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I had a job interview with Canada Post. It was the trifecta of bad jobs - Temporary Part-time On-Call, but still something worth pursuing because it still had decent pay and it's a foot in the door position.
Anyways, the interview was a behavoural situation question style. I nailed a couple of answers, then blew one regarding safety. The question was "will you deliver mail up a snowy staircase?" and I was supposed to answer "no, it's unsafe", but I gave the real world answer of "yes". I covered for myself saying how I would assess everything and make my decision based on that, along with an interview I just saw on the weekend where a mailman was laughingly talking about the difficulties he faces with snow covered stairways but her reaction made it clear that I didn't give the answer she was looking for.
That was bad, but I think I could still have a chance, then I get to the last question. She was talking about teamwork; the importance of teamwork, and I had to give an example of when I was working in a team and had a difficulty with a person, and how I handled it. I drew a blank here, the only thing that popped into my head was a time when I was working with a guy who didn't understand english. We were carrying something up the stairs and our inability to communicate, along with his general stupidity caused a lot of difficulties. It came to a head when I told him to stop and he continued on, almost knocking me over and pushing me down the stairs. I had to get rid of him and get someone else to work with. So in summary, here's the kind of team player I am, if someone gives me a hard time, I tell them to fuck off and get someone else.
As I started this story, my brain was shouting at me "no, not this one, it sucks"; at which point I had an argument going with my brain telling it to give me something better, but by this point it was too late, I was too far in. She was clearly unimpressed with me following this so I'm pretty sure I'm shit outa luck.
What really pisses me off is that just two days prior to this, I had an excellent story I could have used. It showed how I help others, diffuse situations, and keep the focus on the job at hand. But no, being the idiot that I am, that one didn't pop into my head, just the shitty one that I used.
Anyways, the interview was a behavoural situation question style. I nailed a couple of answers, then blew one regarding safety. The question was "will you deliver mail up a snowy staircase?" and I was supposed to answer "no, it's unsafe", but I gave the real world answer of "yes". I covered for myself saying how I would assess everything and make my decision based on that, along with an interview I just saw on the weekend where a mailman was laughingly talking about the difficulties he faces with snow covered stairways but her reaction made it clear that I didn't give the answer she was looking for.
That was bad, but I think I could still have a chance, then I get to the last question. She was talking about teamwork; the importance of teamwork, and I had to give an example of when I was working in a team and had a difficulty with a person, and how I handled it. I drew a blank here, the only thing that popped into my head was a time when I was working with a guy who didn't understand english. We were carrying something up the stairs and our inability to communicate, along with his general stupidity caused a lot of difficulties. It came to a head when I told him to stop and he continued on, almost knocking me over and pushing me down the stairs. I had to get rid of him and get someone else to work with. So in summary, here's the kind of team player I am, if someone gives me a hard time, I tell them to fuck off and get someone else.
As I started this story, my brain was shouting at me "no, not this one, it sucks"; at which point I had an argument going with my brain telling it to give me something better, but by this point it was too late, I was too far in. She was clearly unimpressed with me following this so I'm pretty sure I'm shit outa luck.
What really pisses me off is that just two days prior to this, I had an excellent story I could have used. It showed how I help others, diffuse situations, and keep the focus on the job at hand. But no, being the idiot that I am, that one didn't pop into my head, just the shitty one that I used.
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