"Three years ago, Lisa, who at the time was also my friend, was dating my current boyfriend, "Aidan." Then Aidan and I admitted to each other that we were in love and had been for a long time. It was the messiest, most selfish thing either of us has ever done. We don't sugarcoat it: Our happiness came at a painful cost to Lisa."
"Dear GO, I don't think it will improve your candidacy to bring up the fact that you started dating your boyfriend when he was still seeing the friend of a friend of your interviewer's. Stick to presenting your qualifications and credentials as professionally as you can, accept the possibility that Taylor may be less inclined to hire you than someone else, and don't bring up your personal life either before or after the interview."
A job candidate is about to interview for a dream position but fears an interviewer is socially connected to her boyfriend's ex, who was hurt when the candidate began dating the boyfriend. The candidate acknowledges that the relationship began while the ex was dating the boyfriend and describes the situation as messy and selfish, resulting in pain for the ex. The candidate worries the interviewer knows who she is and may dislike her because of social ties. Avoid bringing up the past personal relationship in any interview context. Concentrate on presenting qualifications and credentials professionally and accept that the interviewer may be less inclined to hire her.
Read at Slate Magazine
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]