How NOT to get a job working for me - Page 15

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  • #184901
    Anonymous
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    I would not have believed this could happen if I hadn’t been there myself. Wow! That’s the only thing I can say.

    This guy shows up at my office at 4:30pm on Friday, April 11th looking for a job. I introduced myself and then when I told him that he would have to come back at another time because we were swamped, he asked to speak to the “man in charge about setting up an appointment on Tuesday”. I played along thinking this has got to be a practical joke. I go tell my partner that someone wants to see him about a job and he laughed about the “man in charge” comment. He tells me to “let him stew for a few minutes”. So I did. While waiting on the “man in charge” this guy proceeds to tell me that he can do my job in 1/2 the time because he got 91% in Advanced Accounting so the CPA exam is going to be a “piece of cake” and shouldn’t take more than a “month to pass”. My license is hanging on the wall, literally right behind my head. My name is on the freaking building! And he never put two and two together. Finally, “the man in charge” comes out to my desk and introduces himself and then proceeds to introduce me as his partner and tells the guy that “She makes all of the hiring decisions” and points to me. This guy went from the deepest shade of red I have ever seen on a human being to white as a sheet in about 30 seconds. It took him that long to figure out that I was a CPA. I just smiled and said “Good luck with your job search.” When he walked out of the office, I looked at my partner and asked “Did that just happen?” WOW!

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  • #544972
    jeff
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    The only thing missing in this thread is ACPUP (Anonymous Concerned Poster Using Proxy) to tell me I'm horrible at running a forum. 🙂

    Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

    #544983
    jeff
    Keymaster

    The only thing missing in this thread is ACPUP (Anonymous Concerned Poster Using Proxy) to tell me I'm horrible at running a forum. 🙂

    Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

    #544974
    Study Monk
    Member

    I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

    "Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

    #544985
    Study Monk
    Member

    I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

    "Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

    #544976
    Kimboroni
    Member

    I prefer “grammar ninja.” 🙂

    AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
    FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
    REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
    BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

    Disclaimer: My ninja avatar is not meant to imply that I have any affiliation with this site other than being a forum member. That's a pic of a T-shirt that my daughter gave me for my birthday. 🙂

    #544987
    Kimboroni
    Member

    I prefer “grammar ninja.” 🙂

    AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
    FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
    REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
    BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

    Disclaimer: My ninja avatar is not meant to imply that I have any affiliation with this site other than being a forum member. That's a pic of a T-shirt that my daughter gave me for my birthday. 🙂

    #544978
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    *yawn* who cares? I'm going to paint some happy little trees. Besides, a little arrogance is good. If I'm going to hire you, I don't just want you to be confident that you can do the job…I want to get the *slight* impression that you're going to do it better than anyone else that might walk into my office and I would be stupid not to offer you a job. Laying it on too thick is obviously obnoxious, but a little cockiness is good, in my opinion.

    #544989
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    *yawn* who cares? I'm going to paint some happy little trees. Besides, a little arrogance is good. If I'm going to hire you, I don't just want you to be confident that you can do the job…I want to get the *slight* impression that you're going to do it better than anyone else that might walk into my office and I would be stupid not to offer you a job. Laying it on too thick is obviously obnoxious, but a little cockiness is good, in my opinion.

    #544980
    Guti
    Participant

    I would have hired that guy in a second!

    FAR-84
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    REG-
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    #544991
    Guti
    Participant

    I would have hired that guy in a second!

    FAR-84
    AUD-
    REG-
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    #544982
    MintsRGood
    Participant

    ??????????????????? This is absurdity. Kricket is the antithesis of arrogance. SMH.

    And BTW if Mods=Mafia, then this is all I have to say regarding unkind comments at Kricket's expense:

    I've always been more of a Sonny then a Michael. 😉

    #MintsRMafia

    REG: 75 DONE 🙂
    AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
    BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
    FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
    Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
    -Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
    -The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
    -You better work, b***h!
    -Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

    #544993
    MintsRGood
    Participant

    ??????????????????? This is absurdity. Kricket is the antithesis of arrogance. SMH.

    And BTW if Mods=Mafia, then this is all I have to say regarding unkind comments at Kricket's expense:

    I've always been more of a Sonny then a Michael. 😉

    #MintsRMafia

    REG: 75 DONE 🙂
    AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
    BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
    FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
    Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
    -Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
    -The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
    -You better work, b***h!
    -Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

    #544984
    Kenada
    Member

    A little off topic but does anyone remember MOD.

    He hasn't posted on this website in a long while…

    CA Candidate. 05/27/2014 ~ 786/110
    I am done!!

    #544995
    Kenada
    Member

    A little off topic but does anyone remember MOD.

    He hasn't posted on this website in a long while…

    CA Candidate. 05/27/2014 ~ 786/110
    I am done!!

    #544986
    jeff
    Keymaster

    MOD is taking the CMA II in June according to their profile

    Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

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