Posted on Dec 8, 2015
CPT Assistant Operations Officer (S3)
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I have had some interesting situations during interviews and this past interview was "rather interesting"

1) I interviewed with a company called Tekno Telecom and the manager asked me: "So how do you feel working in an all white environment" ?

MY ANSWER: "I have been doing it all my life".

Which is very true, not lying or being confrontational, just the truth.

The owner had an issue I guess with people with "extracurricular activities" like skydiving, this was from a past employer. The manager and recruiter both mentioned it. Unfortunately I went to airborne school....doooh.

I didn't get the job, I felt with the manager I had a good feel but with the owner not as much. Nothing technical, oriented why they said no. They simply changed the requirements of what they wanted and said I wasn't a fit.

2) I interviewed with Motorola Solutions in 2012 and one interviewer was constantly asking about my deployments. I told her a year out, she woudl know but mentioned a couple of times the possibility of me deploying was very slight. I'm in the National Guard BTW. I didn't get the job.

3) In 2003 I interviewed for a DSP (Digital Signal Processing) job at Motorola Mobility, and noticed the entire office was speaking mandarin Chinese and the group just hired an engineer from the University of China. I answered all the questions correct. But didn't get the job.

Truth is you SUCK IT UP AND DRIVE ON.
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MSG Tim Gray
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I can't believe you were asked this question "all white environment" good on you to maintain your bearing. You need to work where they don't ask that question, like a veteran owned business.
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Capt Brandon Charters
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Great attitude CPT (Join to see). These are some interesting case studies for everyone to see. Item #1 seems completely out of line to me. To bring up race in an interview, is a no-go.
Many employers do weigh 'company cultural fit' and this can be very objective and unfair at times. Your advice is right, DRIVE ON brother. They're missing out.
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PO3 Sherry Thornburg
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Yeah, I've been on interviews where the writing was on the wall within 10 minutes and I just stood up and said I don't think this is going to be a good fit. Have a nice day. Was I happy about it. No.
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