Job Interview Quotes - Page 2

• 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

  Jobs, Play, People

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• 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

  Jobs, Motherhood, Government

  Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon

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• In women's shelters the kind of clothes that women are given to go to job interviews are all girl clothes: little heels, little skirt. If you're gender nonconforming, you're a lesbian, you're not going to put those clothes on to go to a job interview.

  Amber Hollibaugh

  Girl, Jobs, Clothes

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• 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

  Jobs, School, Law

  "Probing The Psyche Of Glasgow's Mean Streets". "Morning Edition" with Vicki Barker, www.npr.org. August 11, 2008.

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

  Dave Chappelle

  Funny, Jobs, Black

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• A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president.

  Ron Fournier

  Jobs, People, Presidential

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• Radical transparency has an enormous impact on our personal lives. We can no longer share thoughts, quips, photos or personal opinions anywhere on the web without being mindful that they may turn up where we least expect it (notably job interviews, divorce proceedings or public media).

  Simon Mainwaring

  Jobs, Divorce, Media

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• 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

  Jobs, Night, Differences

  "Seinfeld: Good News, Bad News". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1989.

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• 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

  Jobs, Agency, Agents

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• When I was older and I first started working, I was obsessed with buying my first Chanel jacket. I saved up my hard-earned money, went to Barneys, and bought a little black Chanel jacket. It saw many, many job interviews and many, many events. I'm not fitting into it lately, but I still have it.

  Nina Garcia

  Jobs, Black, Littles

  "Nina Garcia So Over ‘Angry Shoes,’ Says ‘Polished Girl Is Back’", www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2010.

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• There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes.

  Bill James

  Jobs, Talking, Shoes

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• 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

  Jobs, Fun, Passion

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• I'll watch movies I like to see, Steve Jobs interviews, something that's going to make me smart and then go to sleep.

  Jaden Smith

  Jobs, Smart, Sleep

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  "What Was Tyra Banks Like at 17?". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. September 9, 2011.

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