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Hi Jen!
First of all, good luck in your interview. I know you said you don't really get nervous anymore, but I'll still try and send good luck vibes your way.. even though I'll probably do it at the wrong time.. *grumble* Stupid time difference..

Anyway, when I went to interview for my job in the restaurant I worked in in Canada, the manager asked me questions straight off this sheet of paper. In the beginning, it was the basic stuff.. (Why would you be good for this job? What do you know about waitressing? blah, blah, blah). Then he looked up from the paper, and said, "What is the funniest thing that has ever happened to you?" I was so stunned by the question, that I think I just stared at him for about a minute. I was so desperate to say SOMETHING that I started telling this story about a girlfriend of mine. See, the real story is that when we were about 15 (I was 16 when I was interviewed) one of my friends was having a birthday and she was a real prude so we thought it would be funny to get her embarassing presents (as you do when you're in high school and think boobs are the most hilarious things in the world). Anyway, the story goes that we went into a drug store and my friend was going to buy condoms and stick them to her present, but when we went to leave the store with them, we set the alarm off. So the security guard caming running over, went through all our stuff, made a big production about the condoms and we were all giggling and red faced and horribly embarassed. Then it happened twice more, and they kept marching us through the store, with our condoms, to get them re-swiped or whatever..
OKAY SO, as I begin telling this story, I realise it's not really that appropriate, so I sort of hurry through it and tell it totally wrong so in the end it just looks like I thought it was really funny that my friend got caught shoplifting condoms.
Good job, Steph.
Okay, so I didn't get the job after that. I had to go back, a few months later, and basically beg for a job and they finally gave it to me.. it was not on my first impression that they were inclined to hire me. Wonder why..

At another interview for a pub job, I got asked, "Why do you want to work in a pub?" and I was a bit grumpy that day, bad tummy day and wasn't particularly interested in the job so I said, "Well, I don't really _want_ to work in a pub, but you are close to my house and I don't have a car so I can walk here pretty fast. Plus, I have been off work sick for a while and just really need the money so I have to take _a_ job, and I already know how to waitress so this was the easiest option." I said it in a nice voice and everything, but he looked really surprised (What should I have said? "I just love to come to a workplace that stinks like smoke 24/7, get abused by customers, make crappy money, and work $h!t hours") Anyway, he said, "Well, at least you're honest.." and gave me the job. Weird how the world works sometimes.
Good luck, Jen!
--Steph

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