<p>I applied for a job on campus for next year, and well, the short summary is, I think I need to start applying somewhere else because I am 90% sure, I did not do well in that interview. </p>
<p>Don't laugh, but uhmm, okay, here is what happened: At the end of the interview, the woman told me that she will open the door for me because its heavy..lol. I said "really?" at first, but then for like a second, she did not move because I think she expected that I didn't believe her and that I will open the door myself(because I just use that same door to enter the room), but I didn't move nor say anything-- and just let her open the door for me - I think I saw her laughing. </p>
<p>That was a probably test if I am a gullible person. </p>
<p>Failed it!!! </p>
<p>I should have said "Dont' worry, I think I can manage" something like that. I don't know why I stood there and didn't say nor do anything.</p>
<p>Many worse things have happened in interviews, so relax. Still, it is good to interview for several jobs as there are probably plenty of applicants for good jobs on campus who are looking for work study hours. It could be worse…you could have sworn, flashed the interviewer, farted or fell asleep.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about this either. Just learn from it. Interviews for jobs are anxiety-producing and you don’t have much experience with them yet. Of course, apply to other jobs. That’s always a good idea, but have a good evening. Maybe you’ve taught some other student something with your post.</p>
<p>Do you really think it was a pre-planned trick? And besides, gullible can be endearing as long as it doesn’t look like you are deliberately playing dumb. You might even get this job.</p>
<p>I’ll try not to think about it. I’ll probably have many more interview bloopers, so at least now I am more aware of some tricks interviewers do. </p>
<p>LBowie: I am not really sure if it was a trick she does to all interviewers, but it kind of seem like it. IF she really intends to open the door, she would not wait for like a second- almost like she’s waiting for me to say or do anything. </p>
<p>Mamabear1234, yes, exactly! It was odd that’s why I thought it was a trick. Also, yeah, I did not expect that she would lie about it. However, it is an interview, and its somewhat a test, so maybe she has a good reason.</p>
<p>That was clever though! Maybe she thought subtle things like this are a better gauge of a candidates skill or personality.</p>
<p>I just opened this thread to express my surprise that someone in college now would name themselves after an artist who had their heyday in 2002. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, her music’s one of my guilty pleasures.</p>
<p>me and my older sister are a big fan of vanessa - even got to meet her in sf a while back. I was listening to her song while creating my username.</p>
<p>Yes, we all have interview bloopers. We’re not even sure this was one. When my son did his college interviews there was a lot of joking around because the admissions people wanted to make him feel comfortable (my assumption). He would often emerge from the room laughing with his interviewer. Once I had an interview I was so anxious about with a whole group of faculty and afterwards one of them asked, “Are you always this calm at interviews?”. I did get offered the job. You never know.</p>
<p>That doesn’t sound like a big mistake to me at all. I think you are worried in general, and are looking for a reason that you “failed the interview” so that, if you don’t get the job, you’ll have something to point to. Most of the time when people don’t get a job it isn’t because someone failed an interview, but rather the employer found someone else who was a more perfect fit.
It really is beyond your control. 'Good luck. I hope you hear from them.</p>
<p>After one of my interviews, I heard that the ED said I lacked charisma. I was coming in to the interview from a night shift at a hospital and probably did lack charisma at that moment. I did eventually get offered that job. These jobs didn’t pay that well but COL was lower too. I mean really, expecting charisma from a minimally paid Masters degree student? I was just hoping to keep my clients alive and I did.</p>