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Woman bombs job interview in disastrous video fail: ‘Stupidest question ever’
New York Post ^ | https://nypost.com/2022/02/09/woman-bombs-job-interview-in-disastrous-video-snafu/ | Asia Grace

Posted on 02/09/2022 1:39:43 PM PST by nickcarraway

Without setting foot inside an office building, Chaylene Martinez unwittingly put her foot in her mouth by criticizing her would-be employer during a one-take, pre-recorded video interview.

“The question is … the stupidest, cheesiest question I’ve ever read in my life,” Martinez says in now-viral footage of her disastrous digital application to SkyWest Airlines. In the clip, which has amassed over 6.9 million views, the troubled TikToker is seen complaining about SkyWest’s interview questions to an unnamed male friend on the phone. However, she accidentally begins recording herself on the company’s video application platform while she’s bad-mouthing the brand.

“’What is your impression of SkyWest’s company culture, and how does that resonate with you?’” she mockingly reads aloud in part of the minute-and-seven-second “answer” she gives. “You have to record yourself [answering] it, and it’s so awkward.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Humor
KEYWORDS: gotcha; interviewing; jobs; skywest; whoops
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To: nickcarraway

Then of course if you’re tired of boiling water for pasta every time, just boil up a gallon of water and freeze it. Then it’d be ready the next time you need it for pasta.


41 posted on 02/09/2022 2:51:29 PM PST by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Way back in the 1990’s I was interview for a job that paid $64,000/ year and I was only making $45,000 at my current job. So, they asked me what the reason was I wanted to work for them. I told them I would give 64,000 reasons.

They never batted on eye, and I got the job.


42 posted on 02/09/2022 2:55:57 PM PST by shotgun
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To: SkyDancer

Good time saving tip. Always have some frozen boiled water on hand.


43 posted on 02/09/2022 2:57:06 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Some things only work on “Opposite Day”....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xiwtXHPwGPE

44 posted on 02/09/2022 2:58:20 PM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: subterfuge
"I work to hard sometimes"

Need clarification please.

*Work too hard* has one meaning.

*Work to hard* has a different meaning.

45 posted on 02/09/2022 2:59:15 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Sequoyah101

My favorite interview question from the “big boss”:

“We have a lot of really stupid people working here. Can you handle that?”

I really needed the job—and lied and said “no problem—I can work with anyone”.

The “big boss” was not lying!


46 posted on 02/09/2022 3:01:55 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: suthener

47 posted on 02/09/2022 3:05:26 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Deaf Smith; subterfuge

Jeffrey Toobin has your clarification well in hand.


48 posted on 02/09/2022 3:07:12 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: SkyDancer
Then of course if you’re tired of boiling water for pasta every time, just boil up a gallon of water and freeze it. Then it’d be ready the next time you need it for pasta.

Damn your eyes!

I'm just glad I wasn't drinking coffee when I read that.  ROFL face

49 posted on 02/09/2022 3:10:15 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Lazamataz

> reverse an array of 100 numbers.

You gave them an O(n) solution. Not a comp sci major on the whole other side of the table. You’d spend the majority of your time there trying to explain to them why their solutions were so non performant.


50 posted on 02/09/2022 3:14:21 PM PST by glorgau
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To: BBB333

Fine if sent internally...all on your own servers, this was to a customer!!


51 posted on 02/09/2022 3:17:09 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: nickcarraway
I'm a lucky guy, I felt like I bombed a couple of interviews with the same company last July. I'm 67, hard of hearing, and they were infernal Indeed video interviews.

During the interview with the owner, I confused her name (she uses her son's name on emails, and I went by that).

To tell you the truth, I think they zeroed in on me from my resume, 30+ years of tax and accounting work.

The following week I did a sit down interview with their CPA. His first remarks were "you're WAY overqualified for this position." I chuckled I agreed, but told him I'm not looking to be in charge of anyone.

I was hired the next day, and became their oldest employee by 10 years. It's a great fit, the younger employees run circles around me on current technology, but when it comes to dealing with the state and federal bureaucracies, I know exactly where to look, or who to talk to.

52 posted on 02/09/2022 3:18:51 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: nickcarraway
On the other hand, restaurant jobs in the '80s were not a big deal. There was always another one waiting.

With that in mind on one line cook job interview when the pretty assistant manager lady said "Walk this way" to go to the office for the interview I replied, "If I could walk that way I wouldn't need a job!"

She had a good sense of humor and hired me anyway.
53 posted on 02/09/2022 3:24:27 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Lazamataz

I remember you telling me that story.


54 posted on 02/09/2022 3:45:21 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: kiryandil
:) Hey - glad to help out for some time saving tips.

Don't own a flashlight? Take a picture of the sun with your camera phone and >boom< portable sun.

55 posted on 02/09/2022 3:47:09 PM PST by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: kiryandil

Thanks.


56 posted on 02/09/2022 4:07:49 PM PST by suthener ( )
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To: nickcarraway

Maybe she wanted to sue them, like that football coach that says his skin color is keeping him from getting a job.
Lame people make lame excuses.


57 posted on 02/09/2022 4:28:21 PM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll have to admit that I’m not the right person to comment on this. I’ve had only job interview in my life and continue to work for the guy who interviewed me. It was in February of 1966.


58 posted on 02/09/2022 4:33:05 PM PST by norwaypinesavage (Capitalism is what happens when you leave people alone.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

“That reminds me of when my wife discovered the difference between “Reply” and “Reply All” in a family email, LOL.”

I saw someone do similar in a government office-level email, where the subject line mentioned someone doing something with a canine.

His next email was “yeah, I know I’m in trouble.”


59 posted on 02/09/2022 4:39:36 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: SkyDancer
face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy face with tears of joy
60 posted on 02/09/2022 4:41:26 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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