first job interview
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- chilaquil0
shellie, the only thing that's totally worked is shaking your booty...
oh wait, this goes under the sexism thread.. ;-p
- HepKat0
they want a folio...only problem is all my work is web work really so i only have a few peices of print work...so my folio is small, does your online folio good enough?
- kpl0
damn, I just had an interview and i asked how much they paid. And it took me about a second after I asked it before I realized it was stupid. stupid kpl! stupid!
- unknown0
you can put web stuff in a portfolio. It's completly appropriate to have both print and web stuff printed out and on display in a physical portfolio.
AD's and CD just want something in their hands while reviewing your work.
:P
- HepKat0
so the printshop in my city is closed, the interview is tommorrow and i dont have a printed folio, just a few cd sleeves ive mae and some buttons..like 5 pieces of work and my online folio...what the hell should i do...make up a story about how my folio is being professionail printed somewhere and its not finished in time..or what?
- blastofv0
nope, don't BS— they'll see right through that.
Anything clean and presentable is better than nothing, even if the pages are loose...
Should've had the portfolio taken care of way before now!
- blastofv0
do you have a laptop? You can load up your raw web files and show them off of your hard drive... is it a print job, web job, both?
- HepKat0
it both, i think i may just make a cd of my website and open that one there computer with some psds and stuff on it as well...
hows that sound...
- blastofv0
definitely bring that as a backup, but you probably won't be interviewing in front of a computer. If you're comfortable asking them to load up a CD on their machine, go for it, but they might not be happy about it.
- robotron3k0
if you can go to an all night kinkos or something, print out your web work on a color copier, take that with you with your CD and show your work... try that if you can
- HepKat0
i got it, i start tommorrow...
- silver0
Do NOT bring diks or CDs. At least ask them in front if they preffer CD or paper. I hate it when someone comes to my office and we have to leave the meetingroom, find a workstation and load some unorganized work on my desktop. Leave your laptop too. Its too ligt in my meetingroom for laptops sometimes they crash. Some interviwers also like to have some distance.
Bring a print portfolio wich the interviwer can look throug in his own tempo on his side of the desk. Leave a cd with the stuff with links to the websites so he can look at it on his comp if and when he wants.
- CyBrainX0
silver,
you should be prepared for interviews too. If you are not working in pure print medium, you are not prpared for the best talent if you don't have a computer hooked up to the web for an interview.To the guy who spouted that crap about being all black and all sterotype NYC designer, wake up. You should want to distinguish yourself in an interview, not advertise Banana Republic.
- kpl0
congrats hep.
and actually thanks for starting the topic, my first interview as a designer is coming up tomorrow.
I actually walked into a banana republic today. didn't buy anything tho... thinking of going mostly eddie bauer instead...
- ********0
listen to what they say, don't speak unless your asked to. I would also say that you should make eye contact as well as looking as sharp as you can, even if it is for a graphic design position, being well dressed can NEVER hurt you. :)
- silver0
cubrainx, ja ok da, if you are plain programmer I guess other rules apply.
a smart thing is to ask in front what they want.
- Marley0
I am both a print designer and someone who hires in other designers.
At the end of the day when I am wanting to hire someone it all comes fown to whether their talent matches the job desscription. If they show they can do it, then I choose my favourite by seeing who I got on best with during an 'informal chat' at the end of the interview. I think you can both tell if you will get on/ are on the same wavelength pretty quickly.
That said - the one thing that REALLy pisses me off is sloppy dressing. Our office is informal and we ARE all in jeans, but I wanna see that someone has made the effort and has out on the best suit they own. I expect to be won over in the same way i want the clients to be when they go out to meet them. It's stupid I know, but the guy in the suit always wins over the one trying to be "hip" in his combats....
- IloveQBN0
god, I feel so old!
Good luck Hep.