Had an interview at Geek Squad.... went HORRIBLE

[Soundmanred]

Don't give them a transcript.

 

[DrPizza]

Perhaps the environment where I work (high school teacher) is different, but we request transcripts. If someone's transcript had that ratio of B's and C's to A's, they wouldn't even get in for an interview. If there were just a couple of C's, they'd be questioned about them during the interview.

That said, wtf are you doing showing your transcript to Best Buy?? They don't care. Ditto Geek Squad.

 

[TallBill]

Perhaps the environment where I work (high school teacher) is different, but we request transcripts. If someone's transcript had that ratio of B's and C's to A's, they wouldn't even get in for an interview. If there were just a couple of C's, they'd be questioned about them during the interview.

That said, wtf are you doing showing your transcript to Best Buy?? They don't care. Ditto Geek Squad.

Its a shame when transcripts are looked at so closely. Wanna know how smart I am? Ask me a few fucking questions!! :awe:

 

[SKORPI0]

I am thinking maybe it is my college transcript that is hurting me???? I have been showing it to every place I apply at interviews.

Stop doing that, show it if asked for. Good luck. :hmm:

 

[DrPizza]

Its a shame when transcripts are looked at so closely. Wanna know how smart I am? Ask me a few fucking questions!! :awe:

Well, if you're looking for someone smart, and don't want to screw around interviewing every single applicant for a job, a good place to start is looking at their transcripts. Are there smart people with 2.5GPAs? Absolutely. But, if we want people that we're certain know their subject material, we're not going to waste time trying to find those people. If we get 50 applications for a position, what do you suggest we use to narrow the pool down to a manageable number of interviews? Do you really think we'd want to hire a math teacher who got a C in Calculus I in college? We have to hire substitute teachers to come in to free the teachers participating in the interview. Interviews last an hour. Do you really think we are going to take a chance on calling in people with 2.5 GPAs when we have a pile of people who had 3.7 GPAs? Sure, if we interview 5 candidates, at the end of the interview process, we might decide "nope, none of them." and go back through the resumes, transcripts, etc., looking for a few more to interview.

 

[enwar3]

Don't listen to the haters, just keep trying =)

They are correct on the transcript issue though - don't show your transcript unless it's asked for. People will interview you to determine what qualities you have that *aren't* on paper, so try to focus on those. Good luck!

 

[Moonbeam]

I don't post much but I gotta say you guys are rough. LOL

They have to be, those rough ones; they feel worthless and are thrilled to find somebody to put down. Rough is another word for insecurity.

 

[TallBill]

Well, if you're looking for someone smart, and don't want to screw around interviewing every single applicant for a job, a good place to start is looking at their transcripts. Are there smart people with 2.5GPAs? Absolutely. But, if we want people that we're certain know their subject material, we're not going to waste time trying to find those people. If we get 50 applications for a position, what do you suggest we use to narrow the pool down to a manageable number of interviews? Do you really think we'd want to hire a math teacher who got a C in Calculus I in college? We have to hire substitute teachers to come in to free the teachers participating in the interview. Interviews last an hour. Do you really think we are going to take a chance on calling in people with 2.5 GPAs when we have a pile of people who had 3.7 GPAs? Sure, if we interview 5 candidates, at the end of the interview process, we might decide "nope, none of them." and go back through the resumes, transcripts, etc., looking for a few more to interview.

Oh, I get what you're saying, and I get why places do it. But in a perfect world, you'd maybe have them show you some of their knowledge. I got an A in macroeconomics and remember nearly nothing. I also got a D in keyboarding and type 50+ wpm with less than 3 errors per 5 minutes or 70+ wpm with more errors. But yes, I do think that a 2.5 should be thrown out. There's no way that I'd assume that someone with a 3.7 can teach better than someone with a 3.0 though.

 

[guyver01]

They have to be, those rough ones; they feel worthless and are thrilled to find somebody to put down. Rough is another word for insecurity.

Hate to tell ya this Moonie... but the real world isn't all gumdrops and lollipops.

People will tell you how they feel to your face.

If they can't handle it on an internet forum... they should stay in mommy's basement playing MMOs or XBox.

 

[TallBill]

They have to be, those rough ones; they feel worthless and are thrilled to find somebody to put down. Rough is another word for insecurity.

Or honesty.

 

[Sea Moose]

Hate to tell ya this Moonie... but the real world isn't all gumdrops and lollipops.

People will tell you how they feel to your face.

If they can't handle it on an internet forum... they should stay in mommy's basement playing MMOs or XBox.

i totally agree with this statement

 

[Acanthus]

You got a B in ethics, you're overqualified for geek squad.

Retake it and fail. Then reapply.

