I need to vent!

[jena]

Got a phone call this morning. the job interview I had lined up for Tuesday -- Canceled.
Reason - I have too much experience for a junior position and would rock the boat

How the **** can you have too much experience for the position BEFORE an interview.
Its not like I can walk in, and 15 minutes later know their entire IT system, the ins and out of said system and how to fix any problems they have over their exsisting IT support and engineers.

That blows. That's the opposite to the problem I frequently come across, I keep being told I don't have enough experience. You can't win, eh?

[Bartrim]

That blows. That's the opposite to the problem I frequently come across, I keep being told I don't have enough experience. You can't win, eh?

I love that excuse. My response used to be "Well how can I get experience if you don't give me the job?"

[Hursticon]

I love that excuse. My response used to be "Well how can I get experience if you don't give me the job?"

Annoyingly, that excuse never seemed to work for me...

[heroic_decepticon]

I love that excuse. My response used to be "Well how can I get experience if you don't give me the job?"

I've also heard "We cannot proceed with your application at this stage."

I have a stack of rejection letters from 2004 saved up with all sorts of novel 'excuses' in them, which are a fun read and a good laugh... the AU job market is strange this way (not sure about NZ where you are from Zippo).

[kup]

Got a phone call this morning. the job interview I had lined up for Tuesday -- Canceled.
Reason - I have too much experience for a junior position and would rock the boat

How the **** can you have too much experience for the position BEFORE an interview.
Its not like I can walk in, and 15 minutes later know their entire IT system, the ins and out of said system and how to fix any problems they have over their exsisting IT support and engineers.

I can relate to this. I have gone to a few Interviews in the past for postions that sounded awesome and was denied for the same reason - Too qualified or too experienced for the position.

I was like WTF?

However I later found out through a 3rd party that the whole interview process in one of those companies was a sham to satisfy HR. In reality the interviewer was already pre-set to hire a relative so he needed to make it look 'professional' by holding out interviews and choosing the 'most suitable' candidate.

[SkyWarp91]

I can relate to this. I have gone to a few Interviews in the past for postions that sounded awesome and was denied for the same reason - Too qualified or too experienced for the position.

I was like WTF?

However I later found out through a 3rd party that the whole interview process in one of those companies was a sham to satisfy HR. In reality the interviewer was already pre-set to hire a relative so he needed to make it look 'professional' by holding out interviews and choosing the 'most suitable' candidate.

+1, if you want a job without connections you'll have to go through hell of an effort, took me about 6 months to get my part-time job without any connections. Most of my friends got their jobs through relatives and even the careers expert at my Uni said that 'networking' is the only way you can get a job in today's market. Kind of frustrating really because I hate sucking up to people and presenting myself as something that I'm not.

[kup]

Mouse Hunt: Part Deux.

I was just at my desk shortly after coming back from work. While writing a Sales post on the board () I saw something move fast from the direction of my front door forwards. Since I was looking at this from another room and it was dark, I couldn't make out what it was nor where it went. At first I thought it was a trick of the light so I ignored it but decided to tun on the living room light.

A couple of minutes later while I continued to write the post, my keen eye detected movement again. This time I got a good view of what it was - A Mouse . It darted from the living room into the kitchen and then the laundry. Once it went into the Laundry I knew that I would loose it as I have too many toy boxes there so I decided to set up one of the mouse traps I had from the 'previous incident' and left it at the foot of the laundry entrance.

I decided to stake out the mouse since the laundry is small with no food there so the peanut butter on the trap would be the most appealing thing there for it. This mouse wasn't as stupid as the last one, the peanut butter did attract him but upon noticing the trap he circled around it and out of the laundry. This behavior intrigued me so I decided to stand very still and just observe him since mice threat awareness is mostly based on movement so as long as I didn't make any sudden moves, I was invisible to him.

I noticed the path he chose to move from one end of the kitchen to the other and then he hid under a cupboard out of sight. I decided to watch for a few minutes and during that time he came out of the same spot, observed and took a few steps forward, I made a minor sudden movement like flicking my wrist and it darted back in. We did this a few times and every time he tried to walk out using the same path in which he came from the laundry and upon being frightened went back into the same 'gap' under the cupboard. I decided to put a trap with peanut butter in the opposite direction of his preferred path and see if that attracted him - The smell certainly did but upon noticing the trap, he would ignore it and walk back on his usual path until another sudden movement would make him hide again - This mouse was not to be underestimated.

I decided to try to humanely trap him by leaving an open glass jar on it's side in the hope that he would walk in. When the mouse came out, he was at first frightened by his reflection but then came in closer to inspect the jar from the outside. After a little while, he ignored it and tried to walk back on it's path. I flicked my wrist again and he hid.

Now I decided that play time was over and it was time to trap him. I placed a trap on his preferred path not to attract him but in the hope that he would trip on it - As I expected, he walked around it and continued on the path. I made a sudden move and this time he decided to hid behind the fridge as it was closer. I knew that he would soon attempt to continue on it's path so I placed the mouse trap a bit further on but facing the wall and waited for him to come out. When he did, I frightened him forward and he darted instead of walking - That fright got him to run recklessly and the trap got him

Since he didn't go in head first and just tripped, the trap did not kill him, just caught him but he begun to squick like crazy. Since this mouse had proven himself worthy, I decided to put him in the glass jar and release him outside:


You dirty rat! You killed my Brother!

Although he was active in the jar and did not appear to be in pain, I released him outside on the ground but he didn't run - He just stood there sniffing around. I left him be and went back in.

This time I know that the mouse followed me in from the outside so they are getting in through the front door...I am still shocked that it decided to climb the stairs instead of going to the easier bottom floor units

I have proven that I can outwit the smartest of your kind so DO YOU WANT TO GET NUTS! COME ON! LET'S GET NUTS!!

[UltraMarginal]

as frustrating as it must have been to know you have a mouse, especially after your last epic, that is one cool story. and extremely interesting.

[kaiden]

you know its going to breed....

[Hursticon]

as frustrating as it must have been to know you have a mouse, especially after your last epic, that is one cool story. and extremely interesting.

I agree, but you've got a lot more heart than I do Kup; It wouldn't have of drawn another breath if I'd of gotten a hold of it.