Job Interview Quotes

• 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

  Jobs, Mistake, Want

  "The Worst Thing You Can Do on a Job Interview (According to CBS This Morning's Norah O'Donnell)" by Maggie Mallon, www.glamour.com. June 21, 2013.

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• During job interviews, when they ask: 'What is your worst quality?', I always say: 'Flatulence'. That way I get my own office.

  Dan Thompson

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• I picked up an issue of 'Cosmopolitan' the other day that had tips for job interviews, because I was like, "I need to get better at interviews." The article was basically about how to get someone not to hate you in 20 minutes. Every single thing they told you not to do, I was like, "I do that every day."

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Jobs, Hate, Issues

  Interview with Jodie Foster, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 12, 2010.

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• 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

  Funny, Jobs, Humor

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• I think, in life, being nervous about something that's forthcoming is very helpful, whether it's an awards show or a family gathering or a job interview. If you're too calm and confident, then I think you aren't executing to the best of your ability. So I try not to let nerves get the best of me, but I welcome them because it tends to fuel me to try harder.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Jobs, Thinking, Awards

  "Neil Patrick Harris welcomes a Kanye moment at Oscars". CBS Interview, www.cbsnews.com. February 19, 2015.

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• In most cases, the best strategy for a job interview is to be fairly honest, because the worst thing that can happen is that you won't get the job and will spend the rest of your life foraging for food in the wilderness and seeking shelter underneath a tree or the awning of a bowling alley that has gone out of business.

  Daniel Handler

  Jobs, Tree, Gone

  "Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid". Book by Daniel Handler, 2007.

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• 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

  Jobs, College, Laughing

  "Mr. Daniel Tosh coming to NAU". The Lumberjack Interview, www.jackcentral.org. September 11, 2008.

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• Everything seems overwhelming when you stand back and look at the totality of it. I build a lot of stuff and it would all seem impossible if I didn't break it down piece by piece, stage by stage. The best gift you can give yourself is some drive--that thing inside of you that gets you out the door to the gym, job interviews, and dates. The believe-in-yourself adage is grossly overrated.

  Adam Carolla

  Jobs, Believe, Doors

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• 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.

  Daniel Handler

  Jobs, Cutting, Enemy

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• When a single mom goes out on a date with somebody new. It always winds up feeling more like a job interview.

  Brad Paisley

  Mom, Jobs, Wind

  Song: He Didn't Have To Be, Album: Who Needs Pictures, 1999

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• I do think questions have been raised and questions have to be answered.And there is no way to predict what comes in the door of that White House from day to day that can pose a threat to the United States or one of our friends and allies, and I think this is a big part of the job interview that we are all conducting with the voters here.

  Hillary Clinton

  Jobs, Thinking, Doors

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• 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.

  Jonathan Cain

  Jobs, Party, Thinking

  "Susan Cain: 'Society has a cultural bias towards extroverts'". Interview with Ian Tucker, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2012.

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• In most job interviews, people say they are looking for people skills and emotional intelligence. That's reasonable, but the question is, how do you define what that looks like?

  Susan Cain

  Jobs, Emotional, Skills

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• I get mad at people who talk about traumatic job interviews, about going on one and getting rejected. I get rejected all the time and not only do I get rejected, but people have no problem being really specific about why I was rejected.

  Julia Sweeney

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• I think I have this old-fashioned idea that when you are asking people to vote for you, it is kind of like a big job interview, and you oughta tell people what you think you can do for them. I think we can create more economic opportunity. I think we can improve education, make college affordable, deal with the myriad of issues that we confront.

  Hillary Clinton

  Opportunity, College, Thinking

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• 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

  Jobs, Years, Interviews

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• I just simply am not a dater. I think I have been on three official dates in my life. They are like job interviews and I refuse to be romantically employed.

  Holland Roden

  Jobs, Thinking, Three

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• 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

  Jobs, Names, Google

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• Dating is pressure and tension. What is a date, really, but a job interview that lasts all night?

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Inspirational, Motivational, Jobs

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• How?" I demanded. "How could you have screwed this one up?" "When I got in, they said the manager was on the phone and would be a few minutes. So, I sat down and ordered a drink." This time, I did lean my forehead against the steering wheel. "What did you order?" "A martini." "A martini." I lifted my head. "You ordered a martini before a job interview." "It's a bar, Sage. I figured they'd be cool with it.

  Richelle Mead

  Jobs, Phones, Order

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• I still have the mentality of someone who doesn't know where he's going to sleep and doesn't know if he has enough money for gas to get to the next job interview. I don't think that mentality ever leaves, you know?

  Richard Schiff

  Sleep, Thinking, Enough

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Young adults living with a stutter is hard work. How do they handle job interviews? What do they do when the phone rings? How do they chat someone up? All these things the average person takes for granted prove to be a stammerers biggest challenge.

  Gareth Gates

  Jobs, Hard Work, Phones

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• 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

  Funny, Jobs, Book

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• The crazy thing is, I sent out 200 letters and I got one job interview, and I actually got that job, which was working as a development assistant at Joel Silver's company. I always say that to people when they ask "What do I do?" and I'm like, "Look, I didn't get ten responses, and I didn't get five interviews, but I got one interview, and I got the job," and that was all I needed.

  Suzanne Todd

  Crazy, People, Response

  Source: collider.com

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• I watch like, Steve Jobs interviews, I don't really watch TV. I stopped watching TV when I turned like ten because my parents were like, 'TV's really bad for you.'

  Jaden Smith

  Jobs, Parent, Watching Tv

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