Question for the board.

[zod16]

I made a post like this some years ago.. had one dude come in chewing gum and had a blue tooth ear piece on the whole time...smh

i be wanting to pull some of these young brothas aside and tell them where they fucking up at..

This is the main reason I mentor. Some people legitimately don't know and others do stupid shit as a coping mechanism because they feel uncomfortable or out of place. If you expose the kids to stuff early on, they will feel like they belong and can do their thing. The odds are already against Us, it makes no sense for people to go into situations unprepared unnecessarily.

 

[woodchuck]

See that's the thing...

can there be a circumstance when you CAN DO THAT?

Fam, you can't even give a bad review these days!

 

[woodchuck]

This is the main reason I mentor. Some people legitimately don't know and others do stupid shit as a coping mechanism because they feel uncomfortable or out of place. If you expose the kids to stuff early on, they will feel like they belong and can do their thing. The odds are already against Us, it makes no sense for people to go into situations unprepared unnecessarily.

This was my same mindset. Thankfully, all of the kids I mentored graduated from college. I even went to two weddings last year.

 

[playahaitian]

Fam, you can't even give a bad review these days!

Yo what is THAT about I heard this has gotten CRAZY now...

they can't fight EVERYTHING and just not sign the review...

the only way you can apparently check anyone is to keep a damn diary and a list of offenses and then just keep banging them back to back to back

Uncle chuck it was NOT LIKE THAT back in the day

 

[Dannyblueyes]

Bro, ANYBODY who shows up to an interview looking unprofessional and knew at least a day in advance about the interview gets their application automatically disqualified! Years ago I was interviewing people for my section and this white dude shows up looking like he just came from the beach. I looked at him and asked if there was anything going on today that I needed to know about before we start the interview. He said naw, I'm good. I proceeded to desecrate his ass where he sat. I threw his application away. Motherfucker don't show up to my establishment and expect for you to think you my fucking equal, you ain't!

I hope you give your applicants a heads up on what they're expected to wear at the interview then.

In SF most offices encourage casual dress. If you walked into a Google campus pre-covid the only people you would consistently see work suits are the lawyers, sales people, and receptionists. Same with Facebook and a lot of the other big companies out there.

From what I've been told though most companies on the East Coast have the opposite standard. Especially in New York City.

IMO it's not reasonable to expect an applicant to show up for an interview in clothing that would have got them ridiculed or maybe even fired at their last job. Especially if they're applying for the same position they held before.

 

[kain]

Thumbs down to the brother. He knows the game of interviewing. If he won’t compromise on his attire to interview, what kind of employee willl he be?

 

[Dannyblueyes]

I made a post like this some years ago.. had one dude come in chewing gum and had a blue tooth ear piece on the whole time...smh

i be wanting to pull some of these young brothas aside and tell them where they fucking up at..

I told my daughters that when they go to a job interview 100% of their focus has to be on the person asking the questions. Having gum in your mouth or a Bluetooth in your ear means that you have at least two activities that are more important.

In fact, your phone shouldn't even be turned on unless they're testing your ability to use certain apps

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Torn
I understand the old way of being in a tailored suit or nice dress clothes for an interview.

I would say read the room more than anything.

If it's a job where people dress up, then dress up.

If it's a more relaxed environment then you can be more relaxed

My last interview I came through in jeans and a t-shirt and sneakers.
But I also knew I was that dude and conducted myself like that for the job and got it.

Just torn cause you're selling yourself so you kind of have to be yourself

 

[woodchuck]

Torn
I understand the old way of being in a tailored suit or nice dress clothes for an interview.

I would say read the room more than anything.

If it's a job where people dress up, then dress up.

If it's a more relaxed environment then you can be more relaxed

Here's the thing: You don't know that before you get there.

 

[woodchuck]

Full disclosure: I had to put my musical career on my resume to explain the gaps. It turned out that one of the interviewers was a fan of some of the projects I worked on. That being said, I got this job on my merits!

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

I'll never forget what my boss said to me during my second year review. He said, "You created a world we didn't have when you got here, and now we can't do without that world." I got a 20% raise that year. Everybody in the company, including our Asian and European sales team knows, if you need something done, I'm the guy you go to. The new guy I hired is going to have to be that guy, and I explained that to him. I'm the point guard at my job, and he's going to have to be that now.

Essentially what I did now lol.

 

[The Plutonian]

I hope you give your applicants a heads up on what they're expected to wear at the interview then.

In SF most offices encourage casual dress. If you walked into a Google campus pre-covid the only people you would consistently see work suits are the lawyers, sales people, and receptionists. Same with Facebook and a lot of the other big companies out there.

From what I've been told though most companies on the East Coast have the opposite standard. Especially in New York City.

IMO it's not reasonable to expect an applicant to show up for an interview in clothing that would have got them ridiculed or maybe even fired at their last job. Especially if they're applying for the same position they held before.

All dress requirements were sent out beforehand. This was in the military. Uniform of the day which is your airman/battle dress uniform unless otherwise stated. Some idiots tried to contest that but it didn’t go anywhere. When I said they didn’t adhere to the dress requirements it was over there so I had fun at their expense. You waste my time when I’m trying to give you a job then you leave me no choice. Yo ass gone learn today! Also to protect myself I had on hand the eval sheets with the exact same questions for each candidate. You know, just cause I think forward.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Here's the thing: You don't know that before you get there.