 

[Moonbeam]

Hate to tell ya this Moonie... but the real world isn't all gumdrops and lollipops.

People will tell you how they feel to your face.

If they can't handle it on an internet forum... they should stay in mommy's basement playing MMOs or XBox.

I know, and that's why I told you that you're a piece of shit right to your face because if you're a piece of shit on the internet you're a piece of shit everywhere. A piece of shit, for example, would describe folk in need of decorum, dignity, and empathetic help as worthless basement nerds if they can't stand a kick in the nuts. And thus it is that worthless turds flatter themselves that they are real men doing real deeds out there in the cold hard real world when all they are in reality are cowardly little jackals nipping at other people's heals because they never developed into anything resembling a human being.

 

[guyver01]

would describe folk in need of decorum, dignity, and empathetic help as worthless basement nerds if they can't stand a kick in the nuts.

you must be a guidance councellor...
because the last person i met with no idea how the real world worked was a high school guidance councellor.

grats... you must be very good at your "job"

 

[Moonbeam]

DS9VOY, I hear this guy on the radio where I live and he has, I think, some interesting things to say that may benefit you.

http://www.martynemko.com/

 

[Rubycon]

LOL all this time I thought a geek squad was a tech site! :biggrin:

 

[Moonbeam]

you must be a guidance councellor...
because the last person i met with no idea how the real world worked was a high school guidance councellor.

grats... you must be very good at your "job"

The real world, my dear child, is the piece of shit world you've created in your imagination, the world in which a little turd lays claim to being a somebody. Your real world may fall down one day and you may find your inner self is empty, that you were just stuffing in a shirt.

"Oh how the words love harmony and beauty have pulled at the human being for centuries, but besides these things you may ask what there is. Besides these things there is nothing. Have a care that you don't die without ever having lived.

 

[Crono]

LOL all this time I thought a geek squad was a tech site! :biggrin:

Geek Squad is for wannabe computer experts.

The elite - like me - work for Nerd Herd

 

[guyver01]

The real world, my dear child, is the piece of shit world you've created in your imagination.

The real world, oh delusioned one... is one where a 27 year old with minimal job experience goes to best buy ... shows the manager his college transcript with B's & C's... gets told "not that impressive" ... and wonders why they didn't hire him.

Did i image that?

did i image the fact that the OP has 7 years of job experience, and doesn't know how to create a resume?



The real world.... is a harsh mistress... and those who learn to command her are the ones that end up going places.

 

[Sea Moose]

The real world, my dear child, is the piece of shit world you've created in your imagination, the world in which a little turd lays claim to being a somebody. Your real world may fall down one day and you may find your inner self is empty, that you were just stuffing in a shirt.

"Oh how the words love harmony and beauty have pulled at the human being for centuries, but besides these things you may ask what there is. Besides these things there is nothing. Have a care that you don't die without ever having lived.

sorry moonie, but the difference between you and guyver? Guyver has a job.

You must accept the cold harsh reality that the world is a wise and beautiful woman. With a capital C.

What you could do is invest in your resume and pay a profession to review it for you and perhaps take some job interview coaching. If you are repeatedly applying for jobs and failing, then you are doing somthing wrong.

Write off previous interviews as experience. Call them back and asked where you went wrong and how you can improve.

Get some coaching, fix your resume and you will land a job.


It is this simple.


call me and guyver dick heads, but you arent going to land a job on a silver platter.

we are just providing you with the reality check you obviously need

 

[guyver01]

Have a care that you don't die without ever having lived.

I have lived..

I have been 6000 feet below the surface of the earth.
I have stood 14,115 feet above the surface of the earth.
I have been in 42 of the 50 states.

I have loved.
I have lost.
I have faced death... and lived.

Can YOU say that?

 

[Sea Moose]

I have lived..

I have been 6000 feet below the surface of the earth.
I have stood 14,115 feet above the surface of the earth.
I have been in 42 of the 50 states.

I have loved.
I have lost.
I have faced death... and lived.

Can YOU say that?

I heard you had butt sexc with a azn midget

 

[guyver01]

I heard you had butt sexc with a azn midget

oh yea.

you haven't lived until you have done that.

:ninja:

 

[0roo0roo]

Its really stupid to leave a transcript of low level classes on your resume for such a job, or any job. It only makes them think you are smoking something and wasting their time. So yes, you wouldn't get hired from that. Its an "are you #%@ kidding me" type of thing. It has no relevance for what they are looking for in their candidates... "what you can do for me?" in other words. They aren't your parent about to give u a gold star, they want to see if you are competent/have common sense. Thats why the interview failed. You failed to show them what they were looking for. Its better to show far less than share too much.

 

[shortylickens]

OK, I think this guy gets the picture.
Never show your transcript, especially if the grades are just decent.