HR Can Have Sense of Humor – A Friday Funny
By Michelle Malay Carter on September 25, 2008
Reaching the end of a job interview, the human resources person asked a young applicant fresh out of business school, “And what starting salary are you looking for?”
The applicant said, “In the neighborhood of $200,000 a year, depending on the benefits package.”
The interviewer said, “Well, what would you say to a package of five weeks’ vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50 percent of your salary, and a company car leased every two years, say, a red sports car?”
The applicant sat up straight and said, “Wow! Are you kidding?”
The?interviewer replied, “Yeah, but you started it.”
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Funny! I think I could have used that response once or twice in an interview. Shocking sometimes what people think with expectations!
Hi Mike,
Thanks for stopping by. You’ll be prepared for this one now.
Michelle