lol
It also shows that I can endure several rounds of interviews as long as I’m fully prepared for them. Researching and reading beneficial articles about interviews and jobs really paid off.
u/Horror-Fun3427 — 4 days ago
I told my manager, "I'm going to be the smartest hire this company has ever made" in my first week as an intern. How bad is this?
I just started my first internship as an accounting major... After a few days, I went to my manager's manager (a VP at the company) and introduced myself. He said something like, "You're the summer intern, right?" So I told him, "Yeah, and I'm going to be the smartest hire this company has ever made" (kind of like what Kobe said about betting on himself before he won 5 rings), but instead of laughing or being impressed, he just said, "Right... Okay... I have to get into a meeting, see you later."
A little while after that, I noticed the recruiting lead who brought me in went into his office. I don't know if that's normal or not. Also, one of the second-year analysts passed by my desk and said, "You're an absolute icon bro, coffee?" I don't understand why he said it like that; he's from Ohio.
Did I screw everything up, or did I come across as confident? Honestly, I can't figure out what happened here.
u/Horror-Fun3427 — 10 days ago
▲ 13 r/InterviewCoderPro
I Got One of Those "Bang Your Head Against the Wall" Jobs
The company I was at before was a very small startup and started falling apart fast. A new manager came in, and at first things were fine with me, but as soon as I moved to another team, it became very obvious that he had decided early on that I was a problem.
He brought in someone in a role similar to mine, and the guy was completely unqualified but expert-level at sucking up. And of course, they became friends immediately. After that, it turned into constant bullying, comments that I "couldn't handle" things. At the same time, this guy genuinely didn't know how to do half the things my job required.
So yeah, I left. And now I have a role where I lead my own team at a big global company, with a 35% increase in total compensation.
It feels fucking great.
u/Horror-Fun3427 — 1 month ago
▲ 144 r/InterviewCoderPro
After 4 interviews, I basically told them no thanks
The first call was with the recruiter (Internal recruitment team, talent acquisition lead, about 45 minutes)
The second was with the hiring manager. And after that, the manager's manager (Supply Chain Head)
Then, if you can believe it, this Supply Chain Head said I needed to prepare a deck about what I would add to the department... And the team would review it to judge the kind of impact I was promising.
The deck was supposed to cover how I would reduce spend, improve supplier performance, and build a procurement framework... And this wasn't something quick that could be done in 30 minutes. It would have taken me several nights to put it together properly, especially since I already have a job.
I told him I wasn't interested. If after 4 conversations you still can't decide, then I'm not going to give you any more free work.
For a moment, I wondered if maybe I hadn't explained my experience clearly enough during the interviews. Maybe I didn't showcase my skills as well as I could have, and that's why they were still hesitant. But then I realized that a hiring process should be a two-way evaluation.
I regret not using tools like InterviewMan in the interview. Many of my friends told me that it helped them organize their answers, communicate their achievements more clearly, and walk into interviews with a lot more confidence.
Why do some companies act like they're doing you a huge favor by interviewing you?
u/Horror-Fun3427 — 2 months ago
▲ 1 r/InterviewVip
Maybe if more competent applicants had applied there would be enough people to hire so they wouldn’t be short staffed.
A finite amount of sick days is such a meme.
u/Horror-Fun3427 — 2 months ago
▲ 218 r/FinalRoundAI
Am I wrong here? I let my manager deal with work being understaffed.
I work for a large cable/phone company, and I've been there long enough to have decent seniority. I get 38 days of PTO a year between vacation, sick time, personal days, and all that. And there's only one other person who does the same job as me.
This has happened 8 times now, where she calls in sick on a day I was already approved to be off. I had taken a long 4-day weekend a few weeks ago for my mom's 87th birthday. Before I left on Wednesday, I told my manager clearly that I would not be available the next day.
And of course, around 6:50 in the morning, my manager started calling me. My coworker had called in sick again. I didn't answer and just went on with my plans as normal.
When I came back to work the following Tuesday, my manager and his manager were waiting for me. They told me I was acting unprofessionally, and my manager brought up a possible write-up. But when I explained that this was the eighth time my coworker's sick day had coincidentally fallen on time off I had scheduled beforehand, the whole conversation ended very quickly.
Am I wrong here?
u/Horror-Fun3427 — 2 months ago
▲ 288 r/jobsearchhack
My manager fired me, and now he's asking me to come back
In short, I (M21) was fired from my full-time job because I asked for 10 days off from my paid leave balance to study for finals. This happened about 3 weeks ago.
Honestly, I was very lucky and got an offer and interview faster than I expected. The initial call went much more smoothly than I thought. The follow-up round was technical, so I tried the Interviewman AI tool that I had been seeing advertised a lot in the App Store. Honestly, it was surprisingly good. It picked up the interviewer's questions and gave me quick, organized answers that sounded professional without seeming awkward. I'm still waiting to hear back from them, but then suddenly something unexpected happened...
I found a message from my old boss telling me to come back to work as usual, and that he'll approve the leave too.
Honestly, I don't know what I'm supposed to do. When I first asked for the leave, he refused immediately. He told me there was a lot of work piled up and that he wouldn't be able to keep things running without me being there.
I should also mention that we had a new guy in our department who had only been there for about 3 weeks, and he asked for around 9 days off to go to his cousin's wedding. My manager approved it for him without any problem.
Now if I go back, I'll probably find about 5 weeks of piled-up work waiting for me because he fired me, and the other guy is still on his leave. I don't even know what to reply to him with.
u/Horror-Fun3427 — 3 months ago
▲ 3 r/AskMarketing
How do I politely say that I don't want to appear in a "diversity" post on social media?
The company I work for is preparing some posts for an inclusion/culture event on June 18, and they asked me to record a short video of myself talking about the company's values.
I'm one of the few minorities at the company, and honestly, everyone at work has been kind and respectful toward me. But even though I understand that the intention behind it is positive, I'm not comfortable being filmed for something like this.
What's the professional way to tell them that I'd rather not participate?
u/Horror-Fun3427 — 3 months ago