Said "sus" in an interview
I was trying to refer to a certain company's management that made (sus) decisions and acquisitions which didn't make sense and that was a red flag (suspicious activities). This is a company that was proven to be a fraud. The interviewer was shocked that I used that word tbh but he didn't really laugh. How retarded was this? Do I still have a chance?
Edit: To all of you who are questioning my ability to get a job, I managed to get an offer from a BB. But I'm ngl I didn't make it through the mentioned interview (EB)
I mean that is a pretty big ding, with out knowing more about the position or year hard to day. Would I ding a freshman as much as a junior no.
Just use the word suspect next time. Honestly, not that big of a deal IMO. That won't be the reason you get or don't get the job.
It's over. Just start living out on the streets right now, there's honestly no hope. You've been flagged on every employer's radar now for being an Among Us player, and, quite frankly, I don't know if that's something you can ever live down.
Godspeed.
Fake news. He interviewed at Ligma Knots Advisors
TLDR - guy says sus in interview, now wants sos from wso
I hope you realize the term "sus" was prevalent long before among us.
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It's usually frowned upon to talk negatively about other firms during an interview, but I would stick to using full words instead of abbreviations next time. Especially if your interviewer looks over the age of 30.
The firm was Wirecard
I'm not deep into the zoomer culture, but I thought sus is an abbreviation, not an acronym. Now I'm genuinely curious/concerned.
it's an abreviation
it's an abbreviation for suspicious.
Unless the interviewer walks out of the room and loudly talks about how bad your answers were, I think you're okay. You may have a chance.
Source: The above actually happened to me at a company right after college.
I'm not alone. Did you get an offer?
Haha no.
Full words = full time jobs
No seriously, they probably understand & I’ve actually heard an exec say sus before as SUS as that sounds. Always consider your audience 🤝
sussyyy
you’re dinged
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Tbh if your delivery was good / your answer was otherwise fine, I wouldn't mind it as long as the interviewer is relatively junior. An analyst or associate might see it as a joke and chuckle, an MD wouldn't get it
Still better than sup, I sus.
Stand up paddle-board? That’s what SUP means where I live.
Was this a risk you needed to take or was your decision making sus?
Absolutely needed 😤
not sure how you didnt get the job on the spot
I once told my MD at an internship that most the people at my school are capping, he just said he didn't understand what that meant.
don't understand how kids nowadays think it's still hard to break into high finance when this is their competition
He's probably not interviewing for CVP/PJT the true ivory towers of high finance.
"ER - prospective monkey"
i told an interviewer who was from the same place as me that the biggest difference between my new college town and home is that everyone in college is a lot shorter (southern state that i grew up in vs ivy league school). interviewer was a 5 3 dude. idk what i was thinking
I once told the interviewer that SPACs are a bust, which could be seen in a well known case that was happening at the time.
Found out later that the firm advised on the deal.
I said "based" in a conference call
This is what banks should say their culture is, not the same bs of "collaborative culture" that EVERY firm has
not sure if true, this OP is kinda sus ngl
emergency meeting
I doubt this will have any material impact on your candidacy. You may not realize it, but a lot of the language you use is probably new to professionals even in their 30s. While I know what ‘sus’ means from twitch, I’m probably one of the few people that is fully familiar with the term. I have no idea what ‘capping’ is. I also had to ask what the definition of ‘simp’ was a few weeks ago. Unless it is someone who has teenage kids, expect a fair bit of lost in translation.
While I wouldn’t say that ‘sus’ is inherently bad, using lingo like that generally gives the impression that you are still young / immature, whether or not it is actually true. Your safest bet when interviewing is definitely to avoid lingo or phraseology that would confuse your parents. There is no upside.
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Think it also depends on the rest of your interview. Though it would raise my eyebrow I'd let it pass if you were a good candidate. Would be stupid to not hire someone who knows his shit over something as small as that. On the other hand if i dont think you are meeting expectations it would be a point against you since it would just be added to the pile of stuff I don't like.
Best to avoid, but probably not an issue unless your interviewer was in his 40s. Among Us was enough of a lockdown phenomenon that people probably would know what it means, but just like you don't want to be ripping out memes during an interview, you also don't want to be using too much colloquial language.
I personally wouldn't care but someone who is looking for reasons to cut down the field may feel otherwise. Learn from it and more forward. All good
At least you didn’t say sis
amongus
Part of what younger candidates need to realize is that senior people are trying to understand if you are professional enough to put in front of/interact with a client. Using slang doesn’t help generate trust. If you can’t avoid slang in an interview on your best behavior, how will you perform in front of a billionaire CEO?
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeesh! That shit bussin fr fr no cap fam on god on god respeeeeectfulllllyy!
Thanks for giving me an aneurysm
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Him not laughing is sus…👀
well, now they know you're the imposter so.....
All we can do now is pray 🥲😔
Who cares? No biggie dude. You’ll be fine.
Side note- I accidentally called my MD “bro” today😅
Just email him and call him a short king.
Yoooo chat´s popping off rn fr fr no cap ong
Probably not the worst thing/best thing to say ether way, I have two thoughts on interviewing when it comes to slang/current topic stuff:
- first, at one point, its something everyone will be doing. so, for example, there was a point where everyone didn't want their social media traced if it showed them partying. Now, I feel, probably 7/10 the HR lady interviewing me has worse stuff on her profile than I, so who really cares at that point.
- second, I feel some of this stuff goes in cycles. Meaning, back in the day, you use to be able to discuss personal stuff on an interview, but God forbid you dropped a curse/slang word. Now I feel thats reversed.
If they ding you solely for that reason alone, then it would be surprising, but not the most egregious thing I've ever heard as a hiring manager. For example, one interviewer (disclosure: she had very sharp elbows) questioned the executive presence of one candidate--who was very strong--because this candidate wore striped socks. No one else even really noticed it. Turned out it hurt that candidate as all else was equal with another strong candidate. Pretty ridiculous, IMO, but that's the luck of the draw.
In any event, I really doubt they'd hold it against you unless you used other slang, had communication 'issues', etc. that extend beyond the use of 'sus' in a response.
I mean she was just trying to be a bitch, I was just retarded
Love the sense of humor about it in the comments lmao, also - based on your title in AM I think this would be a HUGE ding assuming you are interviewing for an ER or HF role. The interview is NOT a 1on1 conversation where you can be lax and make a connection at this point, approach it from the standpoint of what you would say on a recorded earnings call. Whether they are thinking that way or not is irrelevant, but saying Sus invites them to think “...oooooh what if he said that in an earnings call?”
I think some of the folks here saying that 30 yr olds probably don’t know what your saying is not true.
Everyone has an Insta these days and spends too much time there... the memes teach people the terms.
For me, sus literally translates to suspicious but is more often used to describe things that are “gay”
Thus, as other people have pointed out, you kind of just did hate speech on an earnings call in their minds.
It’s silly but that’s the extrapolation of thought chains people go down when assessing 900 candidates for one role
Is it actually a known abbreviation ?
I mean it’s quite preoccupying that you can’t even speak properly for 30mn but honestly I wouldn’t even have noticed as I have never heard it.
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