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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Tree" data-source="post: 423812" data-attributes="member: 1455"><p>Indeed. An interview's purpose isn't just to sell yourself, it's to find out more about the job and the people you'll be working with, to help you decide if you want the job.</p><p></p><p>I would never list roleplaying on a resume, nor would I mention it in an interview. Online I never use my real name for gaming posts, as some time years down the line a prospective employer may do a web search on my name, and the last thing I want them to find is a post arguing some esoteric point of a weird game.</p><p></p><p>This is not paranoia, as Steve rightly showed with his unfortunate example. Anything that singles you out as "odd", including hobbies that other people don't understand and may easily misconstrue, can very easily lose you a job. When an employer is looking at two dozen people for a job, most of whom are qualified for it, any little sign of weirdness, no matter how small, could get you disqualified.</p><p></p><p>Obviously the degree to which this is true depends a lot on the type of job you're applying for. If it's a techie job, it probably wouldn't be so bad, but if it's anything corporate or government, or anything with a lot of responsibility, having a hobby that others may interpret as "immature" or "weird" is bad.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, a lot of psychological research has shown that interviews are <em>horrible</em> predictors of how well a person will perform and get along at a job, but employers still put a lot of weight on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Tree, post: 423812, member: 1455"] Indeed. An interview's purpose isn't just to sell yourself, it's to find out more about the job and the people you'll be working with, to help you decide if you want the job. I would never list roleplaying on a resume, nor would I mention it in an interview. Online I never use my real name for gaming posts, as some time years down the line a prospective employer may do a web search on my name, and the last thing I want them to find is a post arguing some esoteric point of a weird game. This is not paranoia, as Steve rightly showed with his unfortunate example. Anything that singles you out as "odd", including hobbies that other people don't understand and may easily misconstrue, can very easily lose you a job. When an employer is looking at two dozen people for a job, most of whom are qualified for it, any little sign of weirdness, no matter how small, could get you disqualified. Obviously the degree to which this is true depends a lot on the type of job you're applying for. If it's a techie job, it probably wouldn't be so bad, but if it's anything corporate or government, or anything with a lot of responsibility, having a hobby that others may interpret as "immature" or "weird" is bad. Sadly, a lot of psychological research has shown that interviews are [i]horrible[/i] predictors of how well a person will perform and get along at a job, but employers still put a lot of weight on them. [/QUOTE]
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