We had a great conversation about what we need to do for job interviews. Join us today as we look through skills specifically for job interviews and some general communication skills.
It might be hard right now to find a "job" so when you get a chance to interview you jump on it. Here are some ideas on how to prepare and what to say when you get in there.
A few things we forgot are follow up e-mails, thank you emails etc.
Have new questions? Reach out to us on our website.
We had a great conversation about what we need to do for job interviews. Join us today as we look through skills specifically for job interviews and some general communication skills.
It might be hard right now to find a "job" so when you get a chance to interview you jump on it. Here are some ideas on how to prepare and what to say when you get in there.
A few things we forgot are follow up e-mails, thank you emails etc.
Have new questions? Reach out to us on our website.
Welcome to doctoring decrypted today. We're going to talk about jobs. And the interview skills. How fun is that? It's not going to be about Steve jobs. Just normal jobs.
Dad:Oh,
Ashton:that was gonna be more fun than Steve.
Dad:Steve's my bestie. Is he? Yeah. Yeah. All right. Was okay. There you go. That's trying to figure that one out.
Welcome to Adulting Decrypted. We are your hosts. I'm Gene and I'm starting my first year of college. I'm Ashton. I'm a music performer, composer, and educator. I'm Gene a high school senior. I'm Roscoe the dad. Those are my three sons, and this is Adulting Decrypted where we discuss ways to become adults and the things we need to know to be successful at life.
Dad:Anybody make any friends over the. A couple weeks since we talked about that in college. Yeah, I mean, sorry, g, go. No, please, please go. Sorry,
Gene:Met a new person named Stephen, met him after a class. There's like cookies and stuff outside, so we just eat it and started talking about like, how. Like all this good stuff, you know, like how Jar, Jar, Binks is really a Sith lord. You know? It's
Dad:the good stuff. Classic. Yep. All the good stuff. Well, good. That's awesome that you met somebody new and it was, it was Steve, was his last name jobs or is it a different
Gene:Did a different, different, different person.
Dad:Okay. Yeah. Getting your, you're about to say something about friends.
Gideon:Oh, I was just gonna answer that like. I've just strengthened friendships, I guess, since last time. Talked to people that I don't talk to as much, but I don't know if any new friends
Dad:were made. Good. Hey, that's still progress, I was thinking a lot about tribes today. It was one of the things that we talked about and how to grow your tribe and, and jump into that circle. And just thinking tomorrow, I'm going skiing with a buddy. I used to work with and I've been reaching out to just old contacts and friends and trying to rekindle kind of like what you did get in, but I'm also talking to complete strangers just to practice it.'cause there's, there's no cost, as we talked about transactional relationships, you might as well, Hey, how you doing? You know, whatever. Look like the weird guy. It doesn't matter. But it could be my age too. Yeah. So I guess before we get started on jobs, why do we need a job? Let's start there. You need monies? Yeah, but for what? To live everything. Live. Freaking
Ashton:everything, man.
Gene:Like you
Dad:know,
Gene:only the essentials like food and water and shelter. You really like the only things you really need to survive well and to make a lot easier like cars. Being able to listen to broadcasts.
