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DevJobFail: The worst game job applications ever
- Thread starter Bundy
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You gotta beat Sponge Bob Boatocross too to really make your resume pop
You'd be surprised by how appreciated a normal resume can be sometimes.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Holy fuck what? I work at Makemedia. There are like 25 of us. I had to get Sam a secret santa present. This is fucking hilarious.
Night_Trekker
Member
Please be fake please be fake please be fake
I sacked someone on their first day on the job once, before lunch.
They had passed the interview process with flying colors, stellar CV, seemed sensible.
On the first day they visited a client's PC for upgrades, and despite being told a thousand times before starting to follow the script, back-up the machine and verify the back-up before the rest of the upgrade we got a call from him saying he'd messed up the upgrade.
Found him and checked what had happened, he'd messed up the machine bad, no problem I thought, restore from the back-up and have him do it again.
"Oh, I skipped the back-up steps as they were taking too long, and I needed to get out early for a dinner date".
He got out early all right.
Slamtastic
Member
I'm glad that indie development, self publishing, and crowdfunding exist to allow these people to make products and make a living financially without being forced to conform to society's standards of professionalism. Their quirky personalities make me intrigued by the prospect of games made by them. Godspeed Professional Pervert and Amazeballs lady.
While the resume format itself is kind of weird the guy does have decent creds. At least for a young dude.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Dude you have to tell us more about this one
batman2million
Member
I've become a pro at writing resumes, at least in IT. One thing I've learned is that there is no one set way to write a resume, despite what they taught us in school.
Still, I applied for a job at a game company once for a QA position, they told me I would do good for their PR department, since I majored in PR. They never got back to me so I called and told me to just come in for the QA position.
Still, I applied for a job at a game company once for a QA position, they told me I would do good for their PR department, since I majored in PR. They never got back to me so I called and told me to just come in for the QA position.
Sometimes I think I'm a bad person, I murder too many people, torture children and steal from the elderly.
And then I read about Hitler.
Just looked it up and it looks like QWOP in a vehicle. Gatdamn.
I'm working at a radio station as a reporter and my former boss later told me that she liked my application. Just tweaked some fonts of a random template I found online, filled with my data and was completely honest with that. Not boring to read but not too bloated either. I actually thought my resume was bland or bad, but less is more, or whatever.
She then showed me other resumes with the names blacked out and yeah; selfies, comic sans, WordArt and other goodies.
I honestly don't know why people do that kind of stuff, really. Then there is the Little Pony guy a few posts above.
Zuhzuhzombie!!
Member
I get this from time to time.
"Shit this guy is a CCNP?"
*checks GK*
"No, no he's not."
I've also had guys who were 2/3rs CCNP who couldn't even setup a subinterface, so they are equally as useless.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
All these fails make me lol
I know some site will tell you to be creative when creating resume, but dang....
I know some site will tell you to be creative when creating resume, but dang....
Rollo Lawson
Banned
"Not only would be you perfect for the PR department, b-but...
Yes..yes...just come in for the QA position"
It was just a matter of time...
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
How many get thrown out as soon as someone says they post on GAF is what I wanna know
The Smoking Bun
Banned
My fellow fans deserve all the hate we get as long as we don't get rid of idiots like that
EDIT:
It's clearly a joke. Because everything on the interent is 100% OMG! REALZ! right guys?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Its a tricky thing. I did the layout for my own resume because I'm looking for work in design and, well, I wanted my resume to be designed. Did my best to keep it classy while also being distinct
SwiftDeath
Member
So you can verify certifications or do you have to actually bring the guy in and see if he can do what he says he can?
Zuhzuhzombie!!
Member
I've yet to encounter a cert that I couldn't verify. If it's something minor like A+ I probably wouldn't even bother and just take them at their word. CCNP is some heavy shit to have and you will be entrusted with major projects and infrastructure, so I definitely verify that.
CCIE is the Jedi Master and probably the type of cert where people who need a CCIE will find you, you won't have to go to them. The CCIE exam requires you to take the test on site and costs around 10k total. If you have CCIE on your resume but your previous jobs have been working for DQ and Bob's Office Supplies, well...
Rollo Lawson
Banned
It's not the resume itself, it's the idea of seriously submitting that for a job that's bizarre. If I was looking through resumes and this popped up I'd feel a little uncomfortable about it tbh
Pinko Marx
Banned
I wouldn't put it past you Bronies...
Oh, totally. A former classmate who is a photographer and knows a bit about design made a cool online resume. His portfolio was little polaroids that would enter full screen when clicked from a "photo album" design and he did it from scratch. He ended up landing a job in a local newspaper as a web designer and sometimes photojournalism.
I actually would like to see the resumes of people who know design and whatnot. Those can be cool as heck.
Guess that my point is, if you're not doing design, just do a clean, simple resume. I know jackshit about HR and I'm not from the US, but still.
I'm sure there's a field in which that could be seen as funny or interesting, but I don't think Computer Science and Math is the right one for it.
Probably not a troll, probably he made something for himself.
But I have enough faith in common sense to think that that never actually got sent out anywhere.
crazygambit
Member
That's actually amazing. I'd be curious enough to interview the guy (and thoroughly mock him for it of course).
What is the reaction to someone without twitter / facebook account?
KingofGourds
Member
So in some of these instances they brought the person in for interview just to see what turned up? That's a higher success rate than I get being normal.
Next application I make I'm going to town on it. Amazeballs up the ass.
Next application I make I'm going to town on it. Amazeballs up the ass.
http://business.time.com/2012/08/08...cebook-page-make-you-suspicious-to-employers/
I personally think this practice should be illegal.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Surely this a joke, right?
The Smoking Bun
Banned
Well we could love and tolerate him/her out the door. I mean the Mane 6 ran Gilda, Trixie and Flim & Flam out of town.
Honestly though, us Bronies get shit on for everything other fandoms do but don't pay attention too
One weird thing I've noticed is that during all of my working life nobody has ever checked my qualifications and, even more ridiculous, nobody has ever checked my references. And it's not as if I've only worked for small companies either. :Oo
I've always been tempted to add some extra qualifications to my CV because of this, but you can guarantee that the one time I do this someone will check lololol
I've always been tempted to add some extra qualifications to my CV because of this, but you can guarantee that the one time I do this someone will check lololol
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Its two things really:
a.) Completely detached from any feelings about MLP itself if a person is so invested in a fictional media property that they lavishly dedicate their resume to it, well, I find that offputting and so do a lot of people. A Lord of the Rings themes resume would be just as weird to me.
b.)The way the text is written comes off as rather juvenile. Not the fact that he's enthusiastic about his work mind you, not at all. But the way he expresses it just feels childish.
Dark Octave
Banned
I interviewed for Midway years ago and not only did I tell them MK4 was the worst game I ever played, I challenged them to a bet when they told me I had the Contra code wrong.
I said pretty much to imply it was similar. Ah well, my bad for not being clear.
That's pretty messed up. I know a lot of people that just elect not to have a FB because the majority of the posts are useless crap. It shouldn't be harmful to your hiring chance.
I giggled.
The animation and story telling is apparently top notch!
They look like a fun lovin' bunch, gotta give em that.