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

[fyliwionvilyaer.livejournal.com]

Yeah... personally I wouldn't be one to bring in a notecard, etc... and from theatre perspective... I might actually raise an eyebrow at someone who does. From the more academia side of what I'm going into, or the design/technological field... I still don't know that I would bring in a notecard/paper-- I think the chances of looking at that verses the interviewer would be high, and yeah... it would likely seem slightly unprofessional (or at least new into the field). Especially since it seems like a lot of the questions would be pertaining to things concerning you, past work experiances, situations etc... in which case I would wonder at the notecard/paper since that raises questions in if they can't answer questions about themselves without help... what about others?

That being said I can't blame anyone for using one... my nerves are TERRIBLE in interview and audition situations. And past interviews have been terrible with me... But yeah ^^;;

[candy--chan.livejournal.com]

I'm going to ask the same question I asked above: why?

And I'm more saying that you have a card in your pocket or bag with your questions for the interviewer written on it, and when the interviewer says "Do you have any questions?" you pull it out and say "Yes, I do." It's not a reference for things about the interviewee--I'm referring to questions they want to ask of their prospective employer.

Given the answers I'm getting, I don't think I was clear on the question... *ETA's the original post*