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omega0684

posted on 26/8/09 at 05:29 PM Reply With Quote
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yes im back from my interview at BP, i got absolutely grilled for 1 hour and 45 minutes but a senior operations manager and the HR manager.

it seemed very good cop (HR Manager) bad cop (senior manager) at first, but after a bit of general banter and a sly joke (which they both found very funny ) we got of to a positive start!

spent half hour talking about previous experiences in jobs etc, half an hour talking about my health as they wanted to talk about why i had been out of work for 11 months and half an hour on compentancy questions, the last 15 minutes was for me to ask them questions which i did!

overall i think that it went very well, but i did get the feeling they were a little hung up and concerned about my health, which is fair enough, but i continually told that that i was back to health and raring to go!

fingers crossed

i'll hear by the end of next week!

[Edited on 26/8/09 by omega0684]

[Edited on 26/8/09 by omega0684]

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blakep82

posted on 26/8/09 at 05:31 PM Reply With Quote
i'm not particularly bothered

joking! glad you think it went well, fingers crossed


ooh ohh what was the sly joke?! wasn't a joke about him being bald, or about his wife was it?! they love them

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tomgregory2000

posted on 26/8/09 at 05:32 PM Reply With Quote
fingers crossed for you
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tomprescott

posted on 26/8/09 at 06:00 PM Reply With Quote
Good luck, brave to slip in a joke! Hope you get it. Tom
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JoelP

posted on 26/8/09 at 06:02 PM Reply With Quote
risky gambit with the joke, in case they dont laugh Well done.





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edspurrier

posted on 26/8/09 at 06:05 PM Reply With Quote
Did once know a bloke who was asked what his weaknesses were - "champagne and leggy blondes" didn't go down well!

Good luck

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mackei23b

posted on 26/8/09 at 06:51 PM Reply With Quote
Good Luck!
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Steve Hignett

posted on 26/8/09 at 07:07 PM Reply With Quote







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Benzine

posted on 26/8/09 at 07:24 PM Reply With Quote
Good luck! This thread needs more Alan Partridge BP related quotes

"I'm off for a mushroom slice at the BP garage"





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clairetoo

posted on 26/8/09 at 08:18 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Steve Hignett


x2
Good luck - cant wait to welcome you back into the rat race





Its cuz I is blond , innit

Claire xx

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blakep82

posted on 26/8/09 at 10:31 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
Good luck! This thread needs more Alan Partridge BP related quotes

"I'm off for a mushroom slice at the BP garage"


"todays guest petrol is, texaco. and tomorrows guest petrol, will be... texaco!"

ok, not BP related, but my initials are BP! so by that, anything counts

"butter my arse!"

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DarrenW

posted on 27/8/09 at 12:10 AM Reply With Quote
It wasnt an idea about mating bees and harvesting urine was it???

Good luck. Interviews arent meant to be easy, but if you know your stuff they shouldnt be stressful either.

Did you ask how much petrol you can put in a diesel cars tank?
Did you get chance to concurr that top gear is right ref diesel being the fuel of satan?






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blakep82

posted on 27/8/09 at 12:39 AM Reply With Quote
was the joke "what bees make milk?.... boobies!

no?





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vindicator

posted on 27/8/09 at 02:05 PM Reply With Quote
Look, they took a gamble to see you as I am sure you spelled out your cough(illness) on your cv. They could have written back to you and said 'no thanks'.
As it lasted 1 1/2 hours I think:-

1) they liked you and saw that you would fit in.
2)They know you are not affraid to speak out (ie bad cop, good cop).
3) you know your body and if you say you are back to normal, then you are as fit as the next person.
4) Keeping going at the interviews...
5) my good luck goes to you.

As I am back now for sometime, I'll see you in just over a weeks time....

regards

TimR





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