Dad:Just, just those fun things, huh? Yeah. Well, you know, one of the interesting things is I was looking at the rising cost of food, right? The rising cost of everything really. From 2021, 8%, you know, increased 5%. The year after that, they're claiming. Just over four last year, which we know if you look at the cost of things, it's not true. So just to eat right, you need a, need a job. And then all the other fun stuff you guys talked about. You know, it's kind of, kind of scary right now just, and you guys are, I don't know if you guys are feeling this yet this year being 2024, we've already lost over 10,000 tech jobs. Pretty big drop. Would that be from
Gideon:AI
Dad:and stuff like that? Mm. Some of it's ai. Some of it's just the fact that poorly ran programs and, and processes, you know, and, and lost 200 and 260,000 in the last quarter of 20 twenty-three. So a lot of people are getting hit with the job market loss right now. Yeah. They say that they're adding jobs. You know, you look at some of the bureau statistics and they say there's, there's about 1.2 jobs for every person, but if you look at'em, those are your lower end, your fast food. Some of those jobs that aren't really desired, it's not saying they're not important, they're just not, not as highly sought a which has led to, and listener will post this on our blog, but if you look it. The educated job seeker. Right now, the interview process without receiving an offer is happened about 52% of the people, which is kind of interesting. Yeah, I,
Ashton:well, I saw a video the other day. It was of a guy. He, he, he was, I think he was actually in the tech industry. But he said he applied for thousands of jobs. And, and hadn't received a single offer
Dad:in over six months. Yeah. Which is crazy. It's happening, you know, and it, and it, it is. And what's interesting on that though, Ashton is the high school diploma guy is actually getting more callback than the college guy.'cause the, the demand for pay and the jobs that are there, so really that's why it's important, what we're gonna talk about tonight. And really the, the premise is being ready for the job interview, being ready to present yourself, talk about yourself. That's what we're gonna cover tonight with adulting decrypted. The first thing that, that is critical is your communication skills. We've talked about communication a bunch, right? We were just talking about how to find a friend, but the verbal communication. And non-verbal communication and then listening skills are the kind of the three areas to cover in in the communication skills. Verbal communication.
Gideon:Exactly what we're doing. Talking, I
Dad:presume. No. Yeah. It's very valid. And then we get the non-verbal. What's the non-Verbal band
Gene:gestures, like the way you hold your body. What you do with your hands while you're talking. Your face expressions.
Dad:All of it. Yeah. Yeah. Great. Great. Gene. And then the listening skills. What's an active listener? I, I like to smile. Gideon. That's a good, good active listening. Maybe.
Gideon:Well, I just smile'cause I think of a blog post that we
Ashton:we
Dad:had Yeah. About how to make friends in college,
Gideon:right? Yeah. And you had to be an
Dad:active listener, so That's right. So verbal communication in a job interview, it's, it's important to articulate use proper language for the group that you're trying to impress, right? If you're, you don't want to use some of your street slang, you know, you don't wanna ums. You know, you want to think through, how do I wanna present, what do I need to present? Who am I talking to? Then nonverbal communication. Jean, you just did a great example of where you're shaking your head. You're like, yeah, I like what dad's saying. I'm buying into that. Yeah. Any, any thoughts on that? I've
Gene:heard this is Tistic. I don't remember where it was. I don't remember how true it is, but like, what was the percentage? I think it was like 80%. The communication we pick up on is nonverbal. And then it's like 30% is like, no, and then it's like 20% is what you 10% is what you say, and then 20% is how you say it or something like that. I don't,
Dad:I don't know. But yeah, I think you're right. I think there's a, a lot of it is how we're engaged in the room. For example, when I am in a job interview situation, I'm sitting on the front of my seat. I'm not hunched back. I'm not laid back. Even if the, even if the interviewer is right, I slide myself forward. I get to the edge of my seat, not in their face, but I'm leaning forward. I'm sitting up straight. I'm looking'em in the eye, right? Those are all nonverbal. It's all critical. It also blows into that, rolls into. The listening skill that we're talking about, right? We're actively listening. Any questions on communication? I feel like we've covered that a lot. Quite a few different, yeah, I think so. Well, the next one is company research. And back when I was doing this, initially when I was looking for jobs, a lot harder to find about companies and trying to do some, some research on the company and understand what their mission was, what their values were. What do they think is important? It's all critical as as far as the interview process. Finally, interviewing with a company. How do you find this information? I mean, every
Ashton:company's got a website
Dad:nowadays. Absolutely. Absolutely. Any other thoughts? Well, I mean,
Ashton:you can find their mission statement if you know someone that's worked there for them before. I applied for a job once. It was using drones to map out like house ceilings, so like for re-shingling stuff. And did not do great at that job interview, but something I could have done was maybe talk to the individual who gave me the lead about what that sort of culture was like and what, what people were looking for.
