Freitag, August 31, 2007

my first job interview in german and how I rejected the offer

two nights ago I got a call from the company that organizes an international football cup here. they said that they needed a native finnish speaker and invited me to an interview. so yesterday I went there. the office didn't look like an office at all, the interviewer was a young tiny woman with blond hair, well done nails and pink slippers. "if you just could take your shoes off, please" she said.

I felt slightly superior to the interviewer and that's not just because of my size, but because I knew I didn't really need the job if it wouldn't suit me. she told me about herself and the company and finally about the job. it all seemed very nice first, but then she started talking about how "we" will get to the place and how "we" will stay at a hotel. and how "we" are going to wear suits and denim miniskirts ("you surely have one, right? - you don't? well, do you have any kind of miniskirt?").

I told her that I don't want a job that makes me stay in a hotel somewhere in southern austria ("where it is? hmm, good question, I don't know. in the south somewhere."), but she just kept talking. I also don't want a job where I have to wear a suit (negotiable, depends on the job), let alone a miniskirt (out of question). finally, she got it. I said I was sorry and wished her all the best. now she has five days time to find a native finnish speaker who's ready to wear a miniskirt for football players in southern austria. finnish women should know better.

I told harald I didn't take the job and he took me to the cinema.

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