Say Less

I used to like doing interviews. I no longer do. Either people are getting dumber or I am losing patience. The other day I interviewed a nice woman. Work wise she was great. Her problem was that she did not know when to stop talking about things that are going to lessen her chance of employment. Since she has worked in the mental healthcare field, she knows some of the drug reps that we do. She has nicknames for them and kept referring to them with these names. The man we know as John, she kept referring to as Gene Man. She told us that she had a fight with him about a patient's insurance. She told me this story on my initial interview with her and I prayed she would not bring it up again on the second interview with the doctors in the room. She did. The story does not go over well. Her next interview is on Thursday and that will be the toughest one of all. Any extra words can make or break her chances of being hired. I will just sit back and watch the show.