Ok... So you're interviewing someone...

[Doug]

Maybe it's different because I hire creatives, but I just cannot imagine disqualifying somebody for something so petty.

You clearly have never worked for a law firm.

[TAC]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20100...erviewmistakes

I would say if you can't take the time to make this interview more important than seeing whose calls you missed, then you're not that interested or serious.

Check #49

49. Leaving your cell phone on.

Thank you. I've seen this list before, but did not know the cellphone made the list. Turning off your cellphone is akin to exhibiting some common sense.

[TAC]

You clearly have never worked for a law firm.

These b*tches ding you because they don't like the way you tie your shoe laces... They just don't know...

[mhd]

These b*tches ding you because they don't like the way you tie your shoe laces... They just don't know...

bullshit

[TAC]

bullshit

Pushing a point dude.... don't take it so literally...

[mhd]

Pushing a point dude.... don't take it so literally...

lol, just not reality, i've seen some of the sloppiest mofos, dysfunctional morons who also happen to be former supreme court clerks get hired because they had the skill or the bank to back it up, jes sayin

[The Good Reverend Rollo Goodlove]

and their cellphone starts ringing. They don't answer it and allow it to go to voicemail.

Hire or fire?

I say they lost the job right there, even if they didn't answer the phone.

What say you?

You shouldn't bring your phone into the interview to begin with. As a hiring manager myself I wouldn't say it would definitely be a deal breaker but it would hurt the candidates chances.

[Daniel, Grand Duke of Stony Island]

The right mobile device could show aptitude and initiative. Someone with the latest cutting edge business technology = equipped and prepared to be contacted and relied upon at a moment's notice.

If she had a Boost Mobile, "Where You At?", pay as you go phone, she gonna be callin' in sick on Fridays and Mondays, comin' back late from lunch and fightin' with her boyfriend in the lobby.

[Jamie 3:26]

The right mobile device could show aptitude and initiative. Someone with the latest cutting edge business technology = equipped and prepared to be contacted and relied upon at a moment's notice.

If she had a Boost Mobile, "Where You At?", pay as you go phone, she gonna be callin' in sick on Fridays and Mondays, comin' back late from lunch and fightin' with her boyfriend in the lobby.

Truth!!!

[Daniel, Grand Duke of Stony Island]

To beg the question is to assume the point at issue. To raise the question is to make the question salient.

You deserve a medal for this post. Bless you.

Nothing reveals a pseudo-intellectual who likes to hear themselves talk better than the use of "which begs the question...".

Tavis Smiley used that and "at the end of the day" about sixteen times in one episode of his PBS show. I haven't watched that shit since.

[Moksha]

The right mobile device could show aptitude and initiative. Someone with the latest cutting edge business technology = equipped and prepared to be contacted and relied upon at a moment's notice.

I had the original Blackberry Storm for a couple months before it was released. Suit 'n' ties could spot it from 100 meters away. I'd get bum-rushed in airline lounges nearly every time I answered my phone. It was a very hot conversation piece in meetings.

[Moksha]

You deserve a medal for this post. Bless you.

Nothing reveals a pseudo-intellectual who likes to hear themselves talk better than the use of "which begs the question...".

Tavis Smiley used that and "at the end of the day" about sixteen times in one episode of his PBS show. I haven't watched that shit since.

medal for me, goddamnit! I was the pedantic asshole who pointed it out!

[Edith A. Giles]

and their cellphone starts ringing. They don't answer it and allow it to go to voicemail.

Hire or fire?

I say they lost the job right there, even if they didn't answer the phone.

What say you?

They should have did like you said, either put their phone on silent or leave it in the glove box of their car (COMMON SENSE !!!!!!)

[Moksha]

They should have did like you sad, either put their phone on silent or leave it in the glove box of their car (COMMON SENSE !!!!!!)

"should have did"? !!!!!!

[Armento]

"should have did"? !!!!!!

like you sad

[DaveR]

No Hire!

... it should have gone down like this

(phone rings)
Interviewee - "I'm sorry, I need to take this" (steps out of the room)
Interviewee - (returns) "Sorry, that was one of your competitors ... so where were we?"

[Bill Blake]

Wait: is there an argument in this thread that “creatives” have poorer cell phone etiquette than “non-creatives?”

[mhd]

Wait: is there an argument in this thread that “creatives” have poorer cell phone etiquette than “non-creatives?”

haha, ya know! nah, they just have too much creative stuff in their brain sacks to be bothered with vibratory telephones

[Bill Blake]

haha, ya know! nah, they just have too much creative stuff in their brain sacks to be bothered with vibratory telephones

I’m trying to picture Marcel Duchamp with a cell phone.

[The Good Reverend Rollo Goodlove]

The right mobile device could show aptitude and initiative. Someone with the latest cutting edge business technology = equipped and prepared to be contacted and relied upon at a moment's notice.

If she had a Boost Mobile, "Where You At?", pay as you go phone, she gonna be callin' in sick on Fridays and Mondays, comin' back late from lunch and fightin' with her boyfriend in the lobby.

Bruh I work for a cellphone company and can tell you that your phone going off during an interview screams "I'm unprofessional". I wouldn't care if your phone could transport you to the Enterprise. I could just imagine the interviewee as one of my direct reports in a meeting with a director or area vp and their phone going off what kind of call I would get. Mofos ain't got the sense to know you don't need your phone with you in an interview cause you ain't gonna be taking calls? C'mon son.

[Monny JcIntosh]

medal for me, goddamnit! I was the pedantic asshole who pointed it out!

You can have mine. I have a whole cabinet full of pedantic asshole awards.

[Doug]

lol, just not reality, i've seen some of the sloppiest mofos, dysfunctional morons who also happen to be former supreme court clerks get hired because they had the skill or the bank to back it up, jes sayin

There are always exceptions (especially if a Supreme Court clerkship is on the resume). Generally speaking though, you will get dinged for minor shit (like a cell phone going off in your interview). Seen it happen.