"The interview lasted 1 hour. I lied once every 7 minutes."
Last night I drove 60 miles for a job interview at 7pm. They were really nice guys. A Marketing Director of a Very Big Financial Company and an agency guy.
My CV has 20 years experience, 7 employers, 1 postgraduate qualification and 3 instances of the word 'dynamic'. The interview lasted 1 hour. I lied once every 7 minutes. Sometimes I lie once every 3 minutes. That's a bad sign.
Here are some of last night's lies:
FALSE: "I don't mind working away from home; it gets me away from my 15 yo daughter."
TRUE: I resent every second that work takes me away from my family.
FALSE: "Thanks for explaining the brief, it sounds really exciting."
TRUE: Saddam Hussain will win the Nobel Peace Prize before this brief delivers value.
FALSE: "I left previous assignments when I'd successfully delivered the brief" x 2
TRUE: I jumped like a rat off a burning ship.
FALSE: "Product development has been my career focus".
TRUE: My career is a random walk of necessity, whim and circumstance that's post-rationalised into a CV.
The interview went well. I found out this morning that I'm through to the final round.
(Posted by Joe Stakhanov)
I don't know, but you sound hot...
You are my hero!
I love how you summed up your career:"random walk of necessity, whim and circumstance." Brilliant!!
I know right? Very clever.
Very brilliant.