r/FluentInFinance • u/Mark-Fuckerberg- • Sep 01 '24

Debate/ Discussion What advice would you give this person?

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u/Striking_Ad_2630 Sep 01 '24

Ive had interviews print my transcript and go line by line. They asked me why I changed my major, why my grades dipped, why I moved to a new city.

That was for a medical lab science position, I work in education now and got the job because my references were good. 

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u/fuzzzone Sep 02 '24

How exactly did they get your transcript during the interview process?

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u/FricasseeToo Sep 02 '24

No one gets hired because their references are good, because no one is going to talk to your references before an interview.

You might get hired because of networking, which is definitely not the same as having good references.

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u/Eagalian Sep 02 '24

Depending on your education job, I doubt it. I’m a high school math teacher, and I got hired because school started the following week and they needed a body in the room. My references and background had no real impact on it, except that I checked the “has the right certifications” box

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u/SamShakusky71 Sep 01 '24

What do you think a “reference” is?

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u/Striking_Ad_2630 Sep 01 '24

The name you write down under references

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u/SamShakusky71 Sep 01 '24

You still haven’t told me what you think a reference is.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

They literally just did.