By
Ilya Magid
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In
the Soviet Union, when you searched for work, you did not send
a resume to businesses and await an answer. You had to go to the
businesses to their personnel department.
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A
Job Interview 1
(A Possible Case in the Soviet Union)
Applicant (App.) - Ilya
Job interviewer (J.I.) - My
wife Irina
App: I read your advertisement about help wanted for computer
worker. Is that job still open?
J.I.: What is your name?
App: My name is Ivanov. *
J.I.: Yes, that is right. We need a computer worker.
Have you ever worked as a computer worker?
App.: Yes, I have. I have had good experience.
J.I.: What education do you have?
App.: I graduated from the Politechnical Institute 10 years
ago.
J.I.: Are you currently employed?
App.: Yes, I am. I work at the plant "Leninetch."
J.I.: What is your position now and where else
did you work?
App.: I'm a computer engineer. I only worked at the plant
"Leninetch" and nowhere else.
J.I.: Do you have any reference from your job?
App.: No, I don't. I can't ask my boss to give me a reference
until I am sure that I'll be hired for another job. Otherwise' I'll lose
my job and be on unemployment. I can't risk that.
J.I.: What kind of computer program do you know
and are you able to fix computer machines?
App.: I know all programs and can fix all computers. If I
don't know something, I can learn it quickly.
J.I.: Very good. I'm glad to meet you. Good luck!
App.: Can you tell me about the work schedule and the salary?
J.I.: Yes, of course. You'll work from 8 to 4:30
with a lunch break for 30 minutes. I can offer you 250 rubles a month
salary.
App.: That is good for me. This job is suitable for me
.
J.I.: Good! You can take an application from
my secretary and fill it out. After that you can begin to work. Just one
moment. I want to see your passport, (reads passport). You said to me
that your name is Ivanov. Why are you identified Jewish in your passport?
a....** You took the last name of your wife. Oh, I have made a mistake.
That job is already closed. Good by, my dear! Good by, my dear!
8\1\00
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*Ivanov is a typical Russian last name.
**Each Soviet citizen had an internal passport where his nationality was
marked. It was impossible to alter. When a citizen was getting married,
that citizen, for exempla, a husband, could keep his last name or take
last name of his wife in his passport. For wife the situation was the
same.
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