Ammar's guide to fresh Graduates

Sunday, December 11. 2005

All the following tips are based on true stories, things to avoid doing when applying for a job

Tip #1
When you walk in, and a gentleman( wallahy konet labes formal ) stands up and introduces himself:"Ammar Ibrahim", don't say "3ala rasy, meet wardeh 7abeeby"

Tip #2
Don't mention that you are part of a dabkeh group, and that this is your ambition in life if you're applying for an entry level programmer. Not that only, but never say things like "Wallahy il shabab ma betgasser iza 3endak fara7 aw ishy"

Tip #3
If you designed a website for a friend of yours to impress his girlfreind; a website that has pink background, damar music, flowers & cheesy arabic poems. Please don't use that as a PORTFOLIO! And don't pull out the CD from your pocket as if it was some illegal drug.

*I actually have a copy of what this dude showed me* I'm willing to sell it for $1000, it's worth every penny. I will guarantee you will laugh like you've never laughed before.

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ya allah I laughed real hard, I had a girlfriend balaash mansammi 2asaami who would have answered, wallahi il shabaab ma bi gasru! well done...

#1 Michael on 2005-12-11 06:44 (Reply)

loooooooool

poor guy, you should've gave him a chance

#2 SC (Homepage) on 2005-12-11 07:15 (Reply)

LooooL

I actually feel sorry for that girlfriend!! Bs y3ni the dabkeh guy... 7aram i think it's interesting, and that he might actually add value... b3dain shu biddak a7la min free zaffeh

#3 Lina (Homepage) on 2005-12-11 08:10 (Reply)

3azameh inta man.

I'll never forget.

- "What motivated you to study IT?"

- "Wallah abooy shaja3ny"

Habibi Abul Ibrahim.

Malhas

#4 Ameen Malhas (Homepage) on 2005-12-11 08:43 (Reply)

hilarious..there's someone I know whom i immediately pictured when I read meet wardeh..3ala rasii..there are actually people who are this cheesy..you know ..one cheesy thing I might say ,but most certainly not in an interview and not to someone I just met is hala 3ammi..I just like this mahjoobi quote!

#5 salam on 2005-12-11 13:43 (Reply)

lol
Now he said : Eza 3endak Farah wella Eshy!
So what is this Eshy? I can't think of any other occasion,anyone :D?

I think "Halla Brabbak hala, would have been more appropriate.
The poor guy was trying to impress you by his other skills (hobbies), like he's not a geek who owns a blog :p!
So if he said he's taking Salsa lessons, he'll be cool for the job?
Dude, if he's good for the job and he really needs it then would you please reconsider?

#6 Firas (Homepage) on 2005-12-11 15:36 (Reply)

Of course, but he's not good at all! And It's cool to have other hobbies, but you just don't mention such things in an interview!

#6.1 Ammar Ibrahim (Homepage) on 2005-12-11 17:24 (Reply)

Kteer mo professional inak bedak tbee3 el CD, sho ya 7aramak men allah el shab (faged) mawhoub o kaza o 7ab yekhdmak, betrou7 bte3mal feh heek o btoktob 3anno kaman? bas bardo it rocks ino ur trying to warn the masses from falling prey to such "slangish casual words", foug wallah!

#7 Tololy (Homepage) on 2005-12-11 20:44 (Reply)

When you hire someone, they're only gonna work for you 40 hours of the week, that leaves 128 hours where they can do whatever it is that they want. They can do dabkeh or ballet the employer shouldn't care what they do.

I'll tell you what the employer should care about though, the employer has to know that his employees have something that keeps them busy outside of work, otherwise, their lives would only revolve around work, and they would be completely bored of it in a short time. Imagine if your employees went home after work, and did nothing until the next morning when they went back to work.

This is why employers here in the US do look at these things in people's resumes and they do like to hear what the applicants are involved in outside of their main career interests.

I hope that you would tone down your seriousness when you interview applicants because you might be saying no to people who would make excellent workers in your company.

#8 Hamzeh on 2005-12-11 20:46 (Reply)

i Totaly agree with you Hamzeh, but you have to excuse me with this exception:
"a website for a friend of yours to impress his girlfreind; a website that has pink background, damar music, flowers & cheesy arabic poems"

you dont know how much i hate those who design such a websites, i met so many of them, and all of them dont know anything about programing or even designing.
man these days in jordan everything is possible especially with IT pepole.

#8.1 Ibrahim (Homepage) on 2005-12-12 10:09 (Reply)

Tip #1
When you walk in, and a gentleman( wallahy konet labes formal ) stands up and introduces himself:"Ammar Ibrahim", don't say "3ala rasy, meet wardeh 7abeeby"

HAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHAH

I would have pissed myself (and showed him the door straight afterwards) 'meet wardeh 7abeeby' its just faaar to cheesy to be said ANYWHERE, but saying such a thing at a job interview deserves execution.

#9 Onzlo on 2005-12-17 04:34 (Reply)

Hillarious!

I've interviewed too many people in my life and have seen too many CVs. It's no longer funny..

#10 Ahmad Humeid (Homepage) on 2005-12-22 02:48 (Reply)

Yes, it can be funny at the first time, but not very long...

#11 Bred (Homepage) on 2007-07-26 14:50 (Reply)

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