Dad:Didn't do that. I like that. Reach out to your network, right? If, especially if you know somebody that's in the, in the industry or at the company. I found it pretty interesting when I went for my Amazon job interview. There's people that are actually doing blogs and a bunch of stuff on YouTube about how do you be successful at Amazon job interview. They told me exactly what they were gonna ask, and then when I was being an interview for Amazon and I was interviewing people, I was surprised at how many people didn't even Google it, didn't even look and say, what are some of the questions they're gonna ask? What's the star method? Which is what they're big on. It's, it's subject time and like how you contribute it. I can't remember all the stuff. Now. I go look it up real quick. In 30 seconds, I could tell you what it is and, and so that research is important, but learn to look it up
Ashton:would not serve
Dad:you well. No, but if, if I knew that going into it, I'd be prepared. Right. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. It's sitting in the interview. It's a little late.
Gene:That's something that kind of strikes me as interesting because when I've gone to jobs before, it's been like, okay, yeah, well I'm gonna go over this place. But it's mainly for your less sought after jobs. Like you were talking about, like working as like a janitor in a movie theater, working food or like retail. I. With Walmart. I think it's, it's not one of those places that are gonna have a bunch of, of those bigger things, but yes, if you're, if you're trying to impress, I'd say definitely look it up.
Dad:Something I never thought of before. In this type of a job market, it probably makes sense to look it up and, and more so on the next point I was gonna bring up Jean, which is understand the role you're going in for, right? So if you're, if you're going in, for me, I'm looking at a higher-end job. I'm gonna look at. What did that company do? One of the questions I asked was, why did the last person leave? You know, so I, I'm digging into what their roles and responsibilities are before I even sat down.
Gideon:Yeah. And I like where you're going with that too, is not just answering questions, but asking questions as well. I'm not sure if that's later on your list, but
Dad:I know active listening, we've covered it. So this is, I love where your head's at. That's fair
Gideon:and like. Yeah, just as a further explanation of active listening is like I said, just coming in even with some questions, like you said why'd the last person leave? Or like, one that I heard from my marketing teacher at Mtek Mountain Lion Technical College is what is the best day and the worst day at work look like? I like that. And if they're like, oh, there's no worst day, you know, you're not talking to the right person because there's always a worst day. So it's like, and that'll, you know, show you part of the work environment and just be prepared with interesting questions, and that can give you more of a, an assertive nature in your interview.
Dad:Yeah, I, I love it. And you know, some of those questions, this isn't where you say, what's the pay? How many hours do I have to work a week? But you're asking kind of thought provoking questions. What's your big goals that you're trying to accomplish? I loved it when somebody did ask me that, you know, what's, what are you trying to get done? Where's your company going? So I give the listener a little perspective. I know my kids know this, but I've probably interviewed over 2000 people for jobs. I do a lot of warehousing. I interview a lot of people, and you'd be surprised at what people tell me in an interview. First off that I'm not allowed to ask and, and I'm not even allowed to make a note of it, but it makes me very uncomfortable sometimes some of the stuff that's been said. You know, and I just disclose, you know, while, while we're talking about this a little bit, you know, as you're preparing and researching the role, look at, as we're trying to figure out the company culture, I, I hired a lot of felons because of what I do. I'm not afraid of it. But I will ask a follow up question. Right. The only time that I've had to fire people is if they don't disclose. If they're not up front. If they don't tell us. Because it's one of the questionnaires, mark, just be honest. And, and one thing that I
Gene:think is interesting is that you said think about what job you're going in for, because it reminded me of an experience. Where it, it was when I was at Wal-Mart, I went there and I hired, I played for a couple different positions there.'cause
Dad:I was just looking for
Gene:a job. And then when I got there, they, they talked to me, they did the interview and like, sweet, you're hired. And I'm like, sweet. And they're like, oh yeah, we never told you what you were interviewing for. I'm like, no, no. I don't know at all. That's awesome. And so that's something that I thought was
Dad:interesting. That is
Ashton:an experience I also had at Walmart. Throwing that in there.
Gideon:Funny thing, the experience I had at Walmart, I didn't even have an interview. They just started talking about schedules. I'm like, I guess I'm hired. Like, I don't know. I didn't even have to talk to anybody about it. So it was a
Dad:plus and all three of you guys were hired when it was really a what I would call an employee market, meaning that people were looking for employees so bad. Hey, Gideon, you breathe. You have a pulse, come get a job. Right? Well, yeah. It was that
Ashton:big boom of, of like online buying during covid and like self shopping and like, just the whole market was changing Yeah. In that, in
Dad:that sphere. Yeah. So, hey, and, and now we're more in a employer's market, so you need to employ like how I did that, some of these techniques. So when you're talking about the role that you, you want to tailor your answers towards that role. So for example, I love that you said you talked about going in and being a shopper. I don't know, what are those called? GDP gps, O-G-P-X-Y-O-G-P. Unlike a little bit of research, I did not remember that. What was it called?
