QUESTION TIME~!

[candyland]

I was talking with my parents about interviewing. FYI, my dad is a warehouse manager, so he does interviews and hiring for his warehouse, and my mom is a Human Resources manager, so she does interviewing and hiring where she works. And both my parents said that it is acceptable to go into an interview with a notecard or a piece of paper with some questions written on it. To use Mom's words, "It shows that they give a shit."

When I mentioned this to a friend, she said that if she were interviewing, she would not think highly of someone who did that--that you should memorize the questions first, and not bring anything written like that into an interview.

I realize that every situation is different, but as a general rule: what do you guys think?


ETA: I'm not sure if I was being clear, but the notecard would have written on it questions that the interviewee wanted to ask the interviewer when it came to the "Do you have any questions?" point in the interview, so as not to forget anything in the case of nerves. Something that sits in your pocket until it gets to that point, at which point you pull it out and ask your questions of your prospective employer.

And I'm not really talking about academia, which everyone keeps bringing up @_@

Comments

[clovereyes.livejournal.com]

I think a notecard is perfect and there shouldn't be any shame of bringing one.
Yes, as your mother said it shows they give a shit but it also shows that they are organized. The more they know you want it, the better.

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

That's...kind of what I think ^^;; But I'm trying to see why other people would think otherwise.