just had a phone interview with a BB for asia...towards the end, when he asked me if I had any questions for him, I just asked him why he chose asia, because his accent sounded like he was from Australia, and he was like "uhh no, I'm actually from the UK"...idk what i was thinking, but i blurted it out...am i screwed? lol
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yeah.. ure pretty f.ucked.
Lol wouldn't worry overly about it, he probs just found it funny. I'm from the UK and people have thought I was from Australia/South Africa/NZ/America before, and I just correct them. I doubt he'd ding you just for that. That said, probs best to avoid commenting on interviewers accent/appearance at all during an interview.
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Yeah don't worry about it. Except the question "why you chose Asia" when you thought he was Austrailian was pretty dumb....would have made more sense if you thought he was from the UK.
I'm horrible with accents so I don't even try. Dude could be eating wienerschnitzel, have the German flag tattooed on his ass, and being singing Hail Hitler and I still wouldn't ask him if he was German.
hope he doesn't pick up on this or its definitely -1 point
because it is so obvious that Vienna is right in the center of Germany?
OhHi -- I was thinking the same thing. The guy Gekko describes is probably Austrian!
hahahaha owned!
you guys are missing the point, the guy could be anyone from "that region".
That's a lovely accent...New Jersey?
Crikey mate, your situation is 'a' shambles.
I'm from the UK. Nothing is more annoying when American's say "OH YOU"RE FROM AUSTRALIA!"
If i ever have the question UK or Australia, I just look at the teeth. Dead give away if one is rotting and another one is a snaggle tooth.... British.
I think the South African accent is hardest to place personally. I generally try not to comment on people's accents because apparently any comment you make about how X is different from Y makes you a bigot...who knew.
Never assume anything.
Unless it's a case study and you need to make assumptions.
The worst story of all, though, came from a friend who interviewed with an Israeli-focused (though domiciled in the US) engineering firm. Instead of keeping it simple, he decided to find that common ethnic bond (he was "ethnically" Jewish) and started equating the interviewer's obvious Middle Eastern background with his own Jewish upbringing (i.e. mentioning passover, channukah, etc.)
Little did he know that 10-15% of Israel's citizens are actually Arabic and many are well-educated enough to be working at Israeli engineering companies.
Still got hired, but more "in spite of" rather than "because of" that particular interview.
Natus recusandae omnis dignissimos. Ut sed provident et error. Harum iste enim ipsam eum ex.
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