A colleague here went for an interview yesterday and likely she'll get the job. Good for her! She mentioned that she made some sort of joke towards the end - wasn't concerned since as she said "that's me!".
It reminds me of the time I went for an interview after returning from Zimbabwe. I had brought my backpack, and it had a pink real rabbit's foot on one of the zippers. I forget who gave it to me, but at the time it was important!
The interviewer asked if it was a real rabbit's foot. I replied that they had pink rabbits in Zimbabwe. He looks at me - "really?" I laughed and said, no, I was just joking. He kinda laughed in that embarrassed way.
Despite that, or because of it?, I got the job.
Interviews are good
Even if they decide it's no.
Experience it!
(no go with interview today...but a good one anyway)
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That's a tricky thing. It can help or hurt you. I suppose if you don't NEED a job and you want to weed out companies you may not want to work for because they don't have a sense of humor, it could be a good gauge.
There is a lot to be said for a showing your sense of humor in an interview. Could it backfire? Sure. But so could LOTS of things you say in an interview. There, wasn't that helpful? haha!
Super Friku!
I don't know how to not show my sense of humor in an interview....or on any given day of the week.
Tasteful humor--a good laugh at me, isn't a bad thing.
Frankly, I don't think I'd hire someone who didn't show me an ability to laugh at themselves.
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