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Employment / Tricky Interview
« on: Apr 15, 2013, 03:32 pm »
Hello all,
I am currently working on finding jobs for after I graduate. I was lucky enough to get a phone interview with a company in NYC. Overall, I think I did pretty well with it, except for one part. My interviewer remind me that living in the city is expensive. I told her that I think it would be worth it and that it's a challenge I could deal with. To which her response was, "Yes, but saying you can live in New York and doing it are two entirely different things."
I do not think that she was intending to be abrasive when she said this, but it did come across that way. I also completely understand what she meant, my research had shown that the number one complaint about the position that I am applying for is that it is very difficult to afford the city on the pay. I tried to make the conversation seque to something else at this point, but I know I did not win her over on this particular subject.
The main point that I'm trying to get to here is, what is better way to deal with this kind of statement? Have any other SMs experienced something similar in an interview? And how did you deal with it?
Thank you all for your input.
I am currently working on finding jobs for after I graduate. I was lucky enough to get a phone interview with a company in NYC. Overall, I think I did pretty well with it, except for one part. My interviewer remind me that living in the city is expensive. I told her that I think it would be worth it and that it's a challenge I could deal with. To which her response was, "Yes, but saying you can live in New York and doing it are two entirely different things."
I do not think that she was intending to be abrasive when she said this, but it did come across that way. I also completely understand what she meant, my research had shown that the number one complaint about the position that I am applying for is that it is very difficult to afford the city on the pay. I tried to make the conversation seque to something else at this point, but I know I did not win her over on this particular subject.
The main point that I'm trying to get to here is, what is better way to deal with this kind of statement? Have any other SMs experienced something similar in an interview? And how did you deal with it?
Thank you all for your input.