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General => General discussion => Topic started by: JC on 05 February 2012, 21:51
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right then, I know this isnt the best place to ask for sensible and useful advice.
however, I am sure they will give me a laugh if nowt else.
but come tuesday morning, I will be crapping mesen.
going for a job interview i didnt even apply for, its higher level than i originally applied for but they saw my CV and shortlisted me
its a panel of 3 managers.
i have been told it will be at least 60 minutes in duration
I think I am prepared as i can be knowing this could really be a life changing job for me and my family and have not had to do anything like this for 24 years :shocked: last time I was 16 and had my mum taking me to the RAF Careers office :laugh:
Suit - check
shirt n tie- check
shoes polished - check
All paperwork in order
research done on the job and company
and Discuss . . . .. .
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Relax!!!
When you are carm and relaxed you will think clear and give good answers.
Best advise I can give!
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Clean shave, comment as to why you are capable of the higher level job (they must see something in you, they wouldn't waste an hour of 3 people's time otherwise), dont fold your arms and only undo your suit buttons if they have theirs undone too. Good luck.
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oh yeah, hair has gone and so has the comedy beard :wink:
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And it's all about earning money.
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Don't forget fresh breath & deodorant :wink:
On a more serious note, the best thing you can do is stay calm, be yourself and come across as confident but not arrogant. Where is the job? PM me if you don't want to share publicly :smiley:
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as said just stay calm. they obviously saw potential in you to short list you.
aslong as you have done research into what the job/company entails, what kinda stuff youle be doing, and thought up things like why your suited for the job and can back it up with examples it shouldnt be too bad.
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Would suggest NOT sh!tting yourself either before or during the interview. The stench is off-putting and your funny walk (and stain) on your way out will not result in any further shortlisting... :laugh:
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PS If you DON'T know the answer for something do not try and blag it. Honesty is your friend here - they will be professional enough to see through a blag :smiley:
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dont fold your arms and only undo your suit buttons if they have theirs undone too. Good luck.
Agree with first part, second part is rubbish.
If it's a single-breasted suit the jacket buttons should not be done up, unless you're some sort of a complete plonker.
Have a list of 4-5 questions you want to ask them about the job prepared for the end of the interview. This is as much you interviewing them as it is them interviewing you. They will be pleasantly surprised if you pull some good questions out (even 1-2).
Make them open questions - how why what ones.
Ensure you have the names of each of the interview panel and look them up on LinkedIn. Pre-stalk them on Google, too and see if their profiles give you any clues to their interests and play to the cloud accordingly. You also want to know who's the most senior before you go in and figure out the influences between the three while you're in there.
Ask if there's anything they would like you to prepare for the interview beforehand.
Don't be afraid to say 'I don't know the answer to that, but I'm happy to get back to you, if you'd like'. Sometimes it's not knowing all the answers that matters, it's showing that you are willing to admit you don't know, but will sort that knowledge out.
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You've been to war you pleb you'll be fine
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some good ideas gents thanks
looks like i could be busy tonight, interview is tomorrow
still gotta overcome the question of why i applied for the job, when I didnt :laugh: :grin:
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dont fold your arms and only undo your suit buttons if they have theirs undone too. Good luck.
Agree with first part, second part is rubbish.
If it's a single-breasted suit the jacket buttons should not be done up, unless you're some sort of a complete plonker.
Suit etiquette psychology. It's like not wearing a red tie to an interview too. It's all a power thing.
All taken with a pinch of salt.
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Don't wear the homer tie and while being yourself is great I would avoid your use of bad language. :grin:
Good luck buddy, I'm sure you'll ace.
nick
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Dont spend too long on it, or you will stress yourself out.
Stay calm, they are not trying to catch you out. Dont inturupt them, only answer questions they have asked about, dont waffle, get some questions ready.
If they ask about your interests, keep them brief, they dont want to know you spend hours on car forums and what you talk about :laugh:
No interview is the same, if they are uptight then stay serious, if they are more laid back then being similar is fine, if they are jokey then laugh with them etc etc
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Have a list of 4-5 questions you want to ask them about the job prepared for the end of the interview. This is as much you interviewing them as it is them interviewing you.
This would be my top recommendation. I know it's all the end of the world out there etc and everyone should be thankful for a job and all that junk but it's important to test that this is the right job. Don't necessarily wait until the end and then ask lots of questions, put them in as you go if it fits well with what is being discussed.
