This is no joke

I went on a job interview yesterday. I got the feedback a few hours later. I was not hired. Here are the reasons the HR person gave my agent:

"I felt she was in control of the interview."

"She seemed like the corporate type and was too serious."

"Don't think she would have fitted in. We have a very laid back, casual environment."

And, to top it all, she felt I was too concerned about stock options in the company.

Here's how this comment got misnterpreted.

HR: We're a publicly traded company
Eliz: Oh, that's great, my husband and I day trades stock options. Would you happen to know the symbol for the stock?

Boy, I was really out of line on this one, huh?

Needless to say, I wanted to kill this 25 yr. old b--ch for such stupid comments. But now I'm laughing. All I can say is "thank goodness they didn't hire me."

I hope I'm not going to offend any HR types out there. But I really despise HR recruiters. I do have a couple very good friends in HR roles and they can fully sympathize with me when we discuss how some people in HR coduct job intervews.

However, this one takes the cake.

So, for all those out there, next time you go on a job interview, try not to do too much research on the company and try not to ask too many questions that might embarrass your interviewer.

I was thinking of sending a letter to the editor of my national newspaper about the incident, but decided against it. Some things just aren't worth the effort.

Regards,

Eliz.

Elizabeth,

Wow, that was some experience!

I've had similar (in a way) experiences sending in some of my physics articles for publication.... I've had 8 research papers published in physics journals (soon it will be be 9), but that doesn't mean I didn't have rejections!

In fact, I had this VERY strange experience a few years ago....

During part of my Ph.D. I tried to do some *very* original research. I tried to be as different and new as possible.... I came up with some new and (I thought) interesting results, and then I wrote a research paper about it..... I found that trying to be *too* original can bring some strange consequences....

I first submitted my research paper to a journal called Physical Review A. After a few months, I got the response back from the referee.... who said that my paper would be interesting if it was right -- but unfortunately my results were wrong.

I knew the referee must have completely misunderstood my paper, because their detailed comments didn't make much sense.... So I rewrote it (to try to make it clearer), then sent it to another journal, Physics Letters A....

A few months later, I got their response back. I never thought this could happen....

I couldn't believe it....

I was stunned!

They said that my paper was right -- but my results were not interesting!

The exact opposite of what the first journal said.... That really blew me away!

Finally, I rewrote it again (to make clearer why it was interesting), and sent it to another journal.... Foundations of Physics. When I got their response, I heaved a sigh of relief.... They published it! It appeared in Foundations of Physics in 1997....

I guess what I learned is that sometimes, you gotta take what comes and just keep working at it! :)

Dien Rice