The last job that I applied for was for a position in a management trainee program for a company that specialized in power tools. I initially applied for the job through a career fair, so it wasn’t something I sought out and applied for. During the career fair, they made it seem like a great opportunity and a good chance to grow. It also seemed like a good place to start your professional career right out of college. During the initial conversation about the program they really didn’t mention specifics about exactly what I would be doing, but they highlighted the autonomy of how I could pursue a career in the business. After speaking to them, we scheduled an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day of the interview, I was really not that anxious about it because after I went home and thought about it more, management trainee programs did not appeal to me and seemed like a place where you needed to be there forever in order to progress. When I got to the location of the interview, the interviewer showed up 30 minutes late to the interview. This caused me to care less about the interview and think more about the professionalism of the company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, when he arrived, he brought out a piece of paper that had questions, checkboxes, and big spaces to write. Whenever he would ask me a question he would sigh and basically roll his eyes back as if it was a burden that he was interviewing me. On top of that, he would never write anything down and would occasionally check one of the boxes. When I asked questions about the business he was not enthusiastic at all either. Digging for more information about the Poisson I found out I would be working on the sales floor at Home Depot for two years and that was something I definitely didn’t want to do. After finding that out I really didn’t care about the outcome of the interview or didn’t care if I got the job or not because from my experience I wouldn’t have accepted the position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is even better is that OSU continues to have the same career fair with the same companies, even companies like this that waste applicants’ times. This story shows that the hiring portion of a business is also a sales position because you want to be able to convince people that this is a company that you actually want to work for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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