So I asked r/askreddit for tips and stories about interviews and received a lot of information. I asked the questions because I’ve been interviewing A LOT lately and was just genuinely curious about how others interview. Anyway, without veering into too much detail as to why I’ve been interviewing a lot lately I’ll get straight to the point. I think I’ve figured out the best tactic in order to get what you want out of a prospective employer, or just to be hired in general. And in a nutshell it’s to treat them a little bit like shit. It sounds juvenile, but it seems to be working for me. And I don’t mean treat them like shit as in walk in and tell them they’re an ugly piece of shit. I mean kind of like how you would picture a person in high school or maybe college that just sort of blows off any attention they get from the opposite sex and in doing so ends up getting extra attention. Almost like their lack of interest piques more interest.
Essentially just treating them as if you don’t give a shit about them at all seems to not only get an offer but get what you’re asking for or even more. To dig a little deeper I started by not wearing your typical interview clothes. It just seemed inefficient and frankly kind of silly for me to put on a tie just to do a zoom interview or even put on a tie to drive somewhere and have a conversation with some people just to drive home and take it off. Especially if I had four or five interviews that week or several in one day. So I started wearing exactly what I was planning on wearing for the rest of the day and then I started telling the unequivocal truth about how and why I left or was let go in every job I’ve ever had. And I have never had more attention or job offers as I have been recently getting.
Because this has been working so well I have started coming in with the attitude that they need to impress me rather than the other way around. I went so far as to rescind an application and then give the interviewer feedback as to what they were doing wrong in my opinion… and then also pointed out a few things where they were just plain incorrect according to their own job description on their website.
I also have the goal of not working for other but in the meantime I’ll need a day job. Just curious what some of your thoughts might be on that approach or care to share your approach.