Thread 33497358

So I went for a job interview today for a shit minimum wage job.

One of the managers that was interviewed asked me this question that threw me for a loop.

They asked if I have plans on being promoted later on down the line or seeking to be a manager with the company one day.

I told them not really and that I'll be just fine with the position I'm applying for.

So now I'm wondering, what the hell are they trying to get at with that question?

Is this basically a reincarnation of where do I see myself in five years?

>>33497358 (OP)
They ask this to know if you show drive and passion for the soulcrushing job.

>>33497358 (OP)

who knows. could be any number of reasons.

>>33497358 (OP)
Jesus, man. It's a no-brainer. They're asking you for the purpose of knowing your commitment to the job. Most employers only really give a shit if you can show up on time and do work. The whole purpose of a degree is to show that you can show up somewhere for 4 years and produce decent work... Work good enough to graduate anyways. If you really did answer "nah" to seeking something more one day, then how can they be confident that you'll also show up every day and not slack off? They'll tell you that they can't. MFs complain about the job market being ass but answer their interview questions like this... Sheesh.

imagine being this retarded

>>33497358 (OP)
They just want to get a hardworking tool moron.
This is really shit job.
Consider doing some vodka shots, clean your teeth and chew gum before your next interview.
Then lie enthusiastically as a psycho, easy as.

>>33497358 (OP)
Yes.

Send dick pics and threaten their team.

>>33497358 (OP)
It's an important test and you failed it. Had you said yes, you'd be saying "I not only have ambitions but I also have high internalized standards for myself that will make me do quality work even in this shit job because I'm simply incapable of letting myself get away with half-assed work." But you answered "No. I'm just here for the paycheck and have no motivation to do more than the absolute minimum that will get me that check."

>>33497358 (OP)
>Is this basically a reincarnation of where do I see myself in five years?
Nah nah nah nah nah lol, they're just checking if you're willing to stay longer than you should. When a question like that come up just say "yeah I can see myself becoming a supervisior or manager down the line" because that's the answer they want to hear. Trust.

>>33497358 (OP)
>I told them not really
I wouldn't hire you either. People with a long-term plan are the only ones to associate with in any way. The rest are drifting subhumans.

>>33497358 (OP)
>Is this basically a reincarnation of where do I see myself in five years?
Yes. They want someone who will do the job well and enthusiastically in order to make a good impression, not someone who puts the minimum amount of effort in to avoid being fired. They may also be a company that genuinely prefers to promote people internally and are looking for potential future promotion candidates. You do need to be a little careful with that question: if you sound completely focused on your next job rather than your current one, then they'll think that you'll probably be slacking off on the one you've got. But they would prefer someone with ambition, drive and energy, not some mentally ill apathetic loser.

>>33498318
I did that already and the CEO, a big breasted woman, wants to personally visit my home and suck my penis while we discuss the benefits of my bonus package.

>>33499048
I won't read the text of someone that won't read.

>>33497474
Like?

>>33499197
You take pics?

>>33497534
>MFs complain about the job market being ass but answer their interview questions like this
it's a minimum wage job. the justification employers have for paying minimum wage is that the job is so easy and low-skill that anyone can do it, but if that were really the case then they wouldn't need to interview candidates because everyone who applied would already be qualified enough.

Look up the many lists of interview questions and memorize them.
"I'll be working extra hard to earn my promotion!"

>>33497358 (OP)
They want to see how gullible you are. How much you are willing to let yourself be fucked in the ass for the position, how much will you allow the carrot to be dangled in front of you. Or they are genuinely asking if you have plans on being there long-term. You won't be a ceo in 3 years, they want you to show up, do your job, and not show up high or be on drugs, they want to gauge how responsible you are

>>33502337
>Or they are genuinely asking if you have plans on being there long-term
ahahahahaha...

>>33497358 (OP)
You're supposed to lie and pretend you want to advance, dumbass. That's just how it is, so grow up and deal with it.

