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    Bulltulip Interview

    I now remember exactly why the **** I got out of permie land.

    I interviewed for an Active Directory specialist role (perm) this afternoon. The first 2 hours of the four was sitting down and reading a case study and doing a presentation. I assume this exercise was competency based to see what your subject matter knowledge was like. No. The task was to do a presentation on "equality and diversity with the business". What the eff do I know (or care!) about diversity and equality? I go to work, I do a job. I want to get along with people. It was just the biggest waste of two hours of my life. Then began the two hour grilling of "can you name a time you encountered conflict?" "how did it make you feel?" urgh. Kill me. Hoping the two contract role interviews I have tomorrow come off.

    #2
    Originally posted by mattfx View Post
    I now remember exactly why the **** I got out of permie land.

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      #3
      Where I work now, diversity is the buzzword.

      There's giant posters everywhere saying it's the most important thing, it's what makes the company great, and extremely profitable..complete with a picture of all the smiling board members and CEO....all white.....all male....all grey haired and middle aged.

      First Law of Contracting: Only the strong survive

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        #4
        Originally posted by _V_ View Post
        Where I work now, diversity is the buzzword.

        There's giant posters everywhere saying it's the most important thing, it's what makes the company great, and extremely profitable..complete with a picture of all the smiling board members and CEO....all white.....all male....all grey haired and middle aged.

        Could be worse. They could have a picture of a smiling pretty lady.
        'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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          #5
          Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
          Could be worse. They could have a picture of a smiling pretty lady.
          No, definitely not allowed. Would have to cover that up, sharpish

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            #6
            Originally posted by mattfx View Post
            I now remember exactly why the **** I got out of permie land.

            I interviewed for an Active Directory specialist role (perm) this afternoon. The first 2 hours of the four was sitting down and reading a case study and doing a presentation. I assume this exercise was competency based to see what your subject matter knowledge was like. No. The task was to do a presentation on "equality and diversity with the business". What the eff do I know (or care!) about diversity and equality? I go to work, I do a job. I want to get along with people. It was just the biggest waste of two hours of my life. Then began the two hour grilling of "can you name a time you encountered conflict?" "how did it make you feel?" urgh. Kill me. Hoping the two contract role interviews I have tomorrow come off.
            Next time, don't walk into the interview with your cock hanging out. You're not working Wigan Wallgate gents anymore.

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              #7
              Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
              Next time, don't walk into the interview with your cock hanging out. You're not working Wigan Wallgate gents anymore.
              ..and don't go for perm interviews.
              "My God, it's huge!!"

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                #8
                Originally posted by mattfx View Post
                I now remember exactly why the **** I got out of permie land.

                I interviewed for an Active Directory specialist role (perm) this afternoon. The first 2 hours of the four was sitting down and reading a case study and doing a presentation. I assume this exercise was competency based to see what your subject matter knowledge was like. No. The task was to do a presentation on "equality and diversity with the business". What the eff do I know (or care!) about diversity and equality? I go to work, I do a job. I want to get along with people. It was just the biggest waste of two hours of my life. Then began the two hour grilling of "can you name a time you encountered conflict?" "how did it make you feel?" urgh. Kill me. Hoping the two contract role interviews I have tomorrow come off.
                Please tell us this was a Public sector role!

                They're infested with all that BS, but hopefully most private companies haven't caught the virus too.
                Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
                  Next time, don't walk into the interview with your cock hanging out. You're not working Wigan Wallgate gents anymore.
                  I remember one role at British Rail, as it was being sold off and we morphed into Railtrack, we had 'Journey Planner' - five floppies I think, to plan railway journeys and we had some higherups coming up from that London or somewhere via train and used Journey Planner.

                  They hopped off at Wigen North Western, planner said take taxi to Wallgate so they all jumped in much to mirth of the taxi driver.....

                  If you don't get it look at a map....

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                    #10
                    Last permie interview I had they asked "if you were an aminmal what kind of animal would that be, oh and there are no wrong answers". Of Course there are wrong answers because this is amateur psychology bullsh*t.

                    Fox – Clever, but with a hint of dishonesty
                    Tiger – Intelligent, street smart
                    Lion – Bossy and lazy, but an incredible fighter, puts themselves above all others, likes asserting authority
                    Elephant – Leader, unstoppable, great memory
                    Monkey – Intelligent, nimble
                    Ant – Hard worker
                    Cockroach – usually an unwelcomed visitor, however, a superb survivor very adaptable and resourceful
                    Dolphin – Very Intelligent, everybody loves dolphins
                    Butterfly – Always in one stage or another of development, waiting for your day to fly
                    Gorilla – Gentle, but not one to be riled, vegetarian, good parent, provoke at your own peril
                    Chameleon – Blends in well, not one to stand out, very sneaky
                    Owl – Very wise, very good at seeing the big picture, very good at getting what it wants
                    Jellyfish – Beautiful to look at but deadly to touch, handle with extreme caution or pay a heavy price
                    Dove – A peacemaker, always looking for the non violent solution

                    Generally bad animals, the ones you may want to avoid (at least for this question) include:

                    Snake – Sneaky and dishonest
                    Whale – Bloated
                    Sloth – Lazy
                    Turtle – Too laid back, unable to strike fast even when necessary
                    Ofcourse it was a woman asking this question and my answer should have been crab louse on you, but I just said
                    , dog which is not in the list above but apparently a wrong answer as well

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