Intern Interviews Is This The Standard (I hope not!)

Intern Interviews Is This The Standard (I hope not!) On a Yahoo Group Im on I saw this really intriguing email from Greg Brooks, a business owner who has done a fair amount of hiring.  Greg always has interesting feedback for job seekers, from an interviewer/owner perspective. From Greg (with permission): Ive talked to three intern candidates in the last couple of days well, two intern candidates and one guy who wanted a job, but acted like an intern. Common elements across all three: * All three acted like goofballs. I dont mean being unprepared although they were *manifestly* unprepared for the discussion. I mean not being able to talk without giggling or going off on rabbit trails or saying things that indicated they had done zero research. I dont need you to be a stone-cold serious interview zombie (sidebar: Interview Zombie is an awesome band name!), but I do need you to stay on topic. * All three did some variant of Well, Id like to get paid but really this project is so interesting Id work for free. Newsflash: You dont get to ride the fence on that either come to the interview expecting to get paid or dont, but if you try to do both all you end up with is some guy (me) sitting there thinking: Huh thats funny. She doesnt think her time is worth anything. * All three had questionable life skills. If your objective is to find an internship that will not pay your rent and groceries, and you dont have money saved up, then Im going to question your mad planning skillz. Anyway, thanks for listening to me rant. Dont be like this when youre looking for jobs and/or internships. Greg said to sign him off as: Greg Brooks, principal, West Third Group a marketing and PR firm that probably doesnt want to work with you, either. Personally, I think Greg is a brilliant thinker (Ive followed him for years).  He is candid and, honestly, Id love to work with him what you see is what you get. What do you think?  Are you doing any of the three things Greg is listing?  Those arent flaws that just interns can have Intern Interviews Is This The Standard (I hope not!) On a Yahoo Group Im on I saw this really intriguing email from Greg Brooks, a business owner who has done a fair amount of hiring.  Greg always has interesting feedback for job seekers, from an interviewer/owner perspective. From Greg (with permission): Ive talked to three intern candidates in the last couple of days well, two intern candidates and one guy who wanted a job, but acted like an intern. Common elements across all three: * All three acted like goofballs. I dont mean being unprepared although they were *manifestly* unprepared for the discussion. I mean not being able to talk without giggling or going off on rabbit trails or saying things that indicated they had done zero research. I dont need you to be a stone-cold serious interview zombie (sidebar: Interview Zombie is an awesome band name!), but I do need you to stay on topic. * All three did some variant of Well, Id like to get paid but really this project is so interesting Id work for free. Newsflash: You dont get to ride the fence on that either come to the interview expecting to get paid or dont, but if you try to do both all you end up with is some guy (me) sitting there thinking: Huh thats funny. She doesnt think her time is worth anything. * All three had questionable life skills. If your objective is to find an internship that will not pay your rent and groceries, and you dont have money saved up, then Im going to question your mad planning skillz. Anyway, thanks for listening to me rant. Dont be like this when youre looking for jobs and/or internships. Greg said to sign him off as: Greg Brooks, principal, West Third Group a marketing and PR firm that probably doesnt want to work with you, either. Personally, I think Greg is a brilliant thinker (Ive followed him for years).  He is candid and, honestly, Id love to work with him what you see is what you get. What do you think?  Are you doing any of the three things Greg is listing?  Those arent flaws that just interns can have