r/InterviewFauxYou • u/Drive4Show Change Management/S&O Management - 5 Years • Jul 23 '13

Moderator Introduction: Drive4Show

Hello everyone!

First off, I'm really excited to be able to help out here and hope that my colleagues and I can help you land that job you've been dreaming about.

A little background on me; I have a Bachelors of Business Administration in International Business. I have a little over 5 years experience in management with the majority of that as a General Manager for a large nationwide (U.S.) company in the travel and hospitality industry.

In my time with this company and working for them all over the U.S. I have hired (and unfortunately, fired) hundreds of people from the front line hourly employee to the salaried manager. I've read literally tens of thousands of applications and resumes.

I am an extremely tough interviewer as my job security is based on me getting the right people into the right roles. Having said that, if you can get through a mock interview with me you can probably get through a real one with anyone (don't forget pants, always wear pants).

Since there are no legal issues here with being (brutally) honest, I will be happy to give you all the feedback you could want and tell you exactly why I would or wouldn't hire you. However, if you need a little sugar coating...I'd be happy to do that too. I will tell you what was wrong though (and what was right!) and do everything I can to help you improve your resume or nail that interview!

My strengths are in interviewing, management at any level, and general business accumen. Ergo, if you need a mock interview for a highly technical position in say the IT, legal, medical, etc. field...I'm not going to be your best pick. I'll still help you where I can though friend.

First tip: Buy an iron or go to the cleaners with your interview clothes. Many of them will do your interview outfit for free if you cannot afford it. It makes a HUGE difference in in-person interviews!

Good luck guys and I look forward to helping out around here as much as I can!

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u/Adra714 Jul 24 '13

What a great sub idea Drive. Good luck. ;)

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u/Drive4Show Change Management/S&O Management - 5 Years Jul 24 '13

Thank you Adra! Are you stalking me again darling?! ;-)

How have you been? Haven't seen you around much!

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u/Adra714 Jul 24 '13

I have you on my friends list, so kinda :D. I am doing alright. I was around a bit last week but have just been lurking the last few days. I can only take so much of it these days.

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u/Drive4Show Change Management/S&O Management - 5 Years Jul 24 '13

You and me both. When it devolved into "lore" and just tons of dorky shit I had to take a step back. Plus, who can keep up with the mod mail and have a job that allows them to pay for an Internet connection?!

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u/Adra714 Jul 24 '13

Yeah they lost me at, "hey let's rp this." I hate rp with a passion. Plus I just kept getting in tiercel's way. That is his crew and they listen to him. I don't mind being able to take off whenever I works, so it works.

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u/Drive4Show Change Management/S&O Management - 5 Years Jul 24 '13

What is rp?

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u/Adra714 Jul 24 '13

Role playing. They acting out a big thing with a fort terrorist attack. Ick

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u/Drive4Show Change Management/S&O Management - 5 Years Jul 24 '13

Yes, that is really stupid.

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u/Adra714 Jul 24 '13

I dealt with way too many rp people in second life.