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A person can walk into a job interview and when asked "What do you like to do with your free time?" respond honestly with "Well besides, a b and c I also enjoy playing video games with family and friends" without this hurting his chances of getting the job. This question only applies to fields that are in no way related to video games. My guess is 50 years to never. Pro tip: "What you like to do with your free time" can sometimes be a sneaky way of asking "Do you go to church?" without getting into trouble because honestly the majority of people that participate in their church are going to mention it. So when asked you can always just lie and then refuse to discuss religion when at work.
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What the gently caress
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Jul 9, 2014 16:54
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lol
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Jul 9, 2014 16:55
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I like to play the new Pokemon on my DS, sike im 30 years old. I drink liquor until I black out and think of railing college chicks
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Jul 9, 2014 16:55
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sticking things up my arse
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Jul 9, 2014 16:55
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Yeah, just saying I would never admit to playing games during a job interview, at work or on a date unless she brought it up.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:00
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Uhh you can do it now if video games are that important to you the important part is to not be a fat, hairy, antisocial blob of grease w/ wire frame glasses, which is the hard part for nerds
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Jul 9, 2014 17:02
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Sephiroth_IRA posted:Yeah, just saying I would never admit to playing games during a job interview, at work or on a date unless she brought it up. or even with friends. people used to try talking to me about world of warcraft and i always instantly wanted to kill that person.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:05
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Never, vidya games are products for little baby children and shouldn't be brought up when trying to get a job, as that's something that adults have.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:07
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wow, thanks. For the tip. nd not a moment too soon! iI am going to try and get a job tomorrow. this was helpful advice for me, as I regularly try and engage people in conversations about video games. i will have to remember not to do that and perhaps lie about going to church. Who cares if I lie about churtch, god??? I dont go to church because I dont belief. So ha ha! Man i am totoally doing this. this is a serious post too. tHanks op.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:15
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i talk to my nephew about minecraft but I haven't played it for longer than 5 minutes so I try and ask questions about how big his house or castle or whatever is and if he has to hide from monsters. Can someone give me some good questions to ask my nephew about minecraft. Here is something some people might not know what i learned, minecraft is on the nintendo wii now. I was surprised too! edit: he will not know who goku is edit two: i hope
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Jul 9, 2014 17:18
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best advise i can give is do not discuss video games if you do make sure its call of duty
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Jul 9, 2014 17:20
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"Yes I have management experience. I successfully lead a team of 40 people through treacherous dungeons in order to kill the monster. I also have experience with accounting, as I managed the DKP system."
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Jul 9, 2014 17:20
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULqAIbjCsXE
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Jul 9, 2014 17:25
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^ my six year old plays Minecraft and the other day she was blabbing on about it for nearly an hour the only thing I can remember is "respawning pigs" which for whatever reason was funny as hell to her. And OP no-one ever answers the spare time question truthfully. It's asked to assess you dumbass not to be social. So just answer something that shows you like to learn/improve yourself, something semi-exotic or interesting and most importantly something that proves you can work in a team and maybe something relevant to the job if possible. Videogames aren't a good example of any of these. On the plus side(kinda) if your getting asked stupid questions like these then the job sucks and guy won't really give a poo poo what you answer anyway.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:26
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gently caress the ROW posted:What the gently caress
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Jul 9, 2014 17:28
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If you can't find a way to word your video game hobby that turns it in to a positive expression focused on fast-paced analytical problem solving you're probably retarded.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:28
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What if the hiring manager loves dorky poo poo too and you both yell out OMG DARK SOULS TWO? THAT PART WITH THE THING??
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Jul 9, 2014 17:28
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I've got a WoW ?? Humanoid t-shirt my girlfriend gave me for my birthday one year. I don't wear it anymore because without fail some dork would try to strike up a conversation about WoW.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:30
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Honestly though if you need to work on strategies for getting a job you're laughably unhireable and recruiters can smell it on you like dogs can smell fear. Nothing is worse than interviewing someone who planned their answers in advance and tries to steer the interview in to a position where their canned answers can be used. If you can't hold a natural conversation about relevant topics while making eye contact and not fidgeting during a job interview without practicing and deliberating ahead of time you're not going to be a good employee.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:38
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Yeah just to be clear if a guy came to me in an interview and mentioned he liked the vidya games I would probably throw his resume in the shredder too. Although if I had to choose between video game dork and the guy that handed me a My Little Pony resume I would go with the video game dork.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:50
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Sephiroth_IRA posted:Yeah just to be clear if a guy came to me in an interview and mentioned he liked the vidya games I would probably throw his resume in the shredder too. What if they had a sick resume? 
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Jul 9, 2014 17:55
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Sephiroth_IRA posted:Yeah just to be clear if a guy came to me in an interview and mentioned he liked the vidya games I would probably throw his resume in the shredder too. if i had to choose between a guy that publicly supported hitler and mao or a brony i would choose neither because i am not a terrible person
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Jul 9, 2014 18:15
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church thing is actually a pro tip for most places whether the person interviewing you is christian or not but you have to say "I volunteer a lot for my church at events they hold" or something real sounding
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Jul 9, 2014 18:18
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DrManiac posted:What if they had a sick resume? why does everyone post the redacted one? 
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Jul 9, 2014 18:22
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sometimes we need to take matters in our own hands NWS NMS ok http://i.imgur.com/qQ64ZED.jpg
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Jul 9, 2014 18:26
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look bro if the fact that i've gotten 120 stars in super mario 64 multiple times doesnt show that im a very organized hard worker then just lol.
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Jul 9, 2014 19:03
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1gnoirents posted:sometimes we need to take matters in our own hands Um
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Jul 9, 2014 19:05
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Slipknot Hoagie posted:I like to play the new Pokemon on my DS, sike im 30 years old. I drink liquor until I black out and think of railing college chicks
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Jul 9, 2014 19:11
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Its been done: http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/19/technology/world-of-warcraft-resume/index.html
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Jul 9, 2014 19:14
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i print my high scores in my resume as well as whatever guilds i am. I also bring my magic deck just in case
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Jul 9, 2014 19:15
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Funnypost Collabo posted:If you can't find a way to word your video game hobby that turns it in to a positive expression focused on fast-paced analytical problem solving you're probably retarded. That's not too difficult but unfortunately there's a good chance that the guy hiring you just doesn't like video games and the people that play them so it's probably better to just think of a different way to make your point.
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Jul 9, 2014 19:18
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It depends where you're applying, if it's a tech company it's a Good Thing to put on your resume if you can put a positive spin on it because it shows an ability to draw beneficial real-life experiences from virtual and technological interactions.
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Jul 9, 2014 19:31
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Yeah that's actually true I've got an entire paragraph about video game but it's phrased v cleverly
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Jul 9, 2014 19:32
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question is do you add your work experience and professional references to your guild application ?
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Jul 9, 2014 19:34
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sluggo is mad posted:i print my high scores in my resume as well as whatever guilds i am. I also bring my magic deck just in case GPA: 2.8 DPS: 100000
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Jul 9, 2014 19:35
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"sir i think you'll find that my massive pornography collection is thoughtfully and meticulously organized, imagine what those skills can bring to this position"
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Jul 9, 2014 19:39
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Samuel L. ACKSYN posted:"sir i think you'll find that my massive pornography collection is thoughtfully and meticulously organized, imagine what those skills can bring to this position" "and I am respected member of amazing somethingawful.com community"
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Jul 9, 2014 19:41
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"don't look at my post history, but let me tell you I command a lot of respect on a internet forum, there's talk of me moderating so you better snap me up quick"
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i also have experience with advertising and crafting promotional media, let me get my portfolio...
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