Top 82 Job Interview Sayings

#1. Every black American is bilingual. All of them. We speak street vernacular and we speak 'job interview.'

Dave Chappelle

Job Interview Sayings #8576
#2. Are you available to travel? What kind of questions were these? Was the second one even allowed in a job interview? Still, she'd answered as best she could and finally read a question that made sense:

Melody Anne

Job Interview Sayings #23677
#3. A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president.

Ron Fournier

Job Interview Sayings #52832
#4. Never agree to a job interview in which the interviewer has seen you naked.

Susan Mallery

Job Interview Sayings #87423
#5. Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire.

Casey Stengel

Job Interview Sayings #147462
#6. Can't we do better with Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software?

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #177368
#7. I graduated from college and went on one job interview and was laughing in my own head because I wouldn't hire me.

Daniel Tosh

Job Interview Sayings #182667
#8. I was interested in theatre and media and came to Mumbai to get a job. I imagined that the film industry would be a white building with producers sitting in different rooms, and you could walk in and meet them, and they would interview you and select you.

Imtiaz Ali

Job Interview Sayings #236057
#9. Do you want a level of income to fit your lifestyle or a lifestyle to fit your income level?

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #243457
#10. It's not such a huge deal when this happens at a 7-Eleven. It's pretty huge, though, when you spend the entire job interview trying not to come across like a box of hair and you come across like a box of hair.

Augusten Burroughs

Job Interview Sayings #248790
#11. Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting.

Susan Cain

Job Interview Sayings #256983
#12. Give your typical employee a profitable corporation, and, he is mostly likely to sell it to buy a fancier suit for his next job interview.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Job Interview Sayings #268819
#13. I can count on one hand the number of people who wrote me a thank you letter after having an interview, and I gave almost all of them a job.

Kate Reardon

Job Interview Sayings #272863
#14. Sometimes it's so weird just to do an interview. This morning I was back in my parents' house, with my brother, and we went for a jog together, then had breakfast as a family. And a couple of hours later I'm wearing high heels and a dress and makeup, and talking about my job.

Carey Mulligan

Job Interview Sayings #332243
#15. None of the questions was what I expected. Most of them were esoteric thought experiments, 'How would you turn Pride and Prejudice into a video game?' and 'If you added a button to Pac-Man, what would you want it to do?' Conundrums like 'How come when Mario jumps he can change direction in midair?

Austin Grossman

Job Interview Sayings #468403
#16. The cat gives him a judgemental stare ,as if it's sitting on the decision-making side if the desk at a job interview.

Fredrik Backman

Job Interview Sayings #482440
#17. I was an accidental banker. To please my parents, I went for an interview with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1983. They promised to send me into their offices in more than 40 countries and essentially audit the practices. It was an extraordinary job.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Job Interview Sayings #491136
#18. In Australia, a deaf person attending an interview must take their own interpreter at their own expense, or ask the employer to provide one. Believe me, nothing says 'I'm the best person for this job' quite like asking an employer to pay to interview you.

Stella Young

Job Interview Sayings #495474
#19. It used to be almost the first question (just after 'Can you type?') in the standard female job interview: 'Are you now, or have you ever, contemplated marriage, motherhood, or the violent overthrow of the U.S. government?

Barbara Ehrenreich

Job Interview Sayings #510562
#20. If heaven really exists: then heaven is the job, hell is unemployment, while life is merely an interview.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Job Interview Sayings #519945
#21. I had 13 job offers out of college. I went to Bullock's department store and had a fantastic interview, but was skeptical. I knew retail didn't pay much.

Terry J. Lundgren

Job Interview Sayings #530218
#22. If you lived in the wild, you'd need to know how to make fire to survive. But you live in an urban world, and you need to make money. That means you need a job, and the only way to get a job is by turning a job interview into a job offer.

Martin Yate

Job Interview Sayings #540762
#23. Personal branding is about managing your name - even if you don't own a business - in a world of misinformation, disinformation, and semi-permanent Google records. Going on a date? Chances are that your "blind" date has Googled your name. Going to a job interview? Ditto.

Tim Ferriss

Job Interview Sayings #592440
#24. He who loves his job, will own it.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Job Interview Sayings #592896
#25. I am suggesting that we don't put the "income" cart before the "contentment" horse.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #606895
#26. The surest way to ensure career extinction is to resist change and adaptation.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #654867
#27. She paused, and I took the opportunity to practice the only promotional skill at my disposal: fluttering my fingers over the telephone's mouthpiece, I attempted to cast a spell, silently chanting, It's me who you want. Me, me, me.

