that" because if you SAY "Dude, you're not allowed to ask me that", they won't want you because you're touchy. That said, I've also been the one interviewing someone and trying to make "get to know you" conversation, only to realize I was asking things that really we weren't supposed ot ask.
certain kinds of behavior get me angry in a way that's cold, white, and calculating, and by the time I quietly explain how I'm going to dispose of their corpse people usually understand that they are not to endanger other people in wildly stupid ways while I'm around.
Or, in other words, I feel like I need to high-five you for Hulking out!
Thanks my sistah. It sure seemed like the thing to do at the time.
Shortly thereafter, the same slow-on-the-uptake crew came to trash our room at dawn...while I was still in my bunk. Out of sheer delirium and an attempt to not get into a huge thing with the roomie who was conveniently absent, I let them...until one of them chirped, "I know, let's tie her roommate up! Tee hee." I came out of that bed, and through the rubble like unto someone to make John McClain proud. Things were thrown, curses were cursed. I never saw any of them again. Ever. Might have dropped out for all I know.
My current cold, white, calculating vendetta is against people who are afraid of their dogs. Don't get me started.