You kind of do depending on the realm you're working in.
You wouldn't show up to financial institutions or a law office or business office etc like that
But ALSO nowadays you can know that because you should do research on the company you're working for. Look at the linkedin look at the pictures they post about activities and who works for the company
go to the Glassdoor reviews and see

If you can't find anything then err on the side of caution

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Full disclosure: I had to put my musical career on my resume to explain the gaps. It turned out that one of the interviewers was a fan of some of the projects I worked on. That being said, I got this job on my merits!

We really got to have a better way to measure resume's .

A large gap between work history anything could have happened. You could have been lost at sea! Traveling Europe! Paralyzed and recovered! Pimpin! anything

I'm here now and I have the relevant experience and I'm killing this interview so what's up!?!?

 

[Dannyblueyes]

Yo what is THAT about I heard this has gotten CRAZY now...

they can't fight EVERYTHING and just not sign the review...

the only way you can apparently check anyone is to keep a damn diary and a list of offenses and then just keep banging them back to back to back

Uncle chuck it was NOT LIKE THAT back in the day

That's not necessarily a bad thing though

My daughter is a grocery store cashier. Last month the manager pulled her up to the office and showed video footage of her serving a customer who paid cash. Said that they were missing $200 from that transaction.

A week later this customer comes back and says "hey, I heard you had a little problem with your manager. Don't worry, I worked the whole thing out. And from now on I'm paying with a card."

Afterwards, they asked my daughter to sign a performance review where she would admit to mishandling the transaction and pledge to be more careful in the future.

I told her "do not sign that paper under any circumstance. Even if they threatened to fire you!"

For starters, people pay cash at grocery stores all the time. There's no way to know which transaction caused the shortfall. Even if they knew, no manager with a working brain is going to ask the customer what happened to the money they spent there last week.

if they did ask that question the customer is going to cuss them out and never shop there again. They certainly aren't going to reach into their wallet and hand over an extra $200.

None of it makes sense. When things don't make sense around missing money 9 times out of 10 there's a scam involved. I don't want to see my daughter fall on the ass end of it.

 

[playahaitian]

Full disclosure: I had to put my musical career on my resume to explain the gaps. It turned out that one of the interviewers was a fan of some of the projects I worked on. That being said, I got this job on my merits!

You kind of do depending on the realm you're working in.
You wouldn't show up to financial institutions or a law office or business office etc like that
But ALSO nowadays you can know that because you should do research on the company you're working for. Look at the linkedin look at the pictures they post about activities and who works for the company
go to the Glassdoor reviews and see

If you can't find anything then err on the side of caution

the gaps can be a killer

they can be used as a positive and a negative

when it was a black person they were QUICK to think drugs, jail, warrants etc

but a white person more often then not

NOT all the TIME but often

they got the benefit of the doubt

oh they were taking a BREAK, 9 months aint that long etc etc..

We had a Black male applicant with almost a year break and they tried to just throw the resume out

I said DAMN let him at LEAST come in

he comes in and he was a little evasive.

and I just told him, you should just tell me...

and he explains his wife had major complications after the baby and he had to take care of her and he was embarrassed that he was staying home taking care of his family and later working nights off the books

I was like why didn't you just TELL me that? He said how was he supposed to write that up?

We didn't hire him but I helped him get ANOTHER position somewhere else better for him too

but that aint the KICKER.

WHITE GUY with a BIGGER GAP

just writes SABBATICAL on his CV.

NO QUESTIONS asked.

 

[yaBoi]

Torn
I understand the old way of being in a tailored suit or nice dress clothes for an interview.

I would say read the room more than anything.

If it's a job where people dress up, then dress up.

If it's a more relaxed environment then you can be more relaxed

My last interview I came through in jeans and a t-shirt and sneakers.
But I also knew I was that dude and conducted myself like that for the job and got it.

Just torn cause you're selling yourself so you kind of have to be yourself

business casual.. at least wear a shirt and no jeans and no sneakers

 

[KoolJay]

Okay, for the past two weeks I've been conducting interviews for an open position we have at my job. I looked through all the applications and narrowed it down to the best five qualified applicants. One brother showed up wearing jeans, a hoodie, and sneaks. I didn't automatically veto him, but it did make me do a double-take. Is this the thing now?

Nope and you shouldn't hire him. Even if it is the appropriate attire for the job, you do NOT show up to an interview like that.

 

[Flawless]

Fuck that, unless you are being head hunted by facebook you dont show up at a job interview in jeans and a hoody. Jeans, casual dress shoe, and a button up sure, but not hoody. it shows lack of judgement.

 

[playahaitian]

business casual.. at least wear a shirt and no jeans and no sneakers

I seen this white boys walk in an interview with jeans, sneakers and a button up shirt and a messenger bag

and folks acted like they were dressed for a wedding.

 

[Dannyblueyes]

All dress requirements were sent out beforehand. This was in the military. Uniform of the day which is your airman/battle dress uniform unless otherwise stated. Some idiots tried to contest that but it didn’t go anywhere. When I said they didn’t adhere to the dress requirements it was over there so I had fun at their expense. You waste my time when I’m trying to give you a job then you leave me no choice. Yo ass gone learn today! Also to protect myself I had on hand the eval sheets with the exact same questions for each candidate. You know, just cause I think forward.

Yeah, he definitely should have known better

 

[shaddyvillethug]

I always wear suits.


Smh @ u non dressin interview niggas

 

[kain]

My best friend’s niece is the HR manager at Wells Fargo.
As people enter to interview, she is screening them on appearance.
They might interview well, but she eliminates them on the spot but they never know it.