Thursday, 25 June 2015

The interview

Let me tell you about the interview that wasn't an interview (re the post of receptionist at a Chiropractitioner's). It was a group session for all sorts of vacancies, and took place as follows.

1) We filled in a questionnaire to ascertain our performance type in the workplace.
2) The practitioner talked about the business.
3) We each got up and talked about ourselves in front of the group.
4) We completed a 'quick-thinking' test sheet.

This is what happened in part two. First of all the man described the company and its other branches. Then he went on about being dynamic and wanting to change people's lives. Yes I am dynamic but not the outward manifestation he described. He then said that university degrees weren't a guarantee of anything, and that in this country one can get a first class degree with marks of 80%. He then talked at length about the Central Nervous System. I'm not sure how relevant this information is to a receptionist or an accountant. He described how all diseases can be attributed to disorders of the nervous system. At one point he said that he went to something and there were loads of autistic people (he sniggered), autism aspergers and all that ( he beamed). It's crazy, he said. He said that autism was caused by birth trauma. Then he talked about depression, and how doctors prescribed antidepressants to make people average. He said it was a nervous system disorder. I don't remember what else he said. His words were going round and round in my head, and I didn't hear anything else he said.
My points are as follows:

1) I don't particularly want to change people's lives. That's why I'm applying for a receptionist job, rather than one as a bishop or a member of parliament.
2) My results from university were 90-95%, and my results were apparently verified by an Oxford Don.
3) I have never before heard his particular theory on autism.
4) I have never heard his theory on why doctors prescribe antidepressants.

I'm not going to go into my feelings, except to say that I'm quite annoyed by what this gentleman said. I couldn't possibly work with someone who is so offensive. I have also asked MIND and the local autism charity if they are aware of this doctor's theories.

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