absimilliard interviews - customer service representative

"okay. so, your name is mister bag.. uh.. how do you pronounce this thing?"

"it's bargansto. arielmundo leonardino bargansto."

"right. do you have a nickname or somethin'?"

"my friends call me arielmo. some call me iyel."

"hmm. still too long. anything else?"

"you can call me ariel."

"hmm. i'll call you ars. is that cool with you? ars?"

"i guess."

"of course it's cool with you. i'm your interviewer."

"yes sir."

"and oh, forgive me for being rude, i haven't introduced myself. my name is mars. but you can call me absimilliard for short."

"uhh.."

"good. on with the interview."

"so.. uh.. mister bag.. err.. ars, what made you apply in this company?"

"i saw your ad on jobstreet. it said you were looking for a customer service representative."

"right. that one. good. so okay, what do you know of this job you're applying for?"

"not much, really.. i.."

"well what do you know?"

"i know it's a call center position. and i am to be trained to handle inbound calls for Asoft Incorporated."

"that's it? you don't know you are to be part of a wonderful team who will handle calls piling up absimilliard's answering machine?"

"i wasn't aware of that. but i'm sure i can handle anything."

"right. 'course you can. hmm. but i'm not impressed."

"well, i am very good with people. i thrive on pressure. and i can adopt to almost any kind of situation."

"sounds very rehearsed, ars. tell me more about yourself. what are your hobbies?"

"i like reading and writing."

"goodluck with that."

"and i also like watching dvd's. i especially like drama."

"oh please."

"yes i do, sir."

"right. enough about that. it says here in this essay you wrote, that one of your weaknesses is that sometimes you are easily surprised by sudden, unexpected circumstances. how do you deal with that?"

"i just make sure i put my best foot forward, and try to adapt as quickly as possible to any situation."

"you put your what in her what?"

"i put my best foot forward, sir."

"oh. sorry. your accent's throwing me off. damn, you gotta get rid a' that."

"uhh.."

"alright. i'm convinced. you're hired."

"thank you so much for this opportunity, sir. and i assure you, i won't let you down."

"but of course."

"okay. uh.."

"goddamn."

"sir?"

"i don't know what it is about your face but i just want to deliver one of these right into your nose."

"i uh.. is there something i can do to make you more comfortable with it?"

"not really. it's your face."

"okay."

"again, congratulations for getting this job. it's very prestigious, and you're one of the few people we believe can do it right. but if you don't change your face, i'm gonna change it for you."

"thank you, and uh.. all i can do is try my best to make it look better."

" i'm not even hearing you right now. your face is driving me nuts."

"err.."

"alright. i'll be seeing you around, congratulations! welcome to the team!"

"uhh.. thank you, sir."