Gene:The OGP Online
Dad:Grocery Pickup. Look at that. How fancy is that acronym? So you're going in for that job and you, you're trying to figure out who you're, what you're gonna do, reach out to one of your friends who's doing it. You might know somebody there might go watch a little bit and see what people are doing. Say, Hey, you know, do you mind if I ask you what job you're doing here at Walmart? They'll tell you, most people don't care. They're just doing a job. And you can figure out a little bit. That way you can tailor your answers towards it. For example, Ashwin, what's a strength? If I'm interviewing you for an OGP role, I'd say, Hey, what's one of your strengths? What might be an answer you could give me? I'm really good at lifting milk. Okay. Can you tell me a little bit more about that experience?
Ashton:Oh, yeah. Well, all growing up my, my parents, well my mom, she'd come home from Costco and be like, I just bought. 18 gallons of milk, can you carry them? I'll be like, I got you. And I'd do that. And so did you say 18 gallons? One, eight? I mean, sometimes it was more, sometimes it was less. It
just
Dad:kind of depended on, okay. So that's how Ashton did. We'll rate him in a second. Gene, if I were to ask you the same question, Hey Gene, what makes you qualified for OGP? TQ? XYZ? I can't remember what, I can't remember where I stopped that. Well, right after the bomb,
Gene:what one strength I feel like I have that would fit well with this job is being able to quickly, but correctly identify items.
Dad:That's perfect. What a great answer. And I'll be like, oh yeah, so you're, I forgot to what you're interviewing for. No. Yeah. Yeah. That's a great answer. Right. So he made it relevant to their job. It is one of Gene's skills. We would all agree that he identifies products and that, that he knows how to move quickly. So that, that's great. Great answer. There was no lying, there was no fibbing. It was very honest and direct. Yeah, so any, any thoughts on that before we move on to the next point? The next one that's pretty important is to be adaptable. And what that means is they're probably gonna give you a problem-solving question, right? Especially if you're going for a higher-end job. You're ready to discuss this situation where you face the challenge and the challenge and how you overcame it. Right? I've been asked that question probably. I've had eight real jobs with W-II jobs, and I've been asked in every one of them, tell me your biggest challenge and how did you overcome it? Amazon's was worded a little bit different. Tell me about the most money you've ever saved and how did you accomplish it? But it's the same principle. Gideon, how would you answer that job and what job would you be going for? So not saying OGP, but let's say it's a different company. I'd say what's one of your biggest obstacles and how did you overcome it?
Gideon:One of the biggest obstacles that I face is knowing the right thing to do, the right decisions to make. And how I often overcome those is laying out pros and cons as well as seeing where I would like to be in the future, maybe looking at my goals, and then I can directly and accurately make those decisions
Dad:perfect. See, employers value somebody. That's one insightful, right? Gene said, oh, or Gideon. Sorry, I've never done this. Listener with both of the back. It's hard again. Gideon looked at himself and said, Hey, that's a great question. One of the things I have is, there's so many options in today's world. There's so many opportunities. I have to make a pro and con list, and then I know which way to go. So you can critically think, you can prioritize. Employers love that kind of stuff. Great answer. That would be, you know, the ability to solve a problem and, and have these stories kinda in the back of your mind. I, I have eight or nine case studies that I have ready to go at a drop of a hat because now instead of traditionally getting job interviews, I'm now talking to business owners and telling'em how I can help them. And so some of that is me still doing the research. What's their problem? What's gonna be their biggest problems? What's their values? What's important to them? The next one is in adaptability is be flexible. What's one of the things we say? The only thing that's certain in life is change. Everything's always changing they want a candidate who can succeed in changing circumstances or even unseen'cause they don't know everything, especially on some of these higher end jobs. So you'd wanna think of a story of when was I adaptable? What did I do that was adaptable? What did I do to help facilitate a change or process? What would one of those questions look like if a employer's trying to gauge your flexibility? I. So what would be a
Gene:question I'd ask as an employer? Or how would I answer as an employee?
