Why hello there
I think the best news I can possibly give to you about myself recently is that I've now been approved for a tier 1
exceptional Talent Visa
Which if you don't know means I can stay in the UK and live and work and play
For up to five years and then get my citizenship and everything is basically sunshine rainbows
I don't have to worry about any more job stress about losing jobs
And oh no, I'm getting kicked out of the country, none of that's ever gonna happen again. Everything is fine. Everything is great
It took me a lot of effort and work, but it is now all paid off. Thank you for everyone
That's me keeping up to date however some of you might be like Evan despite this you still have a job though
Do you? I might, no no no
however
That's led me to remember all of the amazingly terribly embarrassing
Interviews that I've gone through throughout my life and because on this channel I like to tell stories
Embarrassing myself and letting you guys witness that and cringe with me that is what I'm going to do today
So without further do let's get into the stories. When I was a young lad at the age of 16
I used to live in the middle of nowhere, or where I'm from we call it the middle of East Jabipsville
It's just a new jersey expression it means the middle of nowhere
So I lived with more cows and horses and farms than the people. I didn't really have any neighbors however
We did have this one amenity that made the town the best town ever that was a wawa and if you're from
New Jersey you know what I'm gonna talk about before you even get into it if you don't talk about you
Haven't seen my travel vlogs or I just went to DC and went to Wawa recently it was like oh
Wawa's basically just a convenience store
Except instead of some random person helping you
It's Jesus and then make you the most delicious hoagies in the world
and it's the best thing and if you're from south jersey it is a it is a mark of heritage to love this store and
So I had a Wawa in my town. It was a three and a half to four mile
Trip away and because I felt like I was the only 17 or didn't have a car
I would have to walk or bike if I wanted to get the delicious hoagie treats that they had served
But lucky for me 16 year old Evan
I
Had Gotten an interview at Wawa - best place ever. I was imagining eating lunch and eating a hoagie every day. It was so exciting
so the day came
For an interview at Wawa. I asked my mom and said mom do I take a left and route 77 and she said right
Which I mean she could have said correct, but I picked it up as take a right, so here
I am all my little bicycle, and I'm riding up to route 77 and I just take right okay?
I'm just I'm gonna keep going. At this point I'm biking for about 15 to 20 minutes
The interview is supposed to be in five minutes and the part of my head's like turn around, bro
You're going the wrong way and the other half is like just keep going it's got to be here
I mean if you're going the right way, you're gonna get there
I couldn't remember because I'm so bad with directions and so I see this farmer
Tending to a freaking fence on the side of the road no, man, sir
Is there a Wawa, like how much further is it to the Wawa? And he went: Well, I reckon that Wawa is about 4 miles that way.
Like, four miles??? And so at this point I had to turn around. I was like: I just came from that direction
I almost biked to another town and so I turn around I start biking to this wawa
Except the sky the sky I decided it was just gonna open up on me. So then it starts pouring rain
I hear thunder I'm riding a metal bicycle thinking. I'm gonna be electrocuted
I finally roll up this wah-wah about a half hour late drenched looking like a wet
Soppy cat and then I met with the store manager. He says hi nice to meet you. I'm Mr.. Mize winkle
it
Shouldn't laugh. It's someone named
especially when you're half hour late for the interview
but I just
[hi], sweet, cool
I'm sorry if your last name is [mize] winkle, and maybe you're just like I do with this my entire life, but I
I couldn't I mean maybe I could have salvaged this interview in anyway
If I hadn't greeted the guy by shaking his hands sopping wet and half hour late going nice to meet you, Mr.. Moore's, when Gullu
Now the interview was a standard retail interview, and no I did not get the profession. I didn't get the career
I didn't get the job of my lifetime working at Wawa
But I did learn that you take your left to get the Wawa
And you know what I never missed a chance to go there ever again despite the fact that I never saw Mr.
Meister cook so that was my first real life experience at a job interview, and yes, it was terrible two starts
But of course you get better these things when you get older, right?
Well after I graduated from [University] [I] had no clue to do with my life
[I] figured maybe I can work in the city of Philadelphia
[there] was a job that needed people that were really good at math, and I was like that's me got the degree
I somehow was able [to] get a job interview over the phone. I was very excited about this and they give me a call
I'm going over this stuff, and then he asked [me] the most simplest mathematical question. He was like what's 40% of 160?
Some of you are like that's not simple, but for someone of my degree
I definitely should find that very simple and
all he wanted was for me to explain how to find this the answer this problem over the phone and
Even though I'd already known it was Gonna be a question like this
I was just like you um so 40% is like the number 42 the meaning of everything life um
40 is Like 4 10 10
10 [is] to 1 [I] was just making up math what happened to my map rate I froze up
I don't like phone interviews if I can meet you in person that is so much better
But phone interviews I freaked out about and it's very upsetting what I really should [have] done is just said 40 [percent]
It's just two fifths or four tenths, and then you do four times sixteen simple 32 times 2 is 64 duh, duh
You're all like duh, duh, however. I didn't get that and he ended up saying well
That was nice um you didn't pass the stage when okay, okay?
