Aint that the truth!

Wanda Woodard — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:07:05 -0400

Too funny -- uh, now! At that moment, it was like my emotions were Hoover dam, and I had this tiny little finger plugging up a hole that led straight to a gigantic crack. And, lo and behold...it cracked. Thank you for your comments, CM -- you are wonderful the way you skoot around on the site reading and commenting. I'm sure I speak for us all -- U da best!

Wow- it took a lot of

Guest — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:45:58 -0400

Wow- it took a lot of courage to do what you did- and that woman probably learned a great deal from you that day. We are not infallible and we all need a good cry every now and then. Yours just came out at an embarrassing time! It's kind of crazy how that usually goes... CM

Crying at a Job Interview? Not Good

Wanda Woodard — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:00:20 -0400

In case you haven't heard, crying during an interview is considered bad form. There I was being interviewed by one of those deadly women in their late forties — beautiful body and face, $500 suit, $300 shoes, a real ball-buster and the General Sales Manager of almost 40 television sales reps.

Now, granted, I'm not beautiful (uh, by traditional standards I mean), but I can hold my own, and that day I dressed to perfection. I wore my most expensive gray silk and very hip pants suit with my dyed red snake skin four inch heels (tough to walk in I can tell you!) finished off with a matching bag and my day timer. Oh, yeah, I was poised to bust a few balls myself.

As I sat in the interview, and keeping in mind that there probably isn't a person on earth who has had more job interviews in one lifetime than me, I knew I was scoring big time. I aced every question. My body language was impeccable. Hey, if you change jobs as often as I've been known to do, you can't help but improve your interviewing skills.

Lisa gave no indication of being a warm, touchy, feely person. She was balls to the walls success and all business. She fired the questions. I volleyed the answers. It was going perfectly. I knew she would offer the job to me.

And just as I was internally figuring out what sort of base and commission structure I should plan on asking for, BAM! She hit me with the oh-so-wrong question of, "I guess it's been a little tough with the divorce and Hurricane Katrina..."

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Aint that the truth!

Wow- it took a lot of

Crying at a Job Interview? Not Good