I had a series of interviews for a temporary job for NavTeq (one month and half). On the last interview the boss of the local section of NavTeq asked what my hobbies were. He asked that in English in order to test my fluency on the language.

I said in english that my hobbies were mainly concentrated on music and that I was a Huge Prince fan!

He replied back:

"It figures!"




When I left from the interview I thought to things:

1. I fucked it up by saying I was a Prince fan and I could have made it worst if I replied instead that I'm also a huge madonna fan

2. People must have an image of what a Prince fan looks like!

Well...I got the job and I start this monday...
[Edited 4/13/07 14:07pm]

'I mentioned that I was a Prince fan when I had an important job interview on this past Wednesday! Has anyone done this?'

Well, I tried this tack the other week, when I had an interview to be Prince's new keyboard player, but it didn't seem to cut any ice with 'The Man' .

...He replied back:

"It figures!"

A lot of people don't understand Prince and what they do know about him is negative, so I don't mention it.

MikeMatronik said:

You didn't wear your ass-less pants to the interview, did you?

wlcm2thdwn said:

ditto. It's hard to bring up, and with all the unfounded negativity surrounding him I always feel as though I have to justify him to people, and then by justifying him to feel I come up sounding like a whacko.

I would just tell somebody that I'm a huge music fan, I'd mention what I value in artists, that I devote a lot of time to my music, and if pressed, I'll provide a list of artists that I like, including Prince, but he'll always be mentioned somewhere in the middle.

shameful, I know.

Well...I got the job and I start this monday...

MikeMatronik said:

Great news!

savoirfaire said:

Yeah, it's hard to be really open about Prince... but I feel that he'd want us to be as open about our love 4 him as he is open with his music.

I haven't had any confrontations yet about him. If people say that they're not into him, I say that's cool... he's not the easiest person to get into. But if they start throwing insults, I'd defend him and justify it with what his songs have done for me, etc.
Prince is always open and I think he'd want the same for us.

I always find a way 2 mention the Prince thing esp. 2 new people. A couple of years back I was being investigated for an Air Force Bull Shi* thing and the worst thing that govt. lawyers said they could find out about me was that I was a huge Prince fan...I had to laugh even though I still hate those bastards...

Good for you mentioning it and getting the job.

Of course, if you wanted to really show how much of a Prince fan you are, the conversation could have gone something like this:

"Yeah, I'm a Prince fan. It's kind of crazy that you asked me to come in on Wednesday of all days [laughs]... [then, realizing they don't get the connection:] Wednesday is an unreleased track from Purple Rain, remember? It was going to be sung by Jill Jones in the movie. It's never been released and it's not even circulating among bootleggers. Do you know where I can get a copy? Oh, wait, sorry, I have to leave - it's 3:19 - time for me to pray 7 Hundalasiliahs in the direction of Paisley Park. You have been funked by MikeMatronik - Peace!"
[Edited 4/13/07 17:01pm]

Everytime I mention to peeps that I'm a huge P fan, they can't believe that I like him. They tell me that I don't seem like the type. WTF?

A lot of people don't understand Prince and what they do know about him is negative, so I don't mention it.

MikeMatronik said:

You didn't wear your ass-less pants to the interview, did you?

Everyone at work knows I've been onstage with Prince. Hell, they think I'm extra-cool because of it.

Little do they know what a dork I am, LOL.

Good for you mentioning it and getting the job.

Of course, if you wanted to really show how much of a Prince fan you are, the conversation could have gone something like this:

"Yeah, I'm a Prince fan. It's kind of crazy that you asked me to come in on Wednesday of all days [laughs]... [then, realizing they don't get the connection:] Wednesday is an unreleased track from Purple Rain, remember? It was going to be sung by Jill Jones in the movie. It's never been released and it's not even circulating among bootleggers. Do you know where I can get a copy? Oh, wait, sorry, I have to leave - it's 3:19 - time for me to pray 7 Hundalasiliahs in the direction of Paisley Park. You have been funked by MikeMatronik - Peace!"
[Edited 4/13/07 17:01pm]