Taking an object to an interview

[Stickseas0n]

Okay, where do I start
I've just had a job interview confirmed and they've asked me to bring an object that best reflects my personality 😂
Never heard of this before
What does one bring? 🤔
Not strictly an AIBU but can I have some ideas please!

I have four kids so you know, I don't have any 😂 I used to enjoy the gym
I quite like live music, maybe an old gig ticket?

I would take a suppository

A book, a diy tool, a paintbrush, a letter, something sentimental you were given for being such a lovely person?

Vibrator

Shows you're hard working, always buzzing about and keen to get stuck in.

If it's a seasonal job in retail presumably Christmas they are possibly looking for someone gregarious who will communicate with the customers in a positive and friendly manner. They don't want someone quiet and shy.

I would bring something in that makes you appear as being outgoing.

That's if you really want the job.

A box of donuts or cupcakes and say because your sweet and thoughtful 😂

Yes, they are just looking for someone with a bit of creativity and fun. All of you saying it's too difficult or revealing are being far too literal and unimaginative.

A Christmas decoration because "I just love Christmas. I think it's the most special time of year and everything about it makes me happy" is a perfect answer. They're not looking to drill into your deepest personal depths, they just want you to talk with enthusiasm about something.

Oh god. This nonsense would put me right off. Interviewers once asked what star sign I was 🙄. I’d take a cup of tea OP. The cup would have “Idiots” written on the bottom so they’d get a flash of it whenever I took a drink

Bribery - I like it 😂

I googled it and someone on a different forum said Lego bricks
And talk about how the different colours represent your skills

I'd take a bit of equipment from my sport- then I could talk about whichever positive qualities are relevant to the job....I'm fit, reliable, hardworking, part of a team etc etc

😂 😂

Not sure I'd get a motorbike into the interview room.

I used to have a toy sabre toothed tiger that my DH said represented my work personality.

Maybe a helpful animal, sheepdog maybe. Loyal, rounds up customers.

And self-sufficient

A piece of jewellery. Then make up some bullshit about how the clasp reflects your reliability and strength and the fancy bit represents your imagination/love of something or some other inspiring crap.

Don't do this. It's very odd! Gig tickets sounds perfect

I would think about what skills they are looking for and match a narrative around whatever object you think you can authentically link it to.

Do you have an old fashioned address book? If friends are important to you this would show that.

Take off your watch and put it down, if your personality is liking to be busy.

A book important to you.

Don't do Lego in case other people have googled it too!

Your purse / wallet. Like everyone else you’re working because you need the money

An ex colleague brought some playmobile people to act out a scene. She didn’t get the job but she did get feedback saying how much they’d enjoyed her presentation.

You’re my kind of interviewee, @RocketPanda 😄

It's a perfectly reasonable answer that points towards a certain type of person - ordered and considered.

It's a better answer than "I brought Metallica tickets because I like Metallica."

Do you think? I thought it sounds perfect,
The post carried on to say how you can explain that you/the bricks are customizable depending on the task in hand

Same concept with a jigsaw puzzle I guess, to illustrate you are a good problem solver and fit in

Given your self description I'd take in a toy Labrador 😂