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    Awkward Job Interviews
    Awkward Job Interviews
    Awkward Job Interviews
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    Awkward Job Interviews

    By Lorenzo Cavalieri

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    How many mistakes do we manage to pile up during a job interview? How many missed opportunities? And the poor or bad impressions? I personally remember myself at my very first real interview for a job in a bank, being unable to refrain from telling the selector that the title of the book I was reading at that time was “Death In The Bank”.

    Awkward Interviews: What not to say during a job interview is a collection of 16 awkward interviews. It’s a divertissement, a sophisticated way of learning to overcome the anxiety and insecurity of a job interview with a smile.

    I wrote this book with the intention of giving the reader, with a touch of irony, some relaxation time, and to help wind down before facing the emotional storm that a job interview can be.

    From the introduction:

    “A different way to prepare yourself for a job interview that is probably less demanding and certainly more enjoyable. We will present examples of behavior, as they would emerge in real life, amplifying them a bit through typecasting: interviews with the ‘clarifier’, the ‘depressive’, the ‘confused’, the ‘misunderstood genius’, etcetera.

    We might smile or even laugh during our reading, but we can also certainly learn. In order to do this we will have to look at ourselves in the mirror, with ‘gentle brutality’, and force ourselves to find ‘pieces of us’ within the following interviews. Those who read with a critical eye, finding ‘pieces of themselves’, will learn to perform better in such situations, following the best course: smiling, a bit of self-consciousness, awareness, learning.”

    Lorenzo Cavalieri has written books about the job market published in Italy and Spain. He has been a personnel selector for many years and headhunter for a well-known multinational company. Lately his main field has been in corporate coaching and career consultancy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLorenzo Cavalieri
    Release dateFeb 17, 2015
    ISBN9786050348293
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      Awkward Job Interviews - Lorenzo Cavalieri

      AWKWARD INTERVIEWS

      1) THE PROBLEMATIC CANDIDATE

      2) THE MUDDLED CANDIDATE

      3) THE POLEMICIST

      4) THE BANAL CANDIDATE

      5) THE MATERIALIST

      6) THE CLARIFIER

      7) THE HYPERTECHNICAL CANDIDATE

      8) THE DEPRESSIVE

      9) ISTITUTIONALIZED

      10) THE INESECURE CANDIDATE

      11) THE CONSPIRACY THEORIST

      12) THE VERBOSE CANDIDATE

      13) THE SOCIOLOGIST

      14) THE POSER

      15) THE MISUNDERSTOOD GENIUS

      16) THE GOSSIPMONGER

      THE PROBLEMATIC CANDIDATE

      -  How do you see the evolution of your industry?

      -  Oh well, so-so. This is a sector which is becoming problematic. You earn less; the market is more demanding and complicated. Furthermore, thousands of checks, inspections, verifications, a suffocating bureaucracy…

      -  If you were the managing director of the company where you are working now, what would you do?

      -  It would be a big problem. It could drive me crazy. But really, beyond joking, I’d try to cope with the many problems of such a complicated organization. I’d try to eliminate those intricate situations which form when managers disagree and fight, or go against you and try to sabotage you. In other words, I’d try not to be tangled into the nest of complaints and recriminations that you find in those environments.

      -  I understand. What are your goals?

      -  Uhm, it’s difficult to talk about aims and objectives amongst such chaos. Let’s just say that I’d like to become manager, even though, to be honest, it’s a squeezed market and I’d be satisfied if I could stay on board without any problems.

      -  What are you looking for in a new personal challenge?

      -  I’m looking for a job where I can work without regulatory complications, unfair competition, pressure from consumer associations, or trade union blackmails. And I’m also looking for a place where colleagues avoid turning everything into a

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