Interview Quicksand

How will you respond when you're asked the followingresponse will work against you.This is how you should
two questions?1.What type of boss do you like torespond:1.What type of boss do you prefer to work
work for?2.What are the pros and cons about yourfor?"I am adaptable and easygoing so I can work for
present employer?-March 2003You scan the careerany type of employer."2.What are the pros and cons
section. Then you see it; your dream job. Your resumeabout your present employer?Name his/her positive
is sent, calls made; an interview set up. Now you're intraits. It'll be hard but do it. Do not mention his/her bad
the hot seat.How will you respond when you're askedpoints. Try to move on saying something positive such
the following two questions?1.What type of boss doas, "He/She taught me many valuable things about the
you like to work for?2.What are the pros and consindustry and myself."When the words, "I hate my Boss"
about your present employer?You're leaving yourwere placed on Google's search engine, the results
present position because you can't stand your boss.tallied 255, 000. There is even a site where you can
He/She drives you insane, makes your skin crawl andplace a picture of your hated boss and shoot at will.
shatters your nerves. Put-downs and sarcasm are theThe book "I Hate My Boss: How to Survive and Get
norm, along with a snobbish, condescending attitude.Ahead When Your Boss is a Tyrant, Control Freak, or
Most of what they say sounds downright ridiculousJust Plain Crazy" by Bob Weinstein, published by
and lacks common sense. Nothing is their fault. YouMcGraw-Hill, promises some laughs and serious advice
are a team player, but cleaning up a rat's cage,on how to deal with this sensitive situation.What now?
watching the kids, emptying humidifiers, unloading 40 lbYou've finished the interview confidently and landed
boxes up and down five flights of stairs, shoveling theirthe job. Now it's time for the resignation letter. But
driveway is beyond any job description. They listen tothat's a whole other article.(1) These are the findings of
all your phone calls and screen everyone (includingan Ipsos-Reid poll conducted on behalf of BBC
clients) like it's the Spanish Inquisition.Seconds haveCanada and Alliance Atlantis Communications
lapsed and now you need to answer. The interviewerbetween February 25th and February 27th, 2003. The
is waiting patiently with pen in hand. What will you say?poll is based on a randomly selected sample of 468
Or better yet, what won't you say?Is thisemployed adult Canadians. With a sample of this size,
you?Ispos-Reid reported in a recent poll, that nine in tenthe results are considered accurate to within ±
(88%) Canadian employees agree they are happy4.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they
with their current jobs, but one in ten (10%) agree theywould have been had the entire employed adult
secretly hate their boss, and 11% agree they dreadCanadian population been polled. The margin of error
going to work each day because of their boss.will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings
Interestingly, working Canadians in lower incomeof the survey population. These data were statistically
households (22%) are three times as likely as those inweighted to ensure the sample's regional and age/sex
upper income households (7%) to say they secretlycomposition reflects that of the actual Canadian
hate their boss.(1)Everyone will answer differently. Youpopulation according to the 2001 Census data.Source:
don't want be regarded as a difficult employee. Even ifIspos-ReidCopyright © 1998-2003 All rights
your objections are valid, any type of negativereserved.