Timeline for Is using swear words for emphasis acceptable in an interview?
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| Oct 28, 2015 at 12:21 | comment | added | Nikko | There are formal situations where it is acceptable?? | |
| Oct 28, 2015 at 9:50 | comment | added | RedSonja | I'm trying to think of occasions where the F-word would be appropriate in an interview... umm... maybe for a position in a biker gang? | |
| Oct 28, 2015 at 4:32 | comment | added | DA. | For the most part, I agree that it's a bad idea, but I'd never argue that it, by default, shows a 'lack of communication skills'. Swearing is absolutely a part of communication and, though usually more the exception than the norm, can be perfectly appropriate in the right context. Granted, the catch is that in an interview, it's really hard to gauge the overall context of the position at that point, so is dropping the f-bomb at that point is a much riskier proposition. | |
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| S Oct 28, 2015 at 3:15 | comment | added | Jane S | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| Oct 27, 2015 at 20:44 | answer | added | Karl Bielefeldt | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 26, 2015 at 22:57 | history | protected | enderland | ||
| Oct 26, 2015 at 21:13 | answer | added | Mason Wheeler | timeline score: 10 | |
| Oct 26, 2015 at 17:59 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/658704505446473728 | ||
| Oct 26, 2015 at 16:29 | answer | added | Dan | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 22:28 | answer | added | Ed Heal | timeline score: 11 | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 20:49 | answer | added | Joe Strazzere | timeline score: 36 | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 20:39 | history | edited | Peter Goldsborough | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2015 at 20:38 | comment | added | Keith Thompson | The most positive thing I can say is that it's possible that the interviewer won't be offended. Ask yourself why you wrote "f--ing" in your question rather than writing out the actual word. Then ask yourself whether using the actual word is more appropriate in an interview than in this post. | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 18:27 | answer | added | Patricia Shanahan | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 18:03 | answer | added | Cort Ammon | timeline score: 20 | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 16:41 | vote | accept | Peter Goldsborough | ||
| Oct 25, 2015 at 16:41 | comment | added | Laconic Droid | If I was the interviewer, all it would emphasize to me is a lack of communication skills. There are plenty of good ways to indicate the enjoyment of working on a specific project. | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 16:37 | answer | added | Stormy | timeline score: 11 | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 16:31 | answer | added | Dan | timeline score: 141 | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 16:29 | comment | added | keshlam | I have a co-worker whose langage is ... salty ... at times. She gets away with it because she is careful about exactly when and how and to ehom she speaks this way, and to a lesser extent because she's technically supurb and people are willing to make some allowences, and I suspect not least because she is female and it becomes an amusing quirk of emphasis rather than coming across as threatening. In aninterview it would be percieved as evidence that you can't control yourself well enough even when the stakes are high. Don't. | |
| Oct 25, 2015 at 16:21 | answer | added | Hilmar | timeline score: 59 | |
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| Oct 25, 2015 at 16:11 | history | asked | Peter Goldsborough | CC BY-SA 3.0 |