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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 4590550" data-attributes="member: 7533">First thing's first...No, it wasn't a waste...  I just didn't have enough time to finish everything I would have liked to say.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Forgive my tone, but I've gone through similar situations with both my little brothers.  It may sound harsh, but in my experience you'll be better off if we tell you what should hear, which is not necessarily what you want to hear.I know it's hard, but it's exceptionally important you do so nonetheless.  A boss will never hire someone who they think is uninterested in the work, or unlikey to stick around the company.Learn proper interviewing techniques.  Most local Community Colleges hold classes and seminars to do just that.  If you can, sign up for one.  We can give you a few basic tips here, but in-person coaching is much better.Tell the truth...  "I just graduated from college last year."This is where the interview coaching comes in...  Your examples may have been perfectly suitable, but you presented them poorly, they will fail to make an impression. Post a sample of one of these examples as you might give answer in an interview, and perhaps we can help.You'd be surprised.  The whole reason an employer asks this question is to make certain that all their training isn't going to go to waste, when you ditch out for a better job in six months.  If you find a diplomatic way to say, "I just want a pleasant and steady job. Give me that, and I'll stayfor as long as you'll keep me," is a perfectly good answer.No need to lie, per se.  Just put the best light on the truth.No.  I'm much the same way.  Not for lack of ability, I'm simply not ambitious enough, I don't want the extra responsibilities that go with it, and I'm unwilling to place my job that on my priority list.Instead, you could feasibly use this as a perfectly humble answer to the inevitable question, "What's your biggest weakness."  For the most part... Yes, you're right.  It kind of sucks, doesn't it?Let me be a little more clear about that...  No boss will expect you to know everything about a specific job the first day out.  Every job has its own procedures and duties that will need to be learned on the job.  But, as you said, they will expect you to know the basics, and be able to apply those basics with some amount of intelligence to whatever task they give you.In an interview you need to prove to the employer that you know enough about the generalities of the field to understand the tasks you will be assigned to, and that you are intelligent enough and flexible enough to be able to learn the parts that you don't know yet.Let me state it another way...If the company is hiring, and you've applied, don't offer to work for free.  That makes you look desperate and gives a bad impression.If the company isn't hiring, it can't possibly hurt to ask, but I wouldn't expect anything out of it.Another tip...  Just because one entry-level job at a particular company doesn't seem exciting, doesn't mean you shouldn't go after it.  There may be another job at that same you might like better, and could transfer into or get promoted into later.  Remember that "where I see myself in 5 years" question?  There's another good answer...  "If I'm given the opportunity, I'm hoping to eventually work my way up to [Insert Enjoyable Job Here]."More Later...  Time for dinner.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></blockquote>

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