Joined: 15 Jun 2016 Gender: Male Posts: 20 Location: UK
16 Feb 2018, 10:42 am
I had an interview recently for a call centre job. I've worked in a call centre before but it was heavily scripted. I didn't get the job but my feedback was I might struggle in a non scripted environment. Like I'm not very good at freestyle conversation. This is especially apparent in interviews. In day to day life I'm good at making small talk with people. I ask appropriate questions etc. But online I can't join in in normal conversations I literally have nothing to says. I make a lot of threads on forums and they're all about myself. I can hold conversation but I feel like I have no personality. I really don't have any strong opinions. I would struggle in a call centre environment where I have to talk on the top of my head. Appropriate phrases and jokes don't come to my head easily. I don't sound outgoing at all. I feel like I'm a bit of a robot in conversation. I act differently in different conversation scenarios. In a one to one conversation via messaging im at my best but put me in an interview one to one and I'm shocking. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Joined: 15 Jun 2016 Gender: Male Posts: 20 Location: UK
16 Feb 2018, 11:10 am
kraftiekortie wrote:
No. It’s not a symptom. This happens to lots of “normal” people.
I've never really met anyone that I considered lacked personality in conversation . They always end up doing something or saying something that says otherwise
Joined: 4 Feb 2014 Gender: Male Posts: 87,510 Location: Queens, NYC
16 Feb 2018, 11:16 am
But they may lack “personality” within online situations because the context doesn’t present much concreteness. They don’t “respond” when they don’t see a live person.
This is why children generally are not very good on the phone,