British electronics retailer Currys issued an apology after admitting that interviewees trying to earn a job
as a sales assistant at one of its stores had been made to dance.
The jobseekers, who were attending a group interview at a Currys Megastore in Cardiff, had to perform
dance routines during team building exercises which the firm said did not form part of its formal
procedures.
“I ended up dancing to ‘Around the World’ by (French electronic music act) Daft Punk, doing rubbish
robotics in my suit in front of a group of strangers. Another middle aged guy looked really upset as he
danced to a rap song.”
I-Word Understanding
Jobseekers ? someone who is looking for a job
Dance routines ? a regular dance performance
II- Have your say
1.In the USA the average job seekers faces a 16 day interview process. Despite the rigor, many job
seekers didn’t leave feeling discouraged.The top 25 American companies culminates a positive interview
procedure to really to get to know the candidates.
2. These are just a few of the tough questions job seekers were asked by interviewers in the past year,
according to a survey released by Glassdoor.com (a US research and survey company).Here are two
gruelling questions most asked by employers.
Can you estimate the revenue from 2012 Olympic ticket sales? How many people are watching YouTube
in a given hour?
If you were to challenge by these questions, most likely what will your response be?
3.Over the decades, many office workers who have shown great perfromance at work said they didn’t do
well during the interview due to social stress. People who were good at the lenghty, strenuous interview
process are people not so good at actually doing the work when they get hired.
