Navtej Kohli Career Mission Blog

Navtej Kohli Compiles a few interesting incidents of unusual behavior by Job Applicants at interview. Hope we don’t see you fooling around at the interview like them all

• Said he was so well-qualified [that] if he didn’t get the job, it would prove that the company’s management was incompetent.
• Stretched out on the floor to fill out the job application.
• Brought her large dog to the interview.
• Chewed bubble gum and constantly blew bubbles.
• Kept giggling through serious interview.
• She wore a Walkman and said she could listen to me and the music at the same time.
• Balding candidate abruptly excused himself. Returned to office a few minutes later, wearing a hairpiece.
• Applicant challenged interviewer to arm wrestle.
• Asked to see interviewer’s resume to see if the personnel executive was qualified to judge the candidate.
• Announced she hadn’t had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger and french fries in the interviewer’s office.
• Man wore jogging suit to interview for position as financial vice president.
• Said if he were hired, he would demonstrate his loyalty by having the corporate logo tattooed on his forearm.
• Interrupted to phone his therapist for advice on answering specific interview questions.
• Wouldn’t get out of the chair until I would hire him. I had to call the police.
• When I asked him about his hobbies, he stood up and started tap dancing around my office.
• Bounced up and down on my carpet and told me I must be highly thought of by the company because I was given such a thick carpet.
• Took a brush out of my purse, brushed his hair and left.
• Pulled out a Polaroid camera and snapped a flash picture of me. Said he collected photos of everyone who interviewed him.
• Candidate asked me if I would put on a suit jacket to insure that the offer was formal.
• During the interview, an alarm clock went off from the candidate’s brief case. He took it out, shut it off, apologized and said he had to leave for another interview.
• A telephone call came in for the job applicant. It was from his wife. His side of the conversation went like this: “Which company? … When do l start? … What’s the salary?” I said, “l assume you’re not interested in conducting the interview any further.” He promptly responded, “I am as long as you’ll pay me more.” I didn’t hire him, but later found out there was no other job offer. It was a scam to get a higher offer.
• An applicant came in wearing only one shoe. She explained that the other shoe was stolen off her foot in the bus.
• He came to the interview with a moped and left it in the reception area. He didn’t want it to get stolen, and stated that he would require indoor parking for the moped.
• He took off his right shoe and sock, removed a medicated foot powder and dusted it on the foot and in the shoe. While he was putting back the shoe and sock, he mentioned that he had to use the powder four times a day, and this was the time.
• She threw-up on my desk, and immediately started asking questions about the job, like nothing had happened.
• Pointing to a black case he carried into my office, he said that if he was not hired, the bomb would go off. Disbelieving, I began to state why he would never be hired and that I was going to call the police. He then reached down to the case, flipped a switch and ran. No one was injured, but I did need to get a new desk. (Wall Street Journal 1989)

Navtej Kohli has a fine sense of humor. Below are some really funny job search jargons brought to you by Mr. Navtej Kohli. See for yourself what these terms actually mean:

COMPETITIVE SALARY:
We remain competitive by paying less than our competitors.

FLEXIBLE HOURS:
Work 55 hours; get paid for 37.5.

GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
Management communicates, you listen, figure out what they want you to do.

ABILITY TO HANDLE A HEAVY WORKLOAD:
You whine, you’re fired.

CAREER-MINDED:
We expect that you will want to flip hamburgers until you are 70.

SELF-MOTIVATED:
Management won’t answer questions

SOME OVERTIME REQUIRED:
Some time each night and some time each weekend

DUTIES WILL VARY:
Anyone in the office can boss you around.

COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT:
We have a lot of turnover.

SALES POSITION REQUIRING MOTIVATED SELF-STARTER:
We’re not going to supply you with leads; there’s no base salary; you’ll wait 30 days for your first commission check.

CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE:
We don’t pay enough to expect that you’ll dress up; well, a couple of the real daring guys wear earrings.

SOME PUBLIC RELATIONS REQUIRED:
If we’re in trouble, you’ll go on TV and get us out of it.

SEEKING CANDIDATES WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE:
You’ll need it to replace three people who just left.

PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS A MUST:
You’re walking into a company in perpetual chaos.

Its a proven fact now that best of the jobs people get are through their references…more often from their friends, previous colleagues and or relatives. For getting a successful career, now its imperative to build a good network of people, colleagues and niche professionals… In online industry as well, people are using most of the web 2 avenues to form their network and communities, whether its a professional network or on a particular subject and or liking.

Whether you are looking for jobs, promotions or new clients for your business, networking will do wonders in achieving your goals. My next post will be on networking for job and career success that will cover nuts and bolts of how, where, why, and with whom to network, and also addresses the psychological issues such as personality differences and importance of the right attitude.

Navtej Kohli

Granox President Mr. Navtej Kohli has recently proposed plans to conduct research to generate energy from renewable resources. Generating energy from trash is an idea that has been around for a very long time but not many successful attempts are made to realize it.

Granox’s research and development team is committed to develop renewable energy technologies and deliver sustainable power for the future. A lot of research is going on to burn landfill trash at very high temperatures. If this concept is widely accepted by the public then a lot of energy shortage would be reduced. Once the project is started there would be many new career opportunities opened for skilled and talented individuals. The future career openings would include positions such as:

1. • Research scientists for the R&D of renewable energy sources.
   • Plant engineers for developing designs for the energy plant that will vaporize trash
   • Operational engineers to operate and support energy systems to reduce air pollution
   • Safety engineers to develop and apply regulations to ensure safety in handling the energy plant.

In addition, engineers will be needed to work in security areas, and to improve and enforce waste management and safety standards.