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Old November 14th, 2017, 08:12 PM   #124
Finesse
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Name: Katie
Location: DC/MD
Join Date: Aug 2013

Motorcycle(s): Freeride 250R, KLX250SF, mopeds

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MOTM - Sep '17, Dec '14
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Originally Posted by Ram Jet
You could get them into a whole lot of trouble but why bother, they are going to hang themselves anyway.
Story of my life when it comes to motorcycle industry job interviews.

My interview at my tech job went like this:

What is your experience? I did xyz to my Ninja 250.
What tools do you have? Only what I needed to do xyz to my Ninja 250.
What bike do you have, and did you ride it here? SV 650 and yes.
Come with whatever tools you have on Tuesday.

That shop set the gold standard for everything. I can tell pretty quick if/how sexist the management is, or is going to be, in the interview. A dead giveaway is, "I'm not trying to be sexist, but..." it's a big problem in the motorcycle industry. Where I worked (Cycles of Silver Spring) I wasn't "one of the guys" nor was it like "don't talk that way there's a lady around." It IS possible to treat a female who works on bikes as, surprise, just another human being...

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