Also, 'mesen' isn't a real word so maybe best not to use that in the interview.
Good luck old man.
:)
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I have interviewed a few people in my time... although mostly crappy manual jobs that I didnt want to do myself, the most appealing trait in a person interviewed is willingness to listen, learn and enthusiasm.
I find that these 3 traits will get you a long way. The last thing I want to hear is that someone can do the job when I havent even clearly told them what the job consists of.
All questions about the job would show me you have most of these points covered. hth
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Plenty of advice has been mentioned, but good luck !!
:smiley:
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Firm handshake and eye contact.
Only one thing worse than a shy wet palm and no eye contact from a candidate, and that is if it comes from the interviewer.
Tired old cliche but first impressions count, knock em dead Chuff :cool:
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On a more serious note, the best thing you can do is stay calm, be yourself and come across as confident but not arrogant. Where is the job? PM me if you don't want to share publicly :smiley:
You've met Chuff, haven't you? :huh: :grin:
If they ask why did you apply for the job, remind them you applied for a different job and ask them why they put you forward for this job instead - this could be a good question to ask them :smiley:
Lots of top tips already given, good luck :afro:
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They'll make up their minds within the first 5 minutes. The rest of the interview will just be to confirm their decision.
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On a more serious note, the best thing you can do is stay calm, be yourself and come across as confident but not arrogant. Where is the job? PM me if you don't want to share publicly :smiley:
You've met Chuff, haven't you? :huh: :grin:
Unfortunately :lipsrsealed: :grin:
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Well, how did it go big man??? :huh:
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Well, how did it go big man??? :huh:
ask me in 24 hours :grin:
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Don't wear the homer tie and while being yourself is great I would avoid your use of bad language. :grin:
no fcuking homer tie, jesus christ its the bloody only one I have :laugh:
Have a list of 4-5 questions you want to ask them about the job prepared for the end of the interview. This is as much you interviewing them as it is them interviewing you.
This would be my top recommendation. I know it's all the end of the world out there etc and everyone should be thankful for a job and all that junk but it's important to test that this is the right job. Don't necessarily wait until the end and then ask lots of questions, put them in as you go if it fits well with what is being discussed.
Also, 'mesen' isn't a real word so maybe best not to use that in the interview.
Good luck old man.
:)
question writing tonight, so any suggestions, ?
If they ask why did you apply for the job, remind them you applied for a different job and ask them why they put you forward for this job instead - this could be a good question to ask them :smiley:
Lots of top tips already given, good luck :afro:
yep, gotta get that in, albeit in a polite manner.
Firm handshake and eye contact.
Only one thing worse than a shy wet palm and no eye contact from a candidate, and that is if it comes from the interviewer.
Tired old cliche but first impressions count, knock em dead Chuff :cool:
well i will be suited and booted, have reluctantly cut my hair off and had a shave and have even given the car a clean today at work as they asked for my reg number etc.
and i only do man shakes, but then I have got shovels for hands :laugh:
I have interviewed a few people in my time... although mostly crappy manual jobs that I didnt want to do myself, the most appealing trait in a person interviewed is willingness to listen, learn and enthusiasm.
I find that these 3 traits will get you a long way. The last thing I want to hear is that someone can do the job when I havent even clearly told them what the job consists of.
All questions about the job would show me you have most of these points covered. hth
good points, I have my little statement, that I would never ask a member of my staff to do something that I wouldnt be willing to do myself. Stood me well in the RAF,
Cheers all, just gotta keep some food inside me tonight now, nerves really are summat I havent had to worry about before, but they do say life begins at 40 :grin:
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oh and i really shouldnt have given up smoking 2 weeks ago :laugh:
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oh and i really shouldnt have given up smoking 2 weeks ago :laugh:
You could try herbal alternatives to calm your nerves?
'Ok Mr Chef, we have everything we need from you and are more than happy to offer you the job. Just a few things to clear up, firstly sign this and initial here and then we require you to urinate in this cup to ensure you comply to the companys drug and alcohol policy...'
:laugh: :grin: :lipsrsealed:
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I've asked an old friend who is Head of HR at a big firm for some tips.
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ta, and i have just spent 40 minutes giving someone else careers advice :laugh:
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Ahhhhhhhhh, I thought it was today, sorry!
