Timothy Morton Quotes

The candidate who knows the space and is really interested in a company rather than just applying for a job will be able to engage with everyone who's interviewing him or her with interesting questions at the right level.

I'm not the interview-giving kind.

Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.

If you don't look good, we don't look good.

Few great men would have got past personnel.

Most hiring managers interview a lot of people. So many that they generally have to go back to their notes to remember candidates - the exception being candidates with a strong hook. Sometimes these hooks are how people dress or their personality, but the best hook is a strong story that's work-related.

A word of advice: your interview is about you. It's not about the school you went to, what you majored in, what your GPA was, or who your parents happen to be or know. Most of that stuff is right on your resume, and it might even have gotten you into the room, but it won't get you much farther.

When hiring somebody, I never ask to see a curriculum vitae. I feel that since I didn't have one myself, it would be a bit presumptuous to ask to see anyone else's.

When I interview someone, I want to find out about their life, get a sense of their personality, their passion. Maybe I'm hiring for a certain job, but even if your job is marketing, I'm going to ask you for your opinion on other things - taste this, what do you think of this bottle?

If I don't impress you in an interview then fine, but at least give me that chance. That's all I want; to talk to a chairman or owner about my philosophy and what I can do for their team.

An interview is about mutual selection.

You've got to be able to sell yourself.

I love somebody that can hold a great conversation.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.

Good grooming is integral and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.

When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it.

I apologize for my terrible interview skills.

In most job interviews, people say they are looking for people skills and emotional intelligence. That's reasonable, but the question is, how do you define what that looks like?

I remember when I interviewed at MSNBC, one of the first things they said to me was, 'In your tapes, you had a mustache, right?' I said, 'Yeah, I recently took it off.' I said, 'If you hire me, you get to decide if you want it or not.' They said, 'No, no, we're fine with it now.'

When you meet someone, you meet their face. It's the most potent part of the body to embellish.

My go-to line when it's the resume game is that I'm either Chris Evans or Ryan Reynolds.

These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of an ideal diplomacy. But, the reader may object, you have forgotten intelligence, knowledge, discernment, prudence, hospitality, charm, industry, courage and even tact. I have not forgotten them. I have taken them for granted.

A long resume does not equate to good judgment.

I have been thought to have been a secretary when I entered a room.

Appearances do matter.