Job Interview Quotes

“If you don’t know why you’d hire you, neither will they.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BookSmart: Hundreds of real-world lessons for success and happiness

“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, You

“Not every single broke and unemployed person needs a job; some need customers.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“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

“A lot of us for instance are very good at our jobs but absolutely hopeless at job interviews. Does this sound like you? You rock up for the interview full of confidence, you know full well you can fill the position easily and possibly better than most, you’re friendly, outgoing, and personable, and you scare the shit out of the interviewer.”
― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe

“Then he unsmiled his lips and got real plural on me. “We’ll let you know.”
― Norm Macdonald, Based on a True Story: A Memoir

“A beautiful woman has an unfair advantage when her work, performance, or ability is judged by a straight man. But has an unfair disadvantage when it is judged by an ugly woman.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I am suggesting that we don’t put the “income” cart before the “contentment” horse.”
― Miles Anthony Smith, Becoming Generation Flux: Why Traditional Career Planning is Dead: How to be Agile, Adapt to Ambiguity, and Develop Resilience

“He who loves his job, will own it.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“A job interview is a two-way communication to probe for cultural and team fit. No matter which side of the table you sit, you should be asking questions that are important to you without fear.”
― Salil Jha

“In a job interview, many candidates fake to be polite. So, the interviewers find it difficult to sort out the really polite ones!”
― Md. Ziaul Haque

“What is a job interview? It’s a ritual where you prove to the master – the wolf – that you’re tame and harmless. You metaphorically bare your neck to them, the sign, according to ethologist Konrad Lorenz, of submission and appeasement that dogs make to show that they are entirely at the mercy of a stronger dog or wolf. If you snarl at the interviewers, bare your teeth and tell them to fuck off, you definitely won’t get the job, no matter how talented you are. You have deselected yourself by being insufficiently deferential.”
― Adam Weishaupt, Wolf or Dog?

“When presented with an open door in your job, drive a Mack truck through it.”
― Miles Anthony Smith, Becoming Generation Flux: Why Traditional Career Planning is Dead: How to be Agile, Adapt to Ambiguity, and Develop Resilience

“There remains a natural career progression even though the tougher job climate seeks to delay it.”
― Miles Anthony Smith, Becoming Generation Flux: Why Traditional Career Planning is Dead: How to be Agile, Adapt to Ambiguity, and Develop Resilience

“Our career mantra should be learn, relearn, repeat.”
― Miles Anthony Smith, Becoming Generation Flux: Why Traditional Career Planning is Dead: How to be Agile, Adapt to Ambiguity, and Develop Resilience

“We don’t deserve our job. Period.”
― Miles Anthony Smith, Becoming Generation Flux: Why Traditional Career Planning is Dead: How to be Agile, Adapt to Ambiguity, and Develop Resilience

“Not being well-paid is even more painful to those who are obliged to come to work well-dressed.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Asked what we do best, few of us would say 'doing a great job interview.' Yet this is one of the most highly rewarded abilities in life.”
― Thea Kelley, Get That Job! The Quick and Complete Guide to a Winning Interview

“Authenticity and strategy could be called the 'yin and yang' of good interviewing--except that they aren't opposites. The opposite of authenticity is phoniness, and the opposite of strategy is randomness, or carelessness.”
― Thea Kelley, Get That Job! The Quick and Complete Guide to a Winning Interview

“Interviewers are sick of robotic, canned answers people have read in books. So instead of feeding you readymade answers, I'm going to help you think though and prepare your own answers---ones that are both authentic and strategic.”
― Thea Kelley, Get That Job! The Quick and Complete Guide to a Winning Interview

“It's perfectly normal to be nervous about job interviews. But if you get so anxious that your voice shakes, you can't stop fidgeting or it's hard to think clearly, that's a problem. Fortunately, there's a lot you can do about it.”
― Thea Kelley, Get That Job! The Quick and Complete Guide to a Winning Interview

“একটি চাকরির সাক্ষাৎকারে অনেক প্রার্থীরাই বিনয়ী হবার ভান করেন। তাই, সাক্ষাৎকারগ্রহণকারীগণ প্রকৃত বিনয়ী প্রার্থী বাছাই করাটা কঠিন মনে করেন!”
― Md. Ziaul Haque

“The employer is ultimately interested in the growth of the business, not that of the employee.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Those who regularly use a TV are the most likely to occasionally use a CV.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“One of the main differences between a slave and an employee is that the employee sold themselves.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“An attractive job title is often used as makeup or consolation for an unattractive salary.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“An overdecorated CV is usually an overcompensation for being uneducated and/or inexperienced.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Don't fake it until you make it — Make it until you've made it.”
― Garrett Townsend

“Remember, even a Jedi Master prepares for job interviews. Ready yourself, you must.”
― Padmé Bright

“You don’t need hours to impress—just sixty seconds of clarity and courage.”
― MARK MONTILLA, The 60-Second Job: Get Hired Fast