Power Interviewing Cont.

A very important part of Power Interviewing is lame jokes.

Like pretty much every other aspect of Power Interviewing lame jokes show confidence. The fact that they are also lame lets the interview feel like they are smarter then you. This is important because they think they are going to be your boss, and much like your girlfriend your boss wants to feel superior.

Here are some examples of the lame jokes I have used;
Interviewer: "So what do you think your greatest strength is?"
Me: "Well I have improved my bench press a lot but I am still a squat man"
Interviewer: (clearly confused by a workout joke) "Ummmmm", (you could actually see it click) "Ohh hahaha".
After this she stopped asking questions and showed me around the office and asked if I could start Monday.

Example 2 (This is from the job I actually took selling used cars, I was interviewed by 8 people at the same time in a conference room. I was 20 minutes late for this interview and asked for Pierre when apparently the guys name was Paul.);
Interviewer: "Do you have any bad habits?"
Me: "What do you mean like chewing my finger nails?"
Interviewer: "No like drinking or drugs"
Me: "No I can stop whenever I want"
Interviewer: "Drugs or drinking?"
Me: "Drugs, I don't drink.....why are you buying?"
All Interviewers: "Hahaha, (used car salesmen laughter, used car salesman jokes)
Interviewer: "So any questions for us?"
Me: "How are you gonna pay me?"
Interviewer: "What do you know about cars?"
Me: "When I said Hello I told you everything I know about cars"
Interviewer: "What do you know about selling?"
Me: "As much as I know about cars"
Interviewer: "Can you start tomorrow?"

I was really trying to bomb this interview, it was one of my first ones so I just wanted to see what they were like. Eventually they finally fired me which was something I wanted to happen because I didn't like trying to rip people off, but that's a few more good stories.

Slater