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  1. Wooz.PG Wooz.PG is offline

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    Oct 3rd, 2010 (10/3/2010 12:48pm)

    I recently applied for a job with the usual covering letter and CV. They responded saying they V interested in me however they have a few more questions. There are about 5 difficult questions but the one Im asking for help on is the following:

    Which of the following would you rather be and explain why;
    a) A successful consultant earning £70 000 a year
    b) A successful manager earning £50 000 a year

    It is a professional headhunting firm who do business with some top finance groups. They are asking for a resourceful candidate I figured OT to be one of my resources :)) Any thoughts greatly appreciated; sarcasm and put-downs also welcome. X
  2. Braaak Braaak is offline

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    Oct 3rd, 2010 (10/3/2010 1:02pm) in reply to Wooz.PG

    It's the mercenary vs, team player question. There's no wrong answer; depends on the job they're trying to fill.
  3. Wooz.PG Wooz.PG is offline

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    Oct 3rd, 2010 (10/3/2010 1:19pm) in reply to Braaak

    Thankyou - I think its mercenary time! Im sending my answers in about 24hours if anyone has any pearls of wisdom before then :)
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  4. timthegem timthegem is offline

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    Oct 3rd, 2010 (10/3/2010 1:57pm) in reply to Wooz.PG

    Most people would rather be followers than leaders, and of course they put the phony higher-income part in there as well, so you're basically putting yourself in the same group as 99% of the other candidates. There are more opportunities on the level but just don't take the income part seriously. Good luck.
  5. TC_Clueless TC_Clueless is offline

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    Oct 3rd, 2010 (10/3/2010 2:36pm) in reply to timthegem

    I don't know how it works over there, but in the US after paying your own health insurance and self-employment tax on that 70k you're probably thinking the 50k salaried gig looks pretty good.
     
  6. locustbend locustbend is offline

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    Oct 3rd, 2010 (10/3/2010 2:38pm) in reply to TC_Clueless

    they don't care which route you choose. What they are interested in is why you chose that route.
  7. aupoker1 aupoker1 is offline

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    Oct 3rd, 2010 (10/3/2010 2:55pm) in reply to locustbend

     
    Originally Posted by locustbend View Post

    they don't care which route you choose. What they are interested in is why you chose that route.

    exactly this
  8. buchiYAYO buchiYAYO is offline

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    Oct 3rd, 2010 (10/3/2010 2:59pm) in reply to aupoker1

    just say something like "while the manager position likely has more potential for upward movement in the organization, in todays economic climtate, the level of uncertainty leads me to beleive it is a better choice to accumulate as much capital as possible while it is availble...."

    elaborate on that. Im not doing your homework
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