QOTD 11/18

minionlover · November 2013

Have you ever just applied for a job and didn't expect to get it but ended up with an offer? Did you take it?

snuff9861 · November 2013

Two summers ago I was so desperate to leave my current job that I applied for several jobs. I got one of them, but had to turn it down when they changed the hours that they had initially said I would be working.

mana8503 · November 2013

My current job. It was a crazy series of events where I went to my CW's house to met her brother, and met her dad in the process. He found out my major was Math/Stats and asked if I heard of this place. He said to give him my resume. I didn't hear back all year (my senior year of college), so I gave her an updated resume. I did an externship that summer, and 2 days after I moved back home, I got called for an interview. I had applied the normal way to a few positions, so I didn't even know which job they were calling about. I went in for an interview and they had my original resume (I brought the updated). I got a call 6 weeks later, which was a record, that I started that Monday. I was like WHAT?!

pockysquirrel · November 2013

My current job. I had just been laid off and was in this panicked state of "apply for all the things". I wasn't even expecting to get interviewed because the job was in adult mental health and I had only ever worked with children and adolescents before. And when they brought me back for a second interview, which was a group interview and absolutely terrifying, I felt grossly underqualified and never thought I'd get an offer. Nevertheless, I got a call about a week later, and since I was unemployed I pretty much had to take it. I started right when my severance pay from my old job ran out. And I only thought I'd stick around until I found something better, but lo and behold I've now been there for four years!

mrshall1027 · November 2013

Nope. I've owned my business since I was out of HS, so never really applied anywhere else other than restaurant jobs when I was a younger teenager.

brainybrunette · November 2013

I still don't have a real job LOL! Although, this Ph.D. is wrapping up quickly and I'll be applying like crazy soon.

consciousdear88 · November 2013

My part time job. I applied on a whim for it after getting into a small bicker with DH and got an offer not even a few days later. On an awkward note, the night before I got called, I ran into my sister and she had applied for it as well.

minionlover · November 2013

I applied for my current job on a whim. I already had a job that wasn't too bad but said hey why not. I got an interview and thought it went okay. I got a call a few days later and was offered the position.

I also got hired on the spot at Victorias Secret as an assistant manager with no retail experience at all.

aro1589 · November 2013

I got my current job without even applying...so I was pretty surprised I got it! haha

I'm a research assistant at a university. Everyone who applies to the masters' program in my department is technically considered for a research assistantship but I wasn't interested (was only planning on going part time). I didn't think they would even be looking for one at that time since I started the program in the middle the of year. But they were and offered it to me - so, now I'm getting a masters' degree for free! couldn't turn it down..

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