I learned my lesson [I] did have another interview in the city the next week, and this one said dress for business, okay?
Now I didn't know what that [meant] [I] looked up
What business meant and I went I guess I'll just I wore one of these type of shirts
I had a tie on and I wore some khakis cuz Khakis are classy okay. We're in some nice. Ykx
Turns out cats were not business enough, okay. I came in with the brain with the confidence
I was ready to get this job and the secretary turned me away
And said I'm sorry, but the interview said you have to be wearing business clothing
And I went what what is wrong with this and she said you wearing some Khakis
We wanted some slack ['yes], but [that] she meant slacks. [no], what what what really?
Does that really matter in the end of the day?
I'm here for the interview, and you're gonna turn me down because I'm not wearing the right pants
[I] don't [even] know what slacks are [she] says. They're suit bottoms
Khakis could be suit bottoms if I was wearing a beige suit
[I] got turned away, and I did not want [to] go interview with that place ever again screw them
[I] don't know work for [a] company where I'd wear a suit all the time so at this point
You're probably like heaven. I see why you don't have a job Jesus christ you not know how to frickin interview
Hey
I got better and I stopped interviewing for places that really weren't a match for me the most part startups in London are very easy
To interview with you kind of just wear like what I'm wearing right [now]
You can wear jeans and just you're supposed to basically look like a hipster
I guess I go in wearing my Ravenclaw jumper it usually works out
I wore a blazer to my last one which was the second stage and that turned pretty good third-stage coming up next week
How exciting but I did have one of those dreadful phone interviews this week
and I definitely rate it as the worst interview I've ever had [I] I
Hope that this guy is never going to forget this interview because that's how bad it was to me
So I get a call about 9:00 in the morning. It wakes me up and I get it am I
[wow], and they're like hello. This is company with the interview are you okay to interview know what yeah?
Yeah, I'm totally yeah, I'm ready. [I'm] wrong. I'm good to go
Let's let's do this and he was like okay, so first question for you
So why do you think you'd be [a] good fit for this role at company at this point?
I realized I didn't really know what the role was
Usually I apply to roles that are very specific and niche for my skill set, but this one
I [think] was one of those on Linkedin
I just kind of like crazy with so I was frantically like
Stalling and talking while looking on the internet to see what this role was that I applied for and I couldn't find it
I couldn't find it in my email. I couldn't find it anywhere, and so eventually I was just like where is this role?
Information anyway, I'm sorry. I know I yeah like. What is this role entail?
At this point. I he's trying to describe the role to me and I'd already realized there's no chance in heck
I'm gonna get this [job] and so I tried to hang up on him
But the phone was in that mode [where] you can't hang up with your finger it
He heard me, [but] I was like are you okay know what yeah? Yeah? Yeah, so this point. I have to be committed
I'm gonna have to deal with the rest this interview
I know the things I could do I could have been I know making a [youtube], but you're something
But I just kept going and he was like okay. He told me the wrestler. I went oh yeah. Yeah, [that's] totally good
I'm a totally good for that
I'm good at business and then he asked me the next question
Can you give me one example of when you've gone?
Far Beyond what your job spec is to do something outside of your role, and I went well
I mean for the most part at my last role. Which was head of acquisition
Anything would have been you know part of my job spec because even if I wasn't told to do it
I mean, I told myself things I was kind of the boss of that stuff
It did have to deal with acquisition. So like that is my job so in essence. Everything is my job and therefore
I'll take on everything and he went so you can't give me one example of how you did something
That wasn't on your jobs back, and I went
No, no, I really can't any what you know. I think when the interview there what oh, that's a good idea
That's a great idea anyway you have a nice day sir, but you do I
[held] up. Oh my God. I'm sure that guy will never I'm hoping he's at worse. Maybe but for me that was
Laughably the worst interview I've ever had in my entire life, and you know what I didn't want to work for that company
I didn't want to have that role. I don't even know why I applied. I really need to save my efforts for jobs
I know
I'm gonna be good at and I want to get a good job that I can stay at forever
But that was my worst interview
I hope you've enjoyed this embarrassing story if you had other embarrassing interviews that are worse than mine, please
Tell me below genuinely [cuz] that'd be fun to laugh at you instead of me. It's always me [stuff] will [happen] to me anyway
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Thank you for watching I will see you guys next week goodbye
Where were the puns in this video there were no puns?
I mean
I'm not a dancing monkey however next week guys is
My ask Evan it's gonna be my first spawn video as well. If you're into spawn videos who isn't a spawn videos
[I] love those I only watch the [spawned] ones
But I am doing a ask evan so if you have any extra questions besides the Twitter hashtag I'll be doing later this week
Please leave them below and without further ado. I'm gonna be in Australia. [oh] next week. [I'll] talk [to] you soon
Bye um that's the best way. I can describe it if you're from, New Jersey
You're definitely on the same page [as] me if you're not you're like wow. How are you? Did okay? Was that [a] pun. I appreciate