Dad:Yeah. What, what, what would a,'cause sometimes we think, how do I answer a question, but we don't think of all the questions. What would be one of the questions an employer would ask that really they're asking How adaptable are you? One question that comes to my thought is, how do you do with ambiguity? How do you do if I don't define every step of your job for you? And can you tell me about a, a situation where you've had that and how you succeeded? I
Ashton:think, I think another one that I think of is if, like, if you're talking about changing processes is like have there been any situations where you've gotten into something? And you've had to change the whole process. Like have you ever been tasked with this job that you're volunteering before? So can you, have you demonstrated this skill that you claim to be
Dad:offering? Right? And so you're asking them exactly for a very specific example, that's a great point. Action. Asking somebody how they adapted in a changing environment or having to revamp a whole system. Really helps me as an employer evaluate are you the right candidate for this changing environment that I'm currently in and that you can help me with? And then there's other times if I was interviewing like a quality control, some person I'd wanna say, well, tell me about a time that you were able to repeat a task over and over. And you need to think through that on the fly. But if you know what job and what role you're going for, you've probably thought of some of those questions and how they pertain to you. Another question I'd, I'd bring up
Gene:for flexibility, kind of like a, on the same side of it, but at a different perspective, would be like, has there ever been a time when you've dealt with a, like a hard customer or someone that's brought opposition to you? If so, how were you able to, like, how was that experience like for
Dad:you? How would you
Ashton:answer that question, gene? Just outta curiosity.
Gene:Well,
Dad:you
Gene:see what, what I would talk about is the, the second call that happened that night that you guys are thinking of where we, we talked and he is like, they're very kind and they're like, okay, so like you realize that this didn't happen. So I was able to go to someone else who knew the answer and be able to talk to them like, Hey, what do we offer? That can help them in this situation. And so then we were able to write down the product, find it, and give it to'em, all nice and dandy. Unlike the the first situation, which didn't go quite as well, let's just put it that way, because it wasn't anyone else for me to talk to. And they were getting mad at me for that, and it was really busy, and other part was stressful, but I'd probably do better now, maybe.
Dad:I love that you, you realized you had two situations you could have shared and you chose the one that showed that you demonstrated fortitude and courage and, and changed. Right? Even if, even if somebody said, Hey, Jean, I was listening to the podcast. I heard you said, my name's Jean. Come at me. You could say, yeah, that's a great story, and that is pretty funny. However, I grew from that experience and this is what I learned. Right. And then you go into that story of how, oh, the next customer or next customer after I evaluated how I handled the one before, employers aren't upset that you screwed up, you know, unless if you did it on my watch, right? Or, or was blatant. I had one employer when I first started, I lost him 10 grand right out of the shoot. And I said, oh, mark, are you gonna fire him? He goes, why'd I fire you? I just spent 10 grand training you. You know, and I'm like, oh, that's awesome. Well then I found him 20 grand and I said, look, I made you 20 grand. Do I get a bonus? He goes, I didn't take the 10 grand away from you. I'm not gonna give you my 20 grand.'cause you saved it. You know, so it it, it was really helpful for me, but I could share that story now in a positive light like Jean is doing. Hey, I realized that I needed to slow down and check my numbers before I spoke and this is the bad and this is what good came from it, and this is what I learned. So it's not a bad thing necessarily to share a bad experience as long as it has a great ending. The next one is emotional intelligence and, and really we put a lot of emphasis on this right now in the society. Long gone are the days that I can walk into work and be like, there was some guys at Ford that had a rule that told their employees. You can't talk to me for 30 minutes'cause my coffee hasn't kicked. And he, he would always use some explicitives. He was a supervisor and he'd say, don't talk to me for 30 minutes. Leave me alone. Not really emotionally intelligent, right? He's very much old school. So the first thing is to be self-aware. And the next one is to show empathy. So self-awareness is understand your strength, weaknesses, areas of focus, things you're trying to grow. What are you trying to improve on? Be prepared to share those experiences like Gene just shared other experiences. I like the way you worded yours, Gideon. Well, I know that I struggle sometimes making a decision. This is how I handle it, right? That shows an employer that you're really intuitive and that you really think, and that you, you understand what it takes to be successful. So when they say, what's your greatest success? What are you gonna tell'em? Are you gonna tell'em a time did a backflip off of a ski jump? Is that probably what they're looking for?
