question about interview..

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It is my understanding that for a job interview (though I haven't done this).. it is a good practice to explicity ask for the job by the end of the interview..

Has anyone done this at a B school interview..?

rhyme · Answer

No and No. 

In fact, people who explicitly ask for the job irritate me. In fact, I ding em.

jsnooky33 · Answer

Oh yeah, it is a big no-no in the US to directly ask for the job at the end. It's also a big no-no to talk about monetary terms or act like you already have the job and try to negotiate a starting date.

If you search around on Google, there are some great interviewing tips.

johnnyx9 · Answer

You mean you would literally say at the end, "Can I have the job?" or "Can I go to school here?"

rhyme · Answer

People have asked this to me during interviews, yup.

Xeo78 · Answer

I think its implied that you want the job/get in at the school if you're interviewing with them. Expressing interest is one thing, asking explicitly for the job is completely different.

johnnyx9 · Answer

That must lead to some really awkward moments.

I had a friend who was recently interviewing for a job, and I asked him how it went, and he said it went well, and he said that at the end of the interview he asked the interviewer "what his chance were." I couldn't believe he asked that.

Imagine you meet a girl at a bar and after a few minutes of conversation you're like, "So am I doing okay? Is this going to happen or what?"

rhyme · Answer

Wait..... you don't ask that? I figure its an easy way to cut through the bull. I like to reach into her drink, pull out an ice cube, put it on the table and smash it as hard as i can with my fist while looking completely enraged. Then I turn to her and say "Now that we've broken the ice, wanna f%$@#?"

johnnyx9 · Answer

I like that. Girls dig that sort of subtle charm.

rhyme · Answer

I like walking around bars with a bag and when a girl asks me "What's in your bag? It looks so heavy?" I answer "My rape kit". Works every time.

Alternatively I like to go up to girls and say "You ever smelled cholorphorm?" and when they say "no" I say "wanna?"

Antoher good approach is to ask a girl if you can catch a ride home with her. Usually she'll say "Ok as long as you dont try anything funny". Thats a good time to ask "Do you consider aggravated sexual assault funny?"

lhotseface · Answer

That is funny....

lhotseface · Answer

That is perverted yet funny...

johnnyx9 · Answer

Rhyme you totally just weirded me out with that last post.

rhyme · Answer

hahaha... Sorry. I have a twisted sense of humour.

hosam · Answer

Rhyme, we should go to school together. That was hilarious.

3underscore · Answer

I have this kind of thing with my sports kit on public transport

Passenger - "haha - have you got a dead body in there?"
Me - "No. Two dead children"

Rest of journey:

 https://z.about.com/d/phoenix/1/0/r/K/tumbleweeds01.jpg

johnnyx9 · Answer

Funny stuff 3underscore, and I imagine the tumbleweed is preceded by an audible record-scratch sound.

rhyme · Answer

You got an HBS interview didn't you? I don't deserve to go to school with you.

hosam · Answer

We all agreed its a crapshoot. I would say that you didn't deserve to get the ding.

helg · Answer

Dear HBS:

I have completed the review of your offer to have me interviewd for the Two-Year Program at the Harvard Business School. Despite your many merits as a business school, I regret to inform you that I am not able to accept your offer. 

I carefully evaluated your offer in the following areas: ROI, career opportunities, academic rigor, extracurricular and community opportunities, quality of class. Decision is based upon a thorough evaluation of your individual strengths and weaknesses, as well as your qualifications relative to all others schools with comparable rankings. This decision is not a reflection of your school's qualities and achievements or your potential for success in BW rating in 2008, but merely a consequence of your failure to admit rhyme in the class of 2009. 

I certainly wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors, and thank you for your interest in my application. 

Sincerely,
hosam

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