>>33497358 (OP)
>So now I'm wondering, what the hell are they trying to get at with that question?
Business owner here. Its a pretty standard question. There are typically two kinds of employees - ones that just need a job and have no interest in the kind of work you do and ones that have motivation to do their jobs well and have at least some passing interest in the field. I have room in my company for both kinds of people but its helpful to know which is which. Sometimes jobs just require a body which means I'll put any idiot on it. Other jobs require a bit of smarts and for these tasks I'll often choose people who have some desire on moving up. I'd rather spend my time and energy training and grooming those people than some 21 year old kid who has no plans on still working there after 6 months and only shows up for the paycheck. Its not a trick question. I also like to point blank ask people if they're interested in further training and management track before I waste any time giving them special attention.

>>33505459
>grooming
It's so weird to see this word being used in a non-sexual way.

>>33505459
>passing interest in the field
I have zero passing interest in stocking shelves. It's not my life goal to be a stocker at Walmart.

>>33505488
>I have zero passing interest in stocking shelves.
The field I mean is like retail or customer service, not stocking shelves. Nobody joins a stock broker company because they love filing paper work and getting coffee as an entry level intern. Its a means to an end, anon.

>>33505517
Well, mister business owner, let me rephrase. I have zero interest to have a future career at Walmart, whether it be a stocker or moving up to be a department or store manager.

If I was that entry level intern and my life goal was to have a career in stock brokering, then yea, I would be happy as a pig to be filling paperwork and getting people coffee and other shit grunt work. Why? Because, I love the wonderful world of stock brokering and future awesome places I'm going to go in the stock brokering world.

But me? I do not give a shit about retail and do not see myself in it at all, not even as a fancy store manager or some goon in their corporate office.

I want to do something else in my future.

>>33505553
>Well, mister business owner, let me rephrase. I have zero interest to have a future career at Walmart, whether it be a stocker or moving up to be a department or store manager.
Ok. Cool.

>But me? I do not give a shit about retail and do not see myself in it at all, not even as a fancy store manager or some goon in their corporate office.
I have no clue why you're arguing with me as if I give a fuck what your career passions are.

>>33497358 (OP)

My dude, interviews aren’t about being brutally honest — they’re about reading the room and identifying what they probably want to hear.

In this case, you just smile and say something like:

"I’m results-driven and want to hit the ground running so I can do right by our customers and my team. Over the next couple of years, I’d like to work closely with management, learn as much as I can, and use that experience to have a bigger impact in the org."

>>33506320
Oh my mistake, mister business owner, I didn't realize you had such a massively fragile ego. My heart goes out to the people that have the unfortunate displeasure of having to deal with you and your little business.

I refuse to ever not be compulsively honest. I don’t care if I end up on the streets. It’s the majority of the people in this world that are fucked up, not me.

>>33497358 (OP)
It is to see if you are a comfy body that will get complacent or someone they can exploit harder. Sorry anon you are fucked if anyone else got those points on their bumd sheet

Don't take it too hard. This economy sucks. I have a BS in computers and more certs than fingers and I can't get a job in my field to do more than survive paying rent and eating ramen. Truthfully I am suicidal after the thousands of applications. Fuck my stupid tranny life.

>>33507785
>Fuck my stupid tranny life
Thank you for volunteering this information :)

>>33508291
You're welcome :)

>>33507785
>Truthfully I am suicidal after the thousands of applications. Fuck my stupid tranny life.
hey dumbass did you even try doing DEI? there's thousands of jobs you can just skip to the front of the line for

>>33506614
Kek. What a moody little bitch you are.

>>33510130
>Has no clue what DEI is or how it works

>>33497358 (OP)
You should have lied and you should always lie to these fucking vermin. For all intents and purposes you are not talking to humans, merely power-tripping cockroaches.

>>33510152
There's that massively fragile ego again. Just couldn't resist responding to me, I guess. Tell me, mister business owner, for a person that supposedly does not care for my existence, why are you still here? Why are you paying me any attention? Don't you have your little business to attend to? Go on. Run along, mister business owner. Go do businessy things. Don't you worry about little old me, mister business owner.

>>33497358 (OP)
It's a silly question so it requires a silly answer. So that's when you lie and say, "Yes, I hope to one day have a major position in this company." Fake it til you make it. That's the name of the game unfortunately

>>33510426
>Fake it til you make it
That's what my girlfriend does with her orgasms when we have sex.

>>33506370
>My dude, interviews aren’t about being brutally honest — they’re about reading the room and identifying what they probably want to hear.
If it's obvious bullshit answers to obvious bullshit questions, what's even the point? To gauge whether you are socially autistic and bullshitting skills? (which has nothing to do with job performance in most jobs). I mean there must be better tests for that like some reading comprehension, or more important metrics to measure like some logic puzzles or IQ test riddles. Genuinely, what's the point.

>>33513151
It doesn't matter what the point is or isn't, you're not going to change their methods.

>>33513184
fuck capitalism fuck america and fuck that puto

YES I ALWAYS WANTED TO MANAGE SLAVES AT THE WALMART PLANTATION SIR!

>>33516268
OMG ME TOO SAAR

>>33515875
FTP

>>33515875
>>33513184
It's all bullshit designed to see if you're brainwashed enough to put up with whatever bullshit they demand from you. It's hell for autists and is why it's better to be a NEET than to work a job that can't even pay for an apartment.

>>33519944
Yeah but being a neet sucks if you're homeless and don't have food and it's snowing outside.

>>33519954
If you're able to live with someone else and thus get a house then you just gotta put up with the bullshit and think about the fact that you have a roof on your head. This country sucks but survival instincts force you to tolerate much worse.

>>33519962
Rent an apartment not house though if you miraculously got a house good for you. I realized I'd never be able to afford one so I gave up.

>>33519962
>If you're able to live with someone else
I'm looking to find me a girlfriend that is as broke as me and thus isn't judgemental that I'm practically homeless, and would love to live with me and share finances and help each other out. But gosh darn it, man, they're all like "um you need to sort yo shit out before you even think about dating." And I'm like, fuck that.

>>33520064
Women suck and aren't worth the time of day. Loyalty and self-sacrificing has been brainwashed out of them.

>>33520080
Fuck

>>33519212
fuck that puto

Isn't a neet a type of mosquito?

>>33524814
I think so. You only see them on the internet though.

>>33497358 (OP)
>They asked if I have plans on being promoted later on down the line or seeking to be a manager with the company one day.

You should've responded yes. They need wagies who want to get promoted, because they try hard and play games.

I never try to get promoted and the difference between me and submissive wagies who want to be manager is night and day.

>>33497534
>you deserve to be jobless for not playing stupid games
you fucking retard. one thing is to figure out their intentions when asking this, and it's a different thing to justify it. he simply told them the truth.

>>33497358 (OP)
>Reddit spacing

>>33528472
that's not reddit spacing, just paragraphs, do you even know what reddit spacing used to be and why people said it?

>>33497358 (OP)
humiliation ritual

>>33528480
>paragraphs
It's

literally

every

sentence

spaced

apart.

>>33528490
reddit spacing was still not that back when it was an actual thing

>>33502301
>If it was really a low-skill job, interviews wouldn't be needed!
At the risk of sounding like the nerd faced emoji with the "actually--" bullshit, I'd hazard to say that that's exactly the reason why his employer is asking for an interview. There's 1 position available at the company, and since it's so low-skill that anyone can do it, 100 people apply. They aren't hiring 100 more people, so they need to figure out how to eliminate 99 candidates, and use interviews to figure out who's "top of the flops" per-se. The more people that apply, the better screening methods you'll need to filter out the good ones from the trash ones, making the process both longer and harder for everyone.

>>33528464
>His morality justifies his stupidity!
Sometimes there's value in being honest with your employers, and other times there isn't. This is one of those times. This can be entirely chalked up to "OP was sperging and didn't understand the *right* answer to corporate bullshit." Oh well, if he's out of a job, he'll learn. If he somehow gets the job, then he might learn, though maybe not, seeing how many anons are readily jumping do his defense on here with "it's the economy's fault" and "it's better to be a NEET anyways."

>>33530897
I see

>>33530897
Hey, I like being a neet

Wage slavery is horrific.

>>33530897
the problem is the obsession with finding the best 1 out of 100 applicants just because they can when 95 of them could do the job just fine
it makes job hunting hell for people with average resumes

>>33497358 (OP)
They probably just like to promote from within, seems like a pretty basic questions. Most wagie jobs I worked at a coworker would become a manager.

kek these drawings are funny but what's not funny is grown adults work these jobs, how come teenagers don't do dead end jobs?

>>33536506
>it makes job hunting hell for people with average resumes

you want to know the secret to getting a job? a resume is part of it but not the most important thing, it's how well you come across talking about your experiences in the least possible type of way, once I started to learn how to work a room I literally started getting 8/10 jobs I've applied for

once I started channeling Saul Goodman things dramatically improved for me

also flip the script, make the interview about them and why their company is a good fit for YOU!

>HR will cockblock

then go online, message department managers, network with people on reddit in niche boards, befriend everyone in your industry, keep in good terms with coworkers because you'll never know which one might be the one who'll be your 'in' with a good company

it's not what you know but who you know

>>33538016
>walmart
>dead end
You can make some serious dough working any management position, especially if you're working as a store manager, the retards you're referring too are usually ex-cons, drug addicts, or some washed up party slut with 5 kids each of which belongs to a different baby daddy. Not being an alcoholic/drug addict/single parent while working at walmart will put you way ahead of the curve. But honestly, you're better off working at costco if you really want to play the retail game.

>>33538220
>speaks as agent smith
I'm sorry but you've reached a dead end.

>>33541249
t. retard who couldn't become a fast food manager even if he tried

"Your churn is too high to ask that question. Ask me my availability hours."

Job interviews are a retarded humiliation ritual. You failed, but you failed because you must have some kind of soul left in you. So congrats on that, I guess.

>>33507785
wagmi

>>33530897
Why do you have to degrade yourself and dance like a monkey for a job that pays subsistence wages? This economy is retarded and it is better to be a NEET anyways

>>33543940
more like he failed for being retarded, all he had to do was lie and say "Yeah" and that was that, you autists genuinely make me LOL.

>>33543914
t. autist who can't take a joke

>>33497358 (OP)
I've been asked that in the past for a min wagie job and my response was more along the lines of

"I'd be open to it but I'm more focused on this current position and hoping that in the future if you look back that you wouldn't feel like you regretted hiring me"

Also if anyone asks you "do you have any questions" always ask something a long the lines of

"What is would you consider to be one of the biggest challenges in this position"

They seem to like being asked that then being asking how they deal with that challenge and what you could do.

>>33544847
Thanks for the tips based wage slaver

I hate how HR at job interwies just wants you to lie at them 90% of the questions. Especially for wagie jobs it ridicolous. Why did you apply: "Cause I need to pay rent you faggot. What did ya think I was here for? Self fulfillment, advancing your business whith my amazig skills working the cash register or stocking shelves?"

>>33497358 (OP)
What did you say for why you applied?

I'm in a similar situation. I have an interview in less than an hour and a half. Should I wear dress clothing or is a good pair jeans with a flannel shirt good enough?

>>33546231
They never asked me that.

>>33546201
Yeah it's goofy as that people who never worked or aren't even on ground level are involved in the hiring process.

In my min wagie job apparently these types were the ones who called one of the store managers (reference check) about questions relating to a potential new hire (literally a volunteer who finally went for a paid position) who was volunteering at his store.

Why TF isn't it the store manager for the store who this volunteer applied for the one calling up the other store manager how that person was. Or why wasn't it the regional manager (the direct manager to the regular store managers) enquiring? From my understanding there is usually the regional manager and 2 store managers at the actual interview.

>>33497358 (OP)
Asking somone that question could possibly mean that they are probing to see how motivated you are , as with somone who sees themselves becoming the manager role would put forth extra dedication.

The way you answered that tells them you'll probably do the bare minimum to get paid and thats it.

>>33546459
How did the interview go, anon?

>>33497534
bullshit. Hes asking to know if youre gonna be competition. Worker bees should know their place.

>>33548333
Man I hate working for these shit companies.

>>33548251
I wonder how many people they asked that who answered they'd love to be a manager in the future, only to end up being the laziest employees they ever saw.

kek

>>33538054
you're exactly right for a prestigious white collar job.
OP is talking about stuff like being a part time cashier or a burger flipper... the competition for those positions is fierce and it leads to perfectly qualified applicants not even being considered. it's brutal on the psyche of the prospective wagie to scrape the bottom of the barrel of the job market and get rejected repeatedly.

>>33550583
>being a part time cashier or a burger flipper... the competition for those positions is fierce
fuck that shit