[size=6]HUMAN RESOURCES SUCKS.[/size=6]
Okay, I need to vent. I graduated from college last May with a degree in business. I've been looking for a job since.
Interview? Okay. Interviews? Umm, okay. FOUR INTERVIEWS?! My god, didn't you learn anything about me in the last three?!
Psychological exam? HUH? I've been given written "honesty tests" involving what I'd do in different situatons. "How many times do you use marijauna before going to work?" [i]Come on[/i]. Even if I did use marijauna (and I don't), do you truly expect me to fill in the bubble for anything [b]but[/b] the answer "I don't use marijauna."?
Take a DIVERSITY TEST? I guess. "African-Americans are lazy." Do you truly expect me to answer anything [b]but[/b] false??!
And, these aren't just ten questions tests. The diversity one took me half-an-hour.
The guy interviewing me leaves the office "to get the phone" and drops his wallet on the way out? Gimme a break! HOW DUMB DO I LOOK??!
Oh, and the questions I'm asked... These are some real prizewinners. Nothing about my qualifications, nothing about my ability to do the job, and nothing about if I will show up on time daily. Here, get these.....
1. If you could be ANY animal, what type of animal would you be? - (You know, I'm not applying to be a children's aide or work at a zoo. I'm applying to be an assistant manager of a distribution center.)
2. Thank you, ____, for coming. Please have a seat and make yourself comfortable. Okay, let's start off with telling me about a few of your worst workplace faults and errors. - (Gee, this REALLY makes me feel comfortable.)
3. I notice that you have a fair amount of computer skills on your resume. Please take this computer test. - (Okay, but the test won't allow for shortcuts. I can make IF/THEN and formulas in Excel with the help of the wizard. But, I don't know the formulae by heart!!!!! Plus, one time I clicked just to the left of "OK" in the word mockup. Oops. To the computer, I now don't know how to save a word document and my score is lowered.)
I leave the interview and immedately an employee follows me around the store. When he catches up withg me, he immedately asks if I need help and quickly asks my opinion about the weather. After discussing the weather and how nice it'd be to play golf, he thanks me and returns to his post. I look down at something on the shelf and look back up again. HE'S RUNNING TO THE BACK AREA WHERE I HAD THE INTERVIEW AND BEGINS WRITING STUFF DOWN ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION!
Every little thing in my background nit-picked. Fair enough; please feel free to contact my previous employers (all) and to check my criminal record (none). But, why do you need to run a CREDIT CHECK? In truth, I have no blotches. But, what does this have to do with a sales job? (I'm selling stuff, not buying it!) I'M APPLYING FOR A COMMISSIONED SALES JOB AT AN ELECTRONICS STORE, NOT THE CIA!
I go to one place in a suit and tie and am told that I'm too formally dressed and may not be a good fit in the corporate culture. I go to another place in dockers and a button-down shirt and am told that I'm under-dressed.
Finally, I get an offer. I could be making more as a SECURITY GUARD!