One of my least favorite things about my job is doing job interviews.  Even though I hate firing people more, a job interview is a more grueling affair.  You see, even though the person that you are interviewing is nervous, truth be told, you are nervous too as you just don’t know what to expect.

Unfortunately, the turnover at our western gifts store is higher than we would like, and we do more interviews than any other place that I have worked.  It isn’t uncommon to do a set of interviews every couple of weeks – that is how bad it is.

Most of the time we go over the standard questions that you would expect with any interview such as previous work history, hobbies, and why they want to work at our store.  I also make sure to ask if they have any background in western home decor as we do want them to at least have some interest in what we sell.

I am hoping that we can get things under control before Christmas and maybe then I can have a month or two off from interviews.  Hopefully that will be the case, though I won’t hold my breath.

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