Sep 21 2008
Careermysteries Tackles the Strange and the Scary
Language issues are often a problem in the interview when there are jobs that require very minimal language skills, like working on an assembly line. If they bring an interpreter, I am grateful. But you realize that poor English speaking does not equate to low intelligence. It is remarkable when a person can hardly utter one word in our language but if you mess up a quarter of an hour of her wages and suddenly it’s a miracle, she can speak! “What happened to my pay? Fix, fix!”
A guy came in with his dog and it wasn’t the seeing eye variety. It was in a little tote bag. One of those pathetic little squeaky things. which is a miniature version of a real dog. Another guy had a ferret in his pocket. At first I thought it was a rat and was scared to death it might race across the desk and bite me! So, if you are interviewing please leave your pets at home.
I hope your having a terrific weekend.