Gideon:I think that that could depend on what job you're applying
Dad:for. Totally agree. Because you've done your research, right? Yeah. If your boss is a skier, it could work too. So there are times, and you're showing emotional intelligence, and then there's other times that that might not show what you need'em to, and, and that's situational the second time I went for a to teach skiing, I showed up in a suit. I think I shared that story with you guys. Not really the right outfit or costume or presentation. She wasn't offended. She wasn't bogged. She's just like, oh yeah, you're a little overdressed. But I appreciate the effort. You know, so it wasn't, but I sometimes you gotta be familiar with your surroundings. I love going into a company and already knowing what their culture is and dressing one step better just to show that I respect, but I'm not gonna show up in a suit and tie. Well in knowing
Ashton:the culture too, in tandem with emotional intelligence. When I was working in a movie theater, it was like after school and I was like, well, I went home and I showered and I was running late and I walked in probably. Two to five minutes late. It wasn't like super late, it was still late. And my manager, we like, had a fun relationship and so when I walked in he is like, what the heck? And pretended to be super upset about it, but the general manager was sitting in the office and I heard this and he came out and pulled me into his office and he was like, why were you late? And I told him, I was like, oh yeah, I just, I set an alarm'cause I was taking a shower and I missed it. And so I was late. And he goes, well, what can you do better next time? And I said, come up with a better story. Now, it would've landed with my manager, but he was like, so you're lying to me? And I said, no, no, no, no, no, no. I was just trying to be funny, but I'm sorry. No. Next time I'll be, I'll do this. I don't remember what I said. But yeah. So knowing, knowing your audience
Dad:is important. Thank you so much, Ashley. I love the great story. The other one is show empathy, On that emotional intelligence side, try and come understand what the employer's looking for. They could be having a stressful day, right? They could be having a lot going on. And then what would their colleagues and what other clients or supervisors be, right? A good question would be, well, who's your customer? You know, who would I, who am I gonna be serving? How am I gonna be helping? So you're showing empathy. You're trying to get into their shoes and, and understand what's going on in their culture. I really believe one of the reasons why I landed this client is I'm like, I've sat in your chair and when you're done on Friday afternoon, you're tired. You can't do anymore. You just want to go home and relax. Yeah. You know that that's right where I'm at. That's what I'm feeling at the end of a work. You don't need a consultant telling you what to do, you're tired, you're done. So in the job interview skill, I knew the position, I knew what I was going for, and I showed some empathy, I talked through what she's probably feeling or feeling. Is that harder to do on a, on an hourly transactional job? Maybe, but maybe not. What are some of the things you can now empathize having worked at Walmart? What are some of the things you could empathize that a manager's going through on a given day? Employees
Gene:not showing up, calling in sick the last minute and just rude customers having to manage everybody's schedules and get it just nice and neat so that it works for everybody, even though it's never gonna just work for
Dad:everybody. And right there, gene, you hit it on the head. You're like, Hey, I'm, I'm, I, I, I'm on time. I show up. I'm gonna do the work that you asked me to do. Right. That could be one of your strengths. You know, I, Hey, I appreciate that. People call off, I try and show up for all my shifts. You know, something like that. You're playing towards that. Sometimes I get the worst shift, and I don't, I'm not really excited about it. But you're not gonna hear me complain, you know, whatever it is. Even if you're gonna complain, you just wanna put forward a good attitude. And that's the next step. And last one I have is positive attitude. Enthusiasm goes a long way. I've sat and I've interviewed person. I look across the desk and think, are you here because you want to be here? Or is your. Significant other is your parole officer who's making you come and sit here across the table for me.'cause right now you don't wanna be here. And I don't want you here because I'm tired of this interview already. How does enthusiasm show up when you're in that environment?