David Sedaris

Job Interview Sayings #677012
#28. I conducted a bunch of interviews for Interview magazine. They actually paid me. I think I was probably 18 or 19. I was in college and I remember feeling, like, "Wow." I had a real job, and they paid me money, and it was exciting.

Jodie Foster

Job Interview Sayings #697785
#29. One of the most common mistakes for an entry-level job interview is to take the position: 'What is this job going to do for me?' You should be saying 'Here's what I can do and here's what I want to do to help you.'

Norah O'Donnell

Job Interview Sayings #737928
#30. When presented with an open door in your job, drive a Mack truck through it.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #740602
#31. Everyone is dispensable but some are more dispensable than others.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #784402
#32. Labor saving devices have destroyed many jobs but have given rise to many new ones. It simply is up to us if we are going to resist or embrace the future.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #807394
#33. If there's one thing worse than not HAVING a job ... It's LOOKING for one!

Laurence Stuart

Job Interview Sayings #862304
#34. At least for me personally, I've always tried to do a really good job every day, with each interview, and treat each interview seriously, and make the person I'm speaking with feel comfortable, hopefully make it an ideal experience.

Katie Couric

Job Interview Sayings #872348
#35. One of the best things about my job is that I get to meet a lot of great children's and YA authors at events all over the country. So I figured it might be fun to interview some of them and turn the interviews into short online comics.

Steve Sheinkin

Job Interview Sayings #926896
#36. I was in a job interview and I opened a book and started reading. Then I said to the guy 'Let me ask you a question. If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?' He said 'I don't know'. I said 'I don't want your job'.

Steven Wright

Job Interview Sayings #980130
#37. Degree lets you to the chair of interview, but it cannot provide you job

Pawan Mehra

Job Interview Sayings #1041656
#38. We had been texting for exactly thirteen minutes, asking random questions, trying to figure out if we knew any of the same people, or if we liked the same kind of music--the usual interview process you go through when you're trying to get the job as boyfriend.

Jason Reynolds

Job Interview Sayings #1048238
#39. Finding a job that is a good fit is as much about you selecting the right company as it is about them selecting the right candidate.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #1050465
#40. There remains a natural career progression even though the tougher job climate seeks to delay it.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #1054725
#41. I haven't been to a job interview since I was 16 years old. When I was approached by Givenchy it was more like a courtship.

Ozwald Boateng

Job Interview Sayings #1073704
#42. A job interview is a competition won by those who are qualified the most, and, those who are willing to be payed the least.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Job Interview Sayings #1113505
#43. Our career mantra should be learn, relearn, repeat.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #1128085
#44. In his work shirt and underpants, he looked powerful but also cartoonish, like a bear dressed up for a job interview.

David Sedaris

Job Interview Sayings #1188813
#45. When a single mom goes out on a date with somebody new. It always winds up feeling more like a job interview.

Brad Paisley

Job Interview Sayings #1198657
#46. I actually wanted to become a model agent, and went into what ended up becoming my first agency for a job interview. They ended up suggesting I model instead. I guess I sort of fell into it.

Rila Fukushima

Job Interview Sayings #1203838
#47. Years and years ago, when everyone knew that Pierce was going to be doing the job, they started selecting new people. I had this bizarre thing when I hadn't done many movies, and of going on for an interview.

Jeremy Northam

Job Interview Sayings #1208187
#48. I had a job interview at an insurance company once, and the lady said 'Where do you see yourself in five years?' I said, 'Celebrating the fifth year anniversary of you asking me this question!'

Mitch Hedberg

Job Interview Sayings #1270809
#49. What does common sense have to do with it?" he exploded. "We're talking about a job interview!

Robert Asprin

Job Interview Sayings #1275679
#50. He didn't miss a beat. "Is this an interview?"
"Yes."
"What job am I applying for?"
"The job of my dance and life partner - figuratively, literally, horizontally, vertically, and hopefully, laterally. And, depending on how flexible you are, diagonally.

Penny Reid

Job Interview Sayings #1307734
#51. Get to know the job intimately that you're applying for. Don't just read the job description - study it and picture yourself performing every task required of you. When you interview, framing your responses so that you reveal your significant knowledge about the job gives you a massive advantage.

Travis Bradberry

Job Interview Sayings #1341018
#52. If someone out of work knows only three words about their impending job-hunt, I'm willing to bet those
three words will be: resumes/CV, interviews, and networking.

Richard N. Bolles

Job Interview Sayings #1356328
#53. If you don't know why you'd hire you, neither will they.

Frank Sonnenberg

Job Interview Sayings #1362445
#54. It's the interviewee's job to know that his privacy is going to be invaded on some level. Otherwise, you are better off not doing the interview.

John Travolta

Job Interview Sayings #1368313
#55. A foolproof plan for not getting a job - show up for your interview wearing flip flops.

