Interview vs Beard (@VTech)

ddraver
ddraver Posts: 26,660
edited October 2013 in The cake stop
Evening all

Simple one, I have a longish goatee (less than a finger width) and an interview on Friday...Should I shave it off or not?!? Its for a position in a small oil company as a geo...

Thanks...
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
- @ddraver

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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Whatever you do, wear your best watch. :lol::wink:
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    ..and dip your todger in Dettol.
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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    ..and dip your todger in Dettol.

    :lol:
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    More like Brad Pitt in Se7en - although that's the only part of me that is

    Overwhelmingly in favour of the razor at the moment :(
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver wrote:
    More like Brad Pitt in Se7en - although that's the only part of me that is

    Overwhelmingly in favour of the razor at the moment :(

    Draw a small swastika on your forehead. This will certainly draw attention away from your goatee. :)
    I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast, but I'm intercontinental when I eat French toast...
  • simonhead
    simonhead Posts: 1,399
    I would always suggest clean shaven but if you have a tan and its been growing for a while I suggest just a trim.
    Life isnt like a box of chocolates, its like a bag of pic n mix.
  • simonhead wrote:
    I would always suggest clean shaven but if you have a tan and its been growing for a while I suggest just a trim.

    You're going for the same job aren't you?
  • diamonddog
    diamonddog Posts: 3,426
    edited October 2013
    Shave it off and get a full back, sack and crack wax. :shock:
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Just don't turn up wearing a onesie. Or baggy jeans hanging halfway down with your underpants showing.

    I can't take these people seriously.

    I've always wanted to be an interviewer and as soon as these people walk in,
    "thats the interview over".
    "but but, I haven't even sat down and you haven't asked me any questions".
    "I've seen enough. Bye."
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  • ben@31 wrote:
    Just don't turn up wearing a onesie. Or baggy jeans hanging halfway down with your underpants showing.

    I can't take these people seriously.

    I've always wanted to be an interviewer and as soon as these people walk in,
    "thats the interview over".
    "but but, I haven't even sat down and you haven't asked me any questions".
    "I've seen enough. Bye."

    Your satisfaction would be short lived, they'd go straight to an Industrial Tribunal - unfair selection process.
  • simonhead
    simonhead Posts: 1,399
    simonhead wrote:
    I would always suggest clean shaven but if you have a tan and its been growing for a while I suggest just a trim.

    You're going for the same job aren't you?
    No I recruit engineers for a living so have actually had a candidate call in a fluster as they have shaved a beard off and had a white jaw and very tanned face.
    Life isnt like a box of chocolates, its like a bag of pic n mix.
  • simonhead wrote:
    simonhead wrote:
    I would always suggest clean shaven but if you have a tan and its been growing for a while I suggest just a trim.

    You're going for the same job aren't you?
    No I recruit engineers for a living so have actually had a candidate call in a fluster as they have shaved a beard off and had a white jaw and very tanned face.
    :lol:
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Hmmm, well it stayed (professionally trimmed), I like it too much....

    Waiting now...may hear today according to the recruiter...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,625
    Cubic wrote:
    Good luck!
    + 1
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!!!!!!!

    Thanks guys

    Beard Power Mofo!!!

    :D:D:D
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Congrats!
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    ddraver wrote:
    Hmmm, well it stayed (professionally trimmed), I like it too much....

    Waiting now...may hear today according to the recruiter...

    What ? Did you get a job at the zoo in the primate pen ?
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  • what job is it and where? ive been interviewing potential replacements for myself the last couple of weeks. what fun. throw in a what was the last book you read question and watch people flounder.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Geologist at a small oil company based in London

    It's time to come home!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    ddraver wrote:
    Geologist at a small oil company based in London

    It's time to come home!

    I had a mate who did some geology in Soho once that involved oil. Then he came up in lumps and bumps. When it came to explaining them to the missus, he was between a rock and a hard place. Boom boom.

    I'll get my coat.
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  • ddraver wrote:
    Geologist at a small oil company based in London

    It's time to come home!

    Nice one!

    I left the oil industry 10 years ago and now I mow lawns and cycle!

    Hope you have sorted somewhere to live as London's property market is going nuts once again.....
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    No, not even thought about that yet...

    This is the first job I ve got where I might start earning enough to save something though so I ll be renting (I'd prefer to share, don't know how realistic that is though)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,089
    Go to Wimbledon Common and find a Womble burrow. You'll have to collect scrap in your spare time though to pay the rent.
    Seantheconn has been doing it for years.
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,625
    ddraver wrote:
    Geologist at a small oil company based in London

    It's time to come home!
    Kind hearted geologist with special forces training, exposes evil oil company. Best friend/father figure is murdered by oil company CEO goons. Geologist seeks bloody vengeance.

    This is how it will play out :D
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 60,604
    ddraver wrote:
    Geologist at a small oil company based in London

    It's time to come home!
    You'll fit right in with a goatee. There are thousands of fashion vctims and hipsters with them round here. You might want to buy a fixie as well :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Ha ha, i did note the increase in "fixie" bikes when I was over compared to last time

    Funny thing was is that when their riders stopped pedalling, they all carried on moving?!?!? Surely they were nt running them as singlespeeds were they?! ;)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 60,604
    ddraver wrote:
    Ha ha, i did note the increase in "fixie" bikes when I was over compared to last time

    Funny thing was is that when their riders stopped pedalling, they all carried on moving?!?!? Surely they were nt running them as singlespeeds were they?! ;)
    Must have been single speeds, so they are fake hipsters. Lowest of the low. Anyhow, what is the f***ing point of a single speed? Just ride the bike you have and don't change gear :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]