Guest Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) Imagine you're in a job interview. At the conclusion, the interviewer asks you,"What one word can you give me to describe you in a manner that I won't forget you?" Carborendum: Pathfinder. What would you say? Edited May 9, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday21 Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Listener. I used to be a financial analyst. I would listen carefully to the dreams of Marketers and draw various scenarios in numbers to describe the dream. I now use the same method in visiting teaching and with my students. People need to be heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordorbund Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 "harmlessly rebellious" Vort, zil and prisonchaplain 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 1 minute ago, mordorbund said: "harmlessly rebellious" That's two words. BLEEP!! Next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 @Carborendum ...um...er...:::cough::: You did catch the "rebellious" part of his harmlessness, right??? As for me, a boss of mine once said I was: DELIBERATE. Sunday21 and askandanswer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Quote principled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) "Necktie." (I do my necktie in an Eldredge knot for job interviews, specifically to be subtly memorable.) Edited May 9, 2017 by Just_A_Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Armed. (I'm not, be he wouldn't know that.) mordorbund 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) Eccentric. (I guess that is a bad thing to tell an employer, but people are always telling me I seem to be marching to the beat of a different drummer) Edited May 9, 2017 by DoctorLemon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 1 hour ago, prisonchaplain said: @Carborendum ...um...er...:::cough::: You did catch the "rebellious" part of his harmlessness, right??? Yes, and that would be my response if I were the interviewer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 34 minutes ago, Just_A_Guy said: (I do my necktie in an Eldredge knot for job interviews, specifically to be subtly memorable.) Too much effort. Why would you even take the time to learn it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Carborendum said: Too much effort. Why would you even take the time to learn it? It's actually not as hard as the diagrams make it look. I stumbled on a good YouTube tutorial a while ago. (I also just got my dream job a couple months ago; so it does work. ) Edited May 9, 2017 by Just_A_Guy Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 In the Pacific NW ANY tie worn would make you memorable. @Carborendum may be right about complying with question parameters. After all, compliance is the new rebellion. :-) Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zil Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 36 minutes ago, Vort said: Armed. (I'm not, be he wouldn't know that.) You must have excellent voice-recognition software. Sunday21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fether Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 The-Best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 26 minutes ago, zil said: You must have excellent voice-recognition software. Me vice wreck ignition soft wear is taupe notch. Sunday21, zil, beefche and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person0 Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Mormon Where I live, the statistical chance that someone else would use this word is near zero. If this word was offensive to the interviewer, I don't want to work for them anyway. If they interpret the ideals behind it, as many of my current bosses and co-workers do, scout-law-esque, then it would be to my advantage. Regardless, chances are they would remember it! I have no qualms with my religion being a factor for or against my being hired in today's society (even though it's technically illegal). Thus far, it has come up in every serious employment endeavor I've ever had, and the times it affected me negatively, I'm glad I found employment elsewhere. Anecdote: At my current employer's annual retreat, they always purchase yoohoo as a special option since I don't drink alcohol. Interestingly, it's now pretty much the only ever time I drink the stuff. When I went to the first retreat they came to me and asked what special item I would like them to bring to drink. They were thinking alcohol, it didn't cross my mind and I essentially said, "I don't know. . . yoohoo!" They laughed, then thought it was awesome. There has been yoohoo every year since, and others have joined in on the enjoyment as well. Sunday21 and my two cents 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueskye2 Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Calm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueskye2 Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) 53 minutes ago, person0 said: Mormon Where I live, the statistical chance that someone else would use this word is near zero. If this word was offensive to the interviewer, I don't want to work for them anyway. If they interpret the ideals behind it, as many of my current bosses and co-workers do, scout-law-esque, then it would be to my advantage. Regardless, chances are they would remember it! I have no qualms with my religion being a factor for or against my being hired in today's society (even though it's technically illegal). Thus far, it has come up in every serious employment endeavor I've ever had, and the times it affected me negatively, I'm glad I found employment elsewhere. Anecdote: At my current employer's annual retreat, they always purchase yoohoo as a special option since I don't drink alcohol. Interestingly, it's now pretty much the only ever time I drink the stuff. When I went to the first retreat they came to me and asked what special item I would like them to bring to drink. They were thinking alcohol, it didn't cross my mind and I essentially said, "I don't know. . . yoohoo!" They laughed, then thought it was awesome. There has been yoohoo every year since, and others have joined in on the enjoyment as well. What the heck is Yoohoo? At a party at my work, there was alcohol free punch and the spiked punch. No one drank the alcohol free. But the place is a bunch of drunks lol. Beer and booze are everywhere. I drink water or diet dr. P. (The beer and booze is too high in calories!) Edited May 9, 2017 by Blueskye2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordorbund Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 2 hours ago, Carborendum said: Yes, and that would be my response if I were the interviewer. And for what it's worth, I'm okay with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person0 Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 16 minutes ago, Blueskye2 said: What the heck is Yoohoo? Only one of the most enjoyable, mostly artificial, 'secret recipe' chocolate flavored drinks known to man! Wikipedia Article. Official Website. Blueskye2, unixknight and Sunday21 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 1 minute ago, askandanswer said: me (best interview nazi accent) NO JOB FOR YOU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, person0 said: Only one of the most enjoyable, mostly artificial, 'secret recipe' chocolate flavored drinks known to man! Wikipedia Article. Official Website. I don't know how you drink that stuff. It's vile. It's nasty. It's repugnant, offensive, noxious, appalling, disgusting, horrid, atrocious, ghastly (looks up more words in thesaurus) abominable... looks like I got all the others. IOW, you know how I said I was beginning to like you? Forget it. Edited May 10, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
person0 Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 29 minutes ago, Carborendum said: I don't know how you drink that stuff. It's vile. It's nasty. It's repugnant, offensive, noxious, appalling, disgusting, horrid, atrocious, ghastly (looks up more words in thesaurus) abominable... looks like I got all the others. IOW, you know how I said I was beginning to like you? Forget it. So if I'm understanding correctly, I interpret your words to mean that if you were trapped in a room full of yoo-hoo and there was no other beverage or source of water, your preferred method of hydration would be proctoclysis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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