Alan Davies

Job Interview Sayings #1385935
#56. Go to a job interview and tell and employer that you can recite the 17 times table; they don't care. Why are we still teaching it?

Sugata Mitra

Job Interview Sayings #1386447
#57. If you went for a job interview in a Glasgow law firm, they used to ask you what school you went to. And that was a way of finding out what religion you were.

Denise Mina

Job Interview Sayings #1432280
#58. In the name of all that is holy, please consider the wages of a particular profession before you select that degree plan.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #1460769
#59. What someone may lack in talent can be more than made up for in self-motivation, self-direction, and follow-through.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #1475072
#60. Job interview question: Q: Where do you see yourself five years from now?A: Well, five years from now I see myself being able to answer this question.

Matthew Dickson

Job Interview Sayings #1477705
#61. I didn't have a job because nobody would hire me. My friends were getting hired, and I couldn't even get a job interview. That really rocked my self-esteem because I didn't understand what I did wrong on those job applications.

Tyra Banks

Job Interview Sayings #1492965
#62. Olivia MacKenzie was certain she would have been offered the job if she hadn't punched the boss during the interview.

Julie Garwood

Job Interview Sayings #1495605
#63. Let's face it: a date is a job-interview, that lasts all night. The only difference between a date and a job interview is: not many job-interviews is there a chance you'll end up naked at the end of it.

Jerry Seinfeld

Job Interview Sayings #1498493
#64. I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.

Anna Deavere Smith

Job Interview Sayings #1500765
#65. A good interview is one that makes you feel interviewer was good who gifted the thoughts for years to come, those still lingering with several questions that need to be answered and scenarios that weren't touched upon. And yet you receive an offer.

Santosh Avvannavar

Job Interview Sayings #1524517
#66. I've been on 'Jay Leno,' and everyone likes Jay, but being on that show is a really boring afternoon. I sincerely like Jay, but I wouldn't want his job, because I'd have to interview Kathy Ireland, and there's nothing there I'd want to know.

Henry Rollins

Job Interview Sayings #1530225
#67. We don't deserve our job. Period.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #1544535
#68. Besides getting several paper cuts in the same day or receiving the news that someone in your family has betrayed you to your enemies, one of the most unpleasant experiences in life is a job interview.

Lemony Snicket

Job Interview Sayings #1586871
#69. I always wanted to work at 'Take A Break' magazine, you know, just to inject a little bit of politics into their stories. I applied for a job there after I'd done my law degree and didn't even get an interview. I only wrote 'Garnethill' because I didn't get that job!

Denise Mina

Job Interview Sayings #1597896
#70. Dating is pressure and tension. What is a date, really, but a job interview that lasts all night?

Jerry Seinfeld

Job Interview Sayings #1610650
#71. There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it.

Noah Baumbach

Job Interview Sayings #1615310
#72. Sure, it's fun to chat with people with interesting backgrounds who seem to have a passion for your company. But a job interview is not a friendly chat. You need to determine whether candidates, can they really do the job. So ask them to prove it.

Kathryn Minshew

Job Interview Sayings #1678137
#73. I know it's such a boring interview sometimes with us at 'American Horror Story', but I just can't say a word. I would certainly love to be back, that's for sure. It's such a great job.

Lily Rabe

Job Interview Sayings #1698967
#74. Career isn't about making money as everyone makes something. Rather it's a way of living that would create memorable memories to look back and smile

Santosh Avvannavar

Job Interview Sayings #1742984
#75. There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes.

Bill James

Job Interview Sayings #1763673
#76. Research has found that interviews are less predictive of job performance than work samples, job-knowledge tests, and peer ratings of past job performance. Even a simple intelligence test is substantially more predictive than an interview.

Chip Heath

Job Interview Sayings #1795371
#77. Adaptability is the name of the game; if you understand that you must now be adaptable and flexible, you will find a way to succeed in your career. If not, you will succumb to job market pressures.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #1799604
#78. I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions. I would like to leave everything wide open to all the possibilities in the world.

Haruki Murakami

Job Interview Sayings #1808230
#79. I remember watching Regis and Kathie Lee interview celebrities, and my mom looked so happy. I just did the math. I wanted to make my mom happy, and I wanted to talk to celebrities. Basically, I wanted Kathie Lee's job!

Ross Mathews

Job Interview Sayings #1820655
#80. There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.

Patrick Stump

Job Interview Sayings #1831107
#81. You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.
George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept. 6, 2006

George W. Bush

Job Interview Sayings #1833650
#82. Whereas previous generations had to face some unpredictability, current generations are facing unprecedented levels of instability.

Miles Anthony Smith

Job Interview Sayings #1866309

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