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   6/20/09

   Stillthinking

   Good luck!

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   6/20/09

   timethief

   You are going to do just fine -- good luck!
   
   It's my experience that the worst things people said to me in interviews were things they volunteered. IMO the best approach is to answer questions truthfully and fully, and read body language and facial expression when you reply to them. What you "read" will help you know where to expand and where to truncate.

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      6/20/09

      Epicharis

      good advice...if only I had a video phone!
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   6/20/09

   Epicharis

   thank ye!

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4. 

   6/20/09

   Epicharis

   I'm still nervous though... coming across as likeable is not something I'm all that good at!

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5. 

   6/20/09

   wagerwitch

   Good Luck - and chin up!

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6. 

   6/20/09

   writings

   best of luck!!! may you get the best job!! Chin up!!

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7. 

   6/20/09

   wagerwitch

   And I don't believe that you can't come across as likeable.
   
   That's just not what I see in you - and if they are the right people - that is NOT what they will see in you either.

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      6/20/09

      Epicharis

      *hug* you so nice!
8. 

   6/20/09

   Rozie818

   My luck be with you grasshopper. ;-)

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9. 

   6/20/09

   Agit8r

   Don't mention your religious views...
   
   And have some coffee

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10. 

    6/20/09

    omega

    Good Luck! Use a Darth Vader voice changer, I think you'll come off as more friendlier that way.

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11. 

    6/20/09

    Epicharis

    hahaha! Nice advice, guys!
    
    I just got an email from a Mormon family in NY offering $4000 a month to be their live-in nanny...if only I was capable of making it more than a day without starting a religious debate! damn...

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    1. 

       6/20/09

       Agit8r

       I wonder if "live-in nanny" is Mormon-code for something 0_o
    2. 

       6/20/09

       nothingprofound

       It's a hoax. There are no Mormons in NY.
    3. 

       6/20/09

       Epicharis

       how do you know there aren't any Mormons in NY? are they registered on a database?! hehe...it certainly did look too good to be true, though...
       
       also, Agit8r...naughty!
    4. 

       6/20/09

       Agit8r

       Massechusetts had a Mormon governor awhile back
       
       speaking of DATABASES though... spinoff thread!
    5. 

       6/20/09

       Stillthinking

       Maybe Siuil should watch "Big Love" in order to prep for her new "position"
    6. 

       6/20/09

       Epicharis

       hahaha!
    7. 

       6/20/09

       nothingprofound

       @Siuil: Yes, I belong to MormonWatch. We're on the job 24 hours a day.
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       6/20/09

       Epicharis

       haha!
       
       
       That was a joke, right? It's hard to tell with Americans!
12. 

    6/20/09

    nothingprofound

    Be positive and enthusiastic and let your intelligence shine through.
    
    The worst thing would being dull and giving one word answers.

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13. 

    6/20/09

    dcarroll

    Good Luck.
    
    No need to be nervous. You'll do great.

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14. 

    6/20/09

    Epicharis

    I'm feeling much happier now that I'm listening to a fave song of mine though she was supposed to call 'around 5 or 6' ...so hopefully she'll call soon!

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15. 

    6/20/09

    MissSuzie

    Good luck to you! Phone interviews can be worse than "in person" ones. You can't read their body language and adjust accordingly. I wish you well!
    
    And don't mention that you are a recovering kleptomaniac.

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16. 

    6/20/09

    gtally

    Best of luck. Go get 'em, tiger!

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17. 

    6/20/09

    Epicharis

    I have returned from the 2 minute phone interview...not so much an interview as a 'come to dinner on Monday'...eek!

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    1. 

       6/20/09

       Agit8r

       you need an acting coach, huh
       
       jk. Are you good with kids?
    2. 

       6/20/09

       Epicharis

       haha! Yeah, I am good with kids...believe it or not! Plus, it allows me to be bossy legitimately...
    3. 

       6/20/09

       Agit8r

       BONUS! lol
    4. 

       6/20/09

       Anok

       Well good luck on the dinner then, since I missed the good luck on the 2 minute phone interview bit...
       
       
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       6/20/09

       Epicharis

       hehe...thanks Anok
       
       hmm...what to wear? Need to find an outfit that is simultaneously smart, fun, makes me look active but makes me look like a responsible adult...right...
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       6/20/09

       Agit8r

       dress up like Mary Poppins
    7. 

       6/20/09

       Epicharis

       hahahahaha! excellent idea! why didn't I think of that?! Hmm...Nanny McPhee is a little more contemporary, perhaps I'll stick on a few warts...
    8. 

       6/20/09

       Agit8r

       Mary poppins is better known... that would really freak them out.
       
       I have always wanted to make a hidden camera style web video of prank job interviews. Never really figured out how to pull it off though.
    9. 

       6/20/09

       Anok

       There's a guy now with a "cyber eye" he's got a camera in his glass eye. you should try that for taping pranks
    10. 

        6/20/09

        Agit8r

        do I have to pluck an eye out? o_0
    11. 

        6/20/09

        Epicharis

        no half measures...are you a true prankster?!
    12. 

        6/20/09

        Agit8r

        appearently not