I hate these job interview tricks like leaving coffee or tea out, biccy-boos on a plate and seeing which one the applicant will take not forgetting to see if they take off their jacket when asked or asking permission to take it off. Most bosses always feel scared they are going to their place on top of the ladder.

At the end of the day, most people just want a job to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads.

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When I was 19 I went for a job interview at a publishing company one evening after all the building had gone home and there was only the one lady there to greet me and take me to her office. The interview went well and was friendly and I was happy with it. The job was so close to home I could simply walk it in just 10 minutes. After the interview was concluded and over I relaxed and there was some very friendly small talk, eventually getting up we both walked out of her side office and through the main part of the building and as I was being led through past all the empty desks I looked at them and said to her "Does it always look like this?". The place looked like a tip with paperwork scruffily piled on all the desks and on the floor. I'm tidy. Anyway she suddenly turned cold on me and said back "Does that matter to you?". I knew that sealed my fate and she'd decided that second and I didn't get it, but I had to wait days to find out. As I said the words I knew I'd made a mistake, I don't know why I even mouthed off what should have stayed quietly in my brain and not passed my lips.

Even if someone tells you the interview is over, it isn't. Not until you've walked off the premises and gone.


I had another one at the age of 19 too, where I sent a speculative letter just asking about vacancies. I was asked in to see someone. I ended up being given 4 interviews with the same man over a period of about a month and yet could never pin down quite what any potential job might be for certain, it was all very vague. Then I never heard another thing again. That was very starnge indeed. Maybe he just fancied me or something!

You have nailed it: Your interview starts when you enter the building. Your mannerisms are monitored when you tell the receptionist or customer service desk why you are here. Many employers love to snoop on applicants on social media to what they follow online. If you are not a platform you are application is shredded.

The second interview does sound iffy. You are also surprised at how many fake jobs there are. The guy you saw four times might have been an iron, but he is probably more of a sadist. You should have asked him about Gloria.

I do hear stories from younger people when they go to interviews like the type of questions they get asked.

Nothing about work but things like favourite colour, what kind of pencil you like to be, which animals you like, what football team you support, oddest one I have heard - where do you get your news from?

I would probably go on a deep discussion for 15 minutes going through the various YT channels and so-called "conspiracy sites". This would be before I explain Operation Mockingbird.

Luckily I am self-employed but it's watertight at the moment.

GM, what did this mean?

"The guy you saw four times might have been an iron, but he is probably more of a sadist. You should have asked him about Gloria."

One time my younger brother went to an interview with very high end prestigious company and they had the cheek to ask questions about me instead and what I did and all kinds of my own personal life details, instead of him. He came home and told us. I was really very annoyed at that and wondered what they were trawling like that for. If you go for a job interview, what your sibling does and does not do, likes or dislikes is none of their damn business.

"The guy you saw four times might have been an iron, but he is probably more of a sadist. You should have asked him about Gloria."

Iron is short for Iron Hoof means poof. Gloria used to be a name for a lot of drag queens in the day and if you called you in 4 times for an interview about nothing, he enjoyed punishing you.