When your awkwardly sitting in the job interview waiting room with your competition... (The other candidates)

Question

Anyone ever was in a waiting room sitting next to people waiting to interview for the same job position as you?

Did you talk to those people about the job? Did you talk about your strengths and why you are better than them? Did you try to sabotage them somehow? Did you try to make a connection?

What would you do if you knew that the only person between you and your dream job was the person sitting next to you?

aljdljaldla · Accepted Answer

I just talked to the other person like a normal human being.

Tom Bwady · Answer

Teleport behind him with my katana and let him know it's nothing personal before tipping my fedora and imbuing him with the feeling of cold steel.

Greg Marmalard · Answer

I asked them where they're from, how'd they get in touch, who with, etc.  Kept it friendly and light and tried to find common connections while sizing them up.  At the end of the day, you're going to get the job or not because of how you perform, not how the other guy performs.

For our group, the dinner the night before is huge.  If you're being a dick, ding.  If you're subtly trying to put someone down, especially someone in the room, ding.  If you're talking smack about another group, ding.  If you're trying too hard, ding.

000killa · Answer

A year ago, I had an interview with Fitch Ratings. The interview was scheduled for 9 am and of course the MTA never fails to fuck me over. I was stuck on the train for like 20 mins or so. The worse part was I was underground and did not have any service to call the hiring manager to let him know my situation.

When I finally got to the office, it was 9:15. Waiting on the security line to tell them I got an interview, there was a girl in front of me and I overheard that she was interviewing for the same role at 9:30am.

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