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What about you was studied and whose personal interest was it for?But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger -
That would be telling!Originally posted by Gibbon View PostWhat about you was studied and whose personal interest was it for?
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Now that would be a way to get an interview!Originally posted by mudskipper View PostThat would be telling!
One guys who was interviewed once where I used to work had LARPing on his cv and identified which faction he was from (apparently this might be of interest to interviewers?!). The interviewer asked me about it because he knew that I was a LARPer too (although it is not on my cv) and I played the same system as him and our two groups were bitter enemies.
I almost begged to be let into the interview to mention it and to pretend have a go at him. Unfortunately interviews are 'a serious process' or something and they gave a blanket refusal to me being there or providing any questions for them to ask
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It's probably forever tainted by Role Models (not that it needed much help)Originally posted by MyUserName View PostNow that would be a way to get an interview!
One guys who was interviewed once where I used to work had LARPing on his cv and identified which faction he was from (apparently this might be of interest to interviewers?!). The interviewer asked me about it because he knew that I was a LARPer too (although it is not on my cv) and I played the same system as him and our two groups were bitter enemies.
I almost begged to be let into the interview to mention it and to pretend have a go at him. Unfortunately interviews are 'a serious process' or something and they gave a blanket refusal to me being there or providing any questions for them to ask
Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.Comment
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Place I worked at as a permy had CVs in for tester and someone mentioned that they played in a champions league final (true) or European Cup as it was known at the time. Unsurprisingly they got the job.
Played 5-a-side against him and for someone in his fifties he was the best player on the pitch by a country mile.Comment
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But is it rifled? 🍻Originally posted by zeitghostThe only shotgun I've ever liked was a folding stock pump.

Not my type of weapon really.
Unless it's got slugs in it.
I was an IPSE Consultative Council Member, until the BoD abolished it. I am not an IPSE Member, since they have no longer have any relevance to me, as an IT Contractor. Read my lips...I recommend QDOS for ALL your Insurance requirements (Contact me for a referral code).Comment
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Shooting slugs at people now that is cruel and unusual, I'm sure the RSPCA would have something to say about it as well...Originally posted by zeitghostThe only shotgun I've ever liked was a folding stock pump.

Not my type of weapon really.
Unless it's got slugs in it.
Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.Comment
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I may have worked with this person!Originally posted by vetran View Postbest one I saw was the one who put his interests as 'I am a Jehovah's witness with my own ministry'.
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Bless you.Originally posted by Jeebo72 View PostI may have worked with this person!"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Reader I married her....Originally posted by MyUserName View PostAbsolutely! Mentioning 15c re-enactment got me into investment banking. The MD was a 15c history fan (even has his own website about it) and ended up making armour for me to use. The head programmer loved WoW and spent the interview asking me which weapons work against which types of armour, as an after thought he asked me what a smart pointer was and then went back to talking about WoW!
Best interview I ever had until the HR one which came next, that culminated with being asked out by the girl interviewing me.
merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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