Good luck though fella. :wink:
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Good luck and all the best. Whatever the outcome is...It'll be for a good reason :afro:
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Best of luck for tomorrow Mr C, will be thinking of you wherever you may be :kiss: :lipsrsealed: :grin:
Thom
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:grin: :laugh: i might pop in thom, keep ya phone on :tongue:
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More than welcome to pop in matey, but I do have a manic day, lunch time would be best, but I think that clashes for your interview... Ring me :wink:
Thom
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Owwhhh...
GET A ROOM!
:kiss:
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WE ARE!
Thom
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:grin: :laugh:
1pm thom, wont be out til 2 ish. :lipsrsealed:
no bother sure we will catch up soon :wink:
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What time you heading back?
Thom
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dunno, see how the day goes i suppose, they say 60 minutes approx
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Had a plan! :grin:
Thom
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curry ?
:laugh: :grin:
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Semi circle :grin: :lipsrsealed:
Thom
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nice idea but i gotta be back here for 7pm :wink:
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Dammmmm!
Might go anyway :grin:
Thom
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good thinking though, I can think of the curry night good times during the interview :afro:
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Good luck today bud.
Nick
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cheers nick, just wish it was an early appointment, hey ho
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:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :smiley:
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Good luck dude
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Good luck Chuff, you'll be fine.
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good luck bud :cool:
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Good luck with the interview.
I'm sure it will go well ..... these things are never as bad as what you think.
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Hope it's going well :afro:
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Good luck mate, sure you will be fine.
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Good luck mate, try not to fart mid-interview.. it never goes down too well!
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Chuff nervous? Never have thought that possible.
Hope its going well.
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oh well, sh1t happens :lipsrsealed:
not that i expect anything but a thanks but no thanks in 10 days time at least its some interview experience. :cry:
thanks for all the tips, wishes of good luck and PMs :cool:
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You farted mid-interview didn't you? i warned you! :grin:
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You farted mid-interview didn't you? i warned you! :grin:
that would have been a positive :grin:
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oh well, sh1t happens :lipsrsealed:
not that i expect anything but a thanks but no thanks in 10 days time at least its some interview experience. :cry:
thanks for all the tips, wishes of good luck and PMs :cool:
so what was so bad about it then?
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Was you going to be a tea boy?
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Can you request a reinterview for the job you actually applied for?
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Was you going to be a tea boy?
nope, dispatcher for demon tweeks, you did want your goods in time for xmas yeah :wink:
oh well, sh1t happens :lipsrsealed:
not that i expect anything but a thanks but no thanks in 10 days time at least its some interview experience. :cry:
thanks for all the tips, wishes of good luck and PMs :cool:
so what was so bad about it then?
well, fluffed the first question,
flat couldnt answer the second,
and from then on in struggled to transfer military terminology to civvy way of doing it.
but we did complete the interview, and even discussed company cars :laugh:
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Don't sweat it, I'm sure we all had a few question we couldn't answer, it's the fact you either owned up and said you don't know or at least tried to answer it if was a "If you did XYZ, with this ABC" type question :afro:
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Dont sweat it. I once went to an interview for a placement year.. they asked me to write some code to explain encapsulation. I just made some stuff up and still got the job :laugh:
Strange things do happen. Like you said worst case scenario you got yourself some vital experience, and obviously made a good enough impression to get an interview! :wink:
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:lipsrsealed:
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Can you request a reinterview for the job you actually applied for?
erm, no. but they will consider me for it automatically at both sites if i am unsuccesful at this higher job :lipsrsealed:
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Was you going to be a tea boy?
nope, dispatcher for demon tweeks, you did want your goods in time for xmas yeah :wink:
oh well, sh1t happens :lipsrsealed:
not that i expect anything but a thanks but no thanks in 10 days time at least its some interview experience. :cry:
thanks for all the tips, wishes of good luck and PMs :cool:
so what was so bad about it then?
well, fluffed the first question,
flat couldnt answer the second,
and from then on in struggled to transfer military terminology to civvy way of doing it.
but we did complete the interview, and even discussed company cars :laugh:
did you BS or did you say 'pass/don't know'
I reckon you're not one to BS in a situ like that.. so you don't sound like you did too bad
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Sounds like they need this position filled immediately, so are just putting anyone who has put a CV in forward (within reason) so you may still get it, dont write yourself off yet, you obviously had skills they would like within this role.
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Having spoke to chuff last night it doesn't sound like a complete fail. Infact I thought it sounds quite promising.
Fingers crossed for you :afro:
If not its interview experience and will prepare you for the next one.