Gideon:I know this isn't quite the question that you're going after. But a point that I would like to add is the difference between confidence and arrogance. Because like
Dad:confidence and I love it. That is my next point, Gideon. So you must be reading from my playbook. So yeah, talk about confidence. I love it. Just
Gideon:I feel like confidence can tie with enthusiasm. Absolutely. Because a lot of confidence is like feeling good about yourself and when you're feeling good. A lot of it. Translate into enthusiasm. So if you're feeling good, you're like, you know, like you said, excited to be there. You're confident and you just look a lot better to the interviewer, like you had
Dad:said, dad, you know, as Reddits were, we get some of our topics, we, I have good conversation with listeners, so I appreciate it, and one of the questions that was asked is, do I shake the hand of the person before or after the interview? What's your answer to that? Why not both? You hit it. You said exactly what I did. I said extend your hand on both the the on the start and the end. Because it shows confidence,? Look them in the eye and then to your point, getting arrogance is, I don't need this job, this job's below me. What? You want me to be an OGP? I am. I'm an OG brother. I don't need OGP, you know? That's right, that's right. Rolling down the street in my Anyways, living in the eight-O-one.
Ashton:That's right. The eight. Oh or three-eight-five. Depending on what generation you're from
Dad:or when your parents got your cell phone for you, that's yeah, so, so show forward that confidence. You're excited about the job, you're enthusiastic about what you're doing, and let's be honest. You should be excited about life anyways. If you finally got the job interview, you're excited to be there. If this is just a practice job, you're just excited to talk to somebody, it does you no good to show up and be angry and bitter. If that's the day that you're having call off, Hey look, it's not the right time for me. I don't want to be here. Whatever. I'd much rather you have you cancel coming into a job interview than coming in angry, bitter. So there we did not cover in this episode because I don't think it's relevant. You can easily Google what are the top five interview questions. So go Google'em, go look at'em. Go figure out what people are gonna ask you. We've talked about'em before too, so it's true. Yeah. But now I want you to think about the top five things that you can do to prepare. Which is what we've talked about, which is being work on your communication skills, prepare and research the company, be adaptable, show emotional intelligence, and have a positive attitude. Yeah. Thanks dad for
Gideon:Thanks dad, for rounding it all up and of course, like always we'd love to hear how your experiences go. Like that said, we have. I read it and I think we have a Reddit page. Yep, we do. We have a subreddit, so, you know, add your stories there. We'd love to hear them. And if you don't have Reddit, we also have everything else. Yeah. All the social medias DM us or email us even.
Dad:Hey, you know, getting along those lines of DM, I had somebody DM me directly and ask, Hey, can I share your episode listener? Remember ACT episode three. It was on, sex torsion, sorry. For some reason I struggle with that word reached out to me and said, Hey, can I share this with my dad? Because he's also in that age group and there's a victim group. And I did some more research and found out that two-thirds of a, two thirds of the victim right now in, in 2023 were actually 50 and older. And why wouldn't they be? They have the most money to target, so. Didn't think about it, but she did'cause she was thinking of her dad. So thank you for doing that. I'm not gonna disclose your name'cause I don't want to embarrass you, but happy to drop names in here. This isn't one that I should though, but, so yeah. Please message us. We appreciate it.
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Gideon:Yep, I can hear him. Can you hear me? Mic? I can't really tell.
Ashton:Sound fine to me. Gene, does it sound fine to you? Recording started at 1
Dad:0
Ashton:1. Nope, that's not what I wanna do here. I got a free
Dad:trial of, so we're chilling.
Ashton:What does that mean? Like there's no time limit? Because I used a different account account, but I have to start this. Messing with camera audio. Okay, I got it. Yeah. 3,
Dad:2, 1.
Gideon:Oh, I was just changing it.
Ashton:Screen recording. Started at Measure sixty-six. Gene, have you started recording yourself? I did, yes. Okay. Dean started recording before
Gene:50. Do you want me to stop and start again?
Ashton:No, no, no. You're good. You're good. Okay. Longer the better. It was actually relatively simple lining up the audio files with the
Dad:video. I was surprised.
Gene:That's good. That's good.
Ashton:I believe I have done everything I need to do,