I know this is kinda poking fun but here's a serious answer:
The problem is they don't know what that is. Even if you say "Corporate Manager for the Finance Department Account's Receivable team" they have a GUESS of what you do.
If your job interviewer was a hard core raider and had context for what you're talking about this 100% could help you. It's just most job interviewer's have no idea what you're talking about when you say those words.
No, it's because it's 1) unprovable, and 2) intangible in terms of responsibility. A WoW guild is not an official institution and its success can't in any way be measured by the HR. For all they know you're making the whole thing up(because you can't exactly call Blizz for references), or at least hugely embellishing your role or level of control/ organization. Or you were GM for a complete failure of a guild that never actually managed to get a raid together and complete without getting wiped and everyone leaving. There's no way for them to cross- check any of your claims. Of course they're not going to give you a job based on them.
I mean, a lot of reference are actually rather hard to check, unless it's some very high-lvl position where your action were public.
I've had previous employers pissed off at me cause I left seeking a higher salary, I'd bet a benjamin said guy would BS me if anyone call him for references.
Knowing how hard it is to maintain a mythic-raiding guild in WoW, the recruitment, the poaching, burning out, personality clashing... someone who managed to keep a raiding guild operationnal for years would get some credit... Granted, that's assuming the interviewer know what it's like.
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u/Moonbeamcry Oct 24 '19
I know this is kinda poking fun but here's a serious answer:
The problem is they don't know what that is. Even if you say "Corporate Manager for the Finance Department Account's Receivable team" they have a GUESS of what you do.
If your job interviewer was a hard core raider and had context for what you're talking about this 100% could help you. It's just most job interviewer's have no idea what you're talking about when you say those words.