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Job hunt vent
job hunt vent / Career / 8:50 PM - Tuesday May 13, 2008
(Female, 26-28) asked:


so I have been job hunting and have been called for some interviews. So far two jobs I have the interview with at the interview ask me about certain software (this is an accounting position) and that they really love my resume and what i can do but they want someone who has experience in that specific software. The software I know are very similar but its not the one they use. My question is why are they wasting my time interviewing me if on my resume that software is not listed. One of them I had a phone interview so why not ask me do I know this software, why waste my time and have me go down to interview with you if I am not what you are looking for. Just venting.




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A Thinker (Female, New York, 56-65, Civil Service) answered:


Good point.

Doesn't it suck that companies don't care to train, if it's that important to them?

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A Creative (Female, 22-25, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: leebee


Maybe you should purchase that particular software if that is what everyone is using right now.
Try it out at home, put in fake numbers, run the tutorials, etc...
If it means getting a better job and quicker, it would be worth the small investment.

As far as interviews go, most people don't put everything on their resumes, such as software. If I was to put all the software applications that I am familiar with onto my resume it would end up being 6 pages long.

Are you telling them which software you are operating and asking whether or not they are similar? many of them are, and they might take your knowledge as a positive and see how simple it would be for you to translate those skills over to their software.

I have had an interview where I told them I had another job, they said that the schedule was flexible and that it should work fine. I got there and come to find out that the flexible part meant that they have a set schedule for me, but that I would need to be flexible if they asked me to come in early or stay late.

What's worse is that my ride had already left, and I ended up having to walk home for 40 minutes in heels.

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