What am I supposed to do for this interview tomorrow?

[fuzzybabybunny]

Went to the career fair today. Went up to the Whirlpool booth. Not sure why. My major is Supply Chain Management and I hardly know anything about Whirlpool and my feelings for working with them are extremely neutral. Yay for.... home appliances?

1. She asked me why I wanted to work for Whirlpool. I said...
Me: I have no idea.
Her: *silence*
Me: You guys do supply chain, right?
Her: Yes
Me: Ok.

2. Asked me where I want to work.
Her: So we have a bunch of places in Ohio.
Me: I want to get as far from Ohio as possible. In fact, out of the Midwest.
Her: Oh. Well, the furthest we go is to Michigan and Tulsa, OK.
Me: Uh, I guess the South is pretty cool.
Her: *looks at me*
Me: Good food! Barbecue! *thumbs up*

3. Gives me one of their few interview slots.
Her: So when can you come in tomorrow?
Me: Uh, what? Uh... *gives times*
Her: Ok. We'll see you then.
Me: Any pointers on what I should know before the interview?
Her: Just be familiar with what we do (she knew I had no idea beyond "you make dishwashers and jacuzzis.")

What in the hell?

 

[shocksyde]

How about you just don't go? That sounds like a crap job

 

[LS21]

she hot? go there and flirt your way to a job

 

[lytalbayre]

Just go and have fun. If you don't have any expectations, you'll probably land the job. You can always refuse, but it might be a good stepping stone.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: LS21
she hot? go there and flirt your way to a job

pics?

 

[cliftonite]

Seems like a good oppurtunity to pad the resume (if you get the job)

 

[Doodoo]

Go...if anything it'll be good practice for future interviews.

 

[duragezic]

Yeah, it's weird some companies like that here, like rather than the other way around, they seek you out for interviews and whatnot. They either really need to hire, or maybe they deal with so many retards that your less than optimal handling and enthusiasm of the situation was better than the ten people who came up to their booth before them.

I know you can probably be professional and enthusiastic at booths of companies you really want to work for... I've acted sort of the same way when this guy was telling me to come check out the Rio Tinto booth after giving us some free stuff. I go there, he asks what major, I tell him I'm a Computer Engineering major, he gets some coworker to come over and talk to me since he is seemingly the "computer guy", who then proceeds to tell me about their networks that need to be up and running, computers needing to be troubleshooting, etc... lets just say I wasn't too enthused about that and just got outta there. Some companies seem to equate CompE with IT and tech support.

edit: Using it for practice makes it worth going already. Someone from our career center was giving us tips last semester, and they recommend making an A/B/C list of companies you want to talk to due to time constraints, etc. They also recommended a simple 20-30 second short when they ask "so why you" or whatever. Then they recommended when you show up at the career fair in the morning, to go to your C companies just to practice that short, and decline interview slots since you don't want to fill up before you get to your A list. Most of us in the audience were but appearantly that is aight.

Yeah, the big companies I dealt with loved targeted selection (type of behavioral) interviews. Can't say I really like it, but could be worse.

 

[Dacalo]

They must be desperate. My impression from those conversations is that you are uninterested in the company and the position, yet they are willing to give you a chance. How weird. Those are some awkward exchanges.

 

[drinkmorejava]

go on their corp site and google, you should prob be able to find their interviewing style (eg behavioral)->then google that and see what kind of questions it infers. Reading the about us section on their website as well their internship job descriptions would be a good idea.

if you don't know what I mean my interviewing styles:
http://humanresources.about.co...ffing/a/interviews.htm

 

[TwiceOver]

"Now we had a chance to meet this young man, and boy that's just a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
"

First thing that came to mind.

 

[RossMAN]

You know the unspoken rule.

:camera:

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
You know the unspoken rule.

:camera:

:shocked:

EDIT: I am a fool for ignoring the post date

 

[TecHNooB]

Appliances = Boring. Ass. Shit.

 

[Jawo]

Make the most of the interview. If nothing else, you will at least gain experience interviewing. I am an advocate of not burning any bridges, since you never know how it might come back to haunt you! It might be a boring industry, but if you are offered a job, you will have that in your pocket, and will get experience in your career field!

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: TecHNooB
Appliances = Boring. Ass. Shit.

But working supply chain management for a large manufacturing company = BANK.

 

[JS80]

And my chinese friends always bitch at me why they are never able to climb up the corporate ladder...

 

[Evadman]

How can you be extremely neutral? Like more neutral than neutral? Or you will oppose all that are not neutral?