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Dont just right it off.
at my last interveiw i got asked 3 questions, first one i just came out and said i dont understand what you mean and cant answer the question, second one i said i didnt know (which he then explained a bit to me, and i then understood) the third i was able to answer (just), we then sat and talked about rugby for half a hour.
im now working for him.
so you never know. if not as said its experience :)
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I agree you never know, i had to have 2 interviews & psychometric test for the job i am in now, i knew the first interview had gone ok but not great but also misunderstood the test so had to return later that day to complete it again lol obviously i didn't read the instructions correctly !
2 nd interview i thought was 50/50 but didn't think i would get it so was very happy to get the call a week later, still here 4.5 years later.
As you said even if you don't get it the interview is good experience :cool:
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Just caught up with this thread.. (don't visit off-topic much)
Dude, sorry to hear that you think it went bad but as said, don't write yourself off yet... Been in exactly the same position. Went for an IT job I wasn't qualified for, started with simple technical questions that I knew the answers to but gave the wrong ones!... Opened my mouth before thinking. Also had hard questions I didn't know the answers to. Beat myself up after the interview but was offered the job a week later because of previous experience, positive attitude, interest and the fact I apparently demonstrated promising capability. Mugs! :grin: Joking, I proved them right.
Wish you the best and hope you get it if you really want it. :wink:
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Sounds like they need this position filled immediately, so are just putting anyone who has put a CV in forward (within reason) so you may still get it, dont write yourself off yet, you obviously had skills they would like within this role.
incorrect, one position needs to be filled by december.
job has been advertised for 2 months.
i just lucked in when my cv arrived for another job,
perhaps a job as a cv writer might suit me better :laugh:
Just caught up with this thread.. (don't visit off-topic much)
Dude, sorry to hear that you think it went bad but as said, don't write yourself off yet... Been in exactly the same position. Went for an IT job I wasn't qualified for, started with simple technical questions that I knew the answers to but gave the wrong ones!... Opened my mouth before thinking. Also had hard questions I didn't know the answers to. Beat myself up after the interview but was offered the job a week later because of previous experience, positive attitude, interest and the fact I apparently demonstrated promising capability. Mugs! :grin: Joking, I proved them right.
Wish you the best and hope you get it if you really want it. :wink:
Cheers shaun, and the others, not written it off, just being realistic, if something comes of it then great. if not, its back to mass applications for a job of any ind just to get me moved north
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this thread has helped, only thing i'm struggling with is what questions to ask, i've found info on the company, but I don't have any questions to ask as the information on the website pretty much gives me what i want to know
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ask how long the probation period is, if there is one.
holiday entitlement
and if its a local company, any community involvement
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ask how long the probation period is, if there is one.
holiday entitlement
and if its a local company, any community involvement
it's an apprenticeship with 3 years training, then turn into employment, I will ask about holiday entitlement, also possibly going to ask about available overtime and weekends
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ask how long the probation period is, if there is one.
holiday entitlement
and if its a local company, any community involvement
it's an apprenticeship with 3 years training, then turn into employment, I will ask about holiday entitlement, also possibly going to ask about available overtime and weekends
Questions like that can only make you seem keen and not work shy..... :wink:
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.... or more concerned about money! :rolleyes:
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.... or more concerned about money! :rolleyes:
But willingness to work hard for it :wink:
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Just doing overtime does not necessarily mean hard work!
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.... or more concerned about money! :rolleyes:
The wage is £2.60 an hour, I'm not bothered about the money, it's training me and giving me a good career.
I think the interview went fairly well, arrived 20 minutes early so they weren't ready for me, had a tour around the building and it seems a nice place with nice friendly people, had a bit of a laugh and even started talking about car insurance, just awaiting a call as there may be a 2 week trial so fingers crossed
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Good luck :smiley:
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Good luck Luke :afro:
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Good luck Luke :afro:
Good luck :smiley:
cheers lads :wink:
not had a call so far so fingers crossed I hear back by tomorrow
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Just doing overtime does not necessarily mean hard work!
True, I know people that "put the hours in" but actually get less done then people that just work their normal hours!
.... or more concerned about money! :rolleyes:
The wage is £2.60 an hour, I'm not bothered about the money, it's training me and giving me a good career.
I think the interview went fairly well, arrived 20 minutes early so they weren't ready for me, had a tour around the building and it seems a nice place with nice friendly people, had a bit of a laugh and even started talking about car insurance, just awaiting a call as there may be a 2 week trial so fingers crossed
Best of luck mate! :wink: