Bit casual coming under a "Professional" forum I know but might serve some business related purpose by learning from others 
Funniest;
This is all in relation to a PERM job but still funny I think.
Monday morning I was offered a job from ClientCoABC which I verbally accepted via the agent. Start following Monday.
That same day I had another agent ringing me telling me about another role for ClientCoXYZ. I told him I was all sorted for a role thanks but being the push over that I am I let him talk me into a phone interview with XYZ on Tues anyways.
Had the phone chat on Tues morning and it went so well that by Tues arvo the agent was ringing to say they wanted a face interview. I again said I was all sorted so there's no point, I never go back on my word and I've already accepted the other role. BUT being the PUSH OVER that I am I let the bugger convince me to go to face interview on Friday, what else was I going to do with a week of not working & not looking for work?
THURSDAY came and some mates called up saying tonight was a big night on the lash, figuring I don't care about the interview the next day anyways, I accepted The Call.
So apparently somewhere around 3am I stumbled away from the bar and wandered off in completely the wrong direction. When my memory finally caught up with me I was walking alone in streets I couldn't recognise. No taxi would stop for me because I was clearly goneski. Eventually found a night bus to jump on, but fell asleep till the end of the line, which again I didn't recognise. Kicked off that bus I managed to find another, but fell asleep again till the end of the line. Again kicked off I realised I where I was (very far from home) and the time (5:30am). I sat down to wait for the tubes to open. By the time I got home (now Friday morning) it was 7am, did I mention the interview was at 12noon in the City? Slept till 10am, showered, dressed and into town and got to interview with 5min to spare.
Great company, great guys, after spending 2.5 hours sweating like a pedo in a playground, asking for extra large glasses of water every 10 minutes and forgetting every name I was told within 0.7seconds I was glad they hadn't let their grilling up for a single second otherwise I would have fallen asleep AGAIN right at the table.
Suffice to say as soon as I got out of there I went straight home to get some rest, but no, the agent was on the phone by 4pm saying I'd done very well (?!?!?) and they wanted to offer me the job (?!?!?!?!?!?!).
Role, pay, conditions all exactly the same as the previous role I'd already accepted, so I told him AGAIN AGAIN that I can't go back on my word.
THEN he did something that really astounded me, the AGENT said his agency would be willing to profit split with me if I took the role. If I stayed in the role for 3 months (perm role remember) the agency would GIVE me £1000 cash!!!!!!
BUT, I never go back on my word, after an hour on the phone defending my honour he finally accepted I wouldn't break my verbal acceptance of the first role and said he respected me for that and let me go (man my word costs me a lot of coin!).
Moral; better interviews and faster offers come when interviewing on little-to-no-sleep and smelling like booze.
Un-funny bit; I quit that first role 6 months later when I realised I wanted to contract, shoulda taken that second role and boosted with the extra £1000!!!!!!!
Funniest;
This is all in relation to a PERM job but still funny I think.
Monday morning I was offered a job from ClientCoABC which I verbally accepted via the agent. Start following Monday.
That same day I had another agent ringing me telling me about another role for ClientCoXYZ. I told him I was all sorted for a role thanks but being the push over that I am I let him talk me into a phone interview with XYZ on Tues anyways.
Had the phone chat on Tues morning and it went so well that by Tues arvo the agent was ringing to say they wanted a face interview. I again said I was all sorted so there's no point, I never go back on my word and I've already accepted the other role. BUT being the PUSH OVER that I am I let the bugger convince me to go to face interview on Friday, what else was I going to do with a week of not working & not looking for work?
THURSDAY came and some mates called up saying tonight was a big night on the lash, figuring I don't care about the interview the next day anyways, I accepted The Call.
So apparently somewhere around 3am I stumbled away from the bar and wandered off in completely the wrong direction. When my memory finally caught up with me I was walking alone in streets I couldn't recognise. No taxi would stop for me because I was clearly goneski. Eventually found a night bus to jump on, but fell asleep till the end of the line, which again I didn't recognise. Kicked off that bus I managed to find another, but fell asleep again till the end of the line. Again kicked off I realised I where I was (very far from home) and the time (5:30am). I sat down to wait for the tubes to open. By the time I got home (now Friday morning) it was 7am, did I mention the interview was at 12noon in the City? Slept till 10am, showered, dressed and into town and got to interview with 5min to spare.
Great company, great guys, after spending 2.5 hours sweating like a pedo in a playground, asking for extra large glasses of water every 10 minutes and forgetting every name I was told within 0.7seconds I was glad they hadn't let their grilling up for a single second otherwise I would have fallen asleep AGAIN right at the table.
Suffice to say as soon as I got out of there I went straight home to get some rest, but no, the agent was on the phone by 4pm saying I'd done very well (?!?!?) and they wanted to offer me the job (?!?!?!?!?!?!).
Role, pay, conditions all exactly the same as the previous role I'd already accepted, so I told him AGAIN AGAIN that I can't go back on my word.
THEN he did something that really astounded me, the AGENT said his agency would be willing to profit split with me if I took the role. If I stayed in the role for 3 months (perm role remember) the agency would GIVE me £1000 cash!!!!!!
BUT, I never go back on my word, after an hour on the phone defending my honour he finally accepted I wouldn't break my verbal acceptance of the first role and said he respected me for that and let me go (man my word costs me a lot of coin!).
Moral; better interviews and faster offers come when interviewing on little-to-no-sleep and smelling like booze.
Un-funny bit; I quit that first role 6 months later when I realised I wanted to contract, shoulda taken that second role and boosted with the extra £1